Putty for Mac AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Remote Desktop Tools

The best Remote Desktop alternative to Putty for Mac is mRemoteNG, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Putty for Mac and six of them are Remote Desktop Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Remote Desktop Tool alternatives to Putty for Mac are Royal TSX, PAC Manager, ASG-Remote Desktop and dRemote.

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Putty is one of the Best Terminal Emulators available today. It Supports different types of Network Protocols such as SSH, FTP, SCP, Telnet etc. In Windows it is used as SSH Client to connect to Your Linux server or for...

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Putty for Mac alternatives page was last updated Apr 16, 2024
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    mRemoteNG

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    mRemoteNG is a fork of mRemote , an open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager.

    75 mRemoteNG alternatives
    Config Connections

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Top mRemoteNG Features

    1.  RDP
    2.  SSH
    3.  RDP Functionality
    4.  Tabbed interface
    5.  Tree view
    6.  Support for Multiple protocols
    7.  Built-in SSH client
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Connect via RDP
    10.  Secure Copy (SCP)
    11.  Supports SSL Certificates
    12.  VNC Support
    13.  VNC Viewer
    14.  Linux Management
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  2. Royal TSX icon
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    Royal TSX

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    Royal TS provides easy and secure access to your remote systems

    Unlock the power to remotely manage your systems on multiple platforms!

    Royal TS is the perfect tool for server admins, system engineers, developers and IT focused information workers who constantly need to access.

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    RDP Connections

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Royal TSX Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  RDP
    3.  Tabbed interface
    4.  Multiple Account support
    5.  Password Sharing
    6.  Clientless Remote Connection
    7.  Explorer-like
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    PAC Manager

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    PAC is a Perl/GTK Gnome replacement for SecureCRT/Putty/etc... It provides a GUI to configure SSH/Telnet connections: users, passwords, EXPECT regular expressions, macros, etc.

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    PAC Manager Features

    1.  Tabbed interface
    2.  VNC Support
    3.  RDP
    4.  Support for Multiple protocols
    5.  Group connections
    6.  Gtk
    7.  SSH
    Discontinued

    The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 4.5.5.7, released in November 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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    ASG-Remote Desktop

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    ASG-Remote Desktop is the indispensable tool for administrative access to remote computers.

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ASG-Remote Desktop Features

    1.  Remote shell
    2.  Remote client
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    dRemote

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    dRemote is an easy and free tool to handle mutiple remote connections of different types. This tool comes in handy when you have to connect to differnt remote connections all the want to have to change all the settings manually.

    41 dRemote alternatives
    dRemote screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    dRemote Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  RDP
    3.  SSH
    4.  VNC Support
    Discontinued

    Product Discontinued. See notice on website, changelog here: http://www.dremote.nl/changelog/

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    xs

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    Simple alternative to ssh (<5% SLOCC) written from scratch in Go, with support for PQC KEMs (Post-Quantum Cryptography Key-Encapsulation Mechanisms).

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • FreeBSD
    • Termux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  No registration required
    3.  End-to-End Encryption
    4.  Portable
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Secure File Sharing
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