Putty for Mac Alternatives

Putty for Mac is described as '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 some other purpose' and is an app in the file sharing category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Putty for Mac for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, iPhone and Android apps. The best Putty for Mac alternative is PuTTY, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Putty for Mac are OpenSSH, Termux, mRemoteNG and Windows Terminal.

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Putty for Mac alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
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  1. Core Shell icon
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    Core Shell

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    Core Shell is a full-featured terminal with built-in OpenSSH support, focused on managing and login to hosts efficiently.

    45 Core Shell alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

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    • Mac

    Core Shell Features

    1.  SSH
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    MyEnTunnel

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    MyEnTunnel is a simple system tray application (or NT service) that establishes and maintains TCP SSH tunnels. It does this by launching Plink (PuTTY Link) in the background and then monitors the process. If the Plink process dies (e.g.

    30 MyEnTunnel alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    MyEnTunnel Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Tunnel
    3.  Automated tunnel
    Settings
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer accessible, but has been archived by Internet Archive (https://web.archive.org/web/20161029055944/http://nemesis2.qx.net/pages/MyEnTunnel) and the installer is available via Software Informer (http://myentunnel.software.informer.com/).

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    evilvte

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    VTE based, highly customizable terminal emulator. Features: tabs, tabbar autohide, right click to switch encoding, supports almost all VTE features, build-time configuration

    54 evilvte alternatives
    version 0.4.7, 2 tabs, right-click menu

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update on 2014.

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  5. SSH Terminal Emulator icon
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    SSH Terminal Emulator

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    SSH Terminal Emulator by devFluid connects to linux, unix, and other SSH capable devices directly through an SSH2 connection.

    38 SSH Terminal Emulator alternatives
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    • Windows

    SSH Terminal Emulator Features

    1.  SSH
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    WinSSHTerm

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    WinSSHTerm is a tabbed SSH solution for Windows, combining PuTTY, WinSCP and VcXsrv. It helps you to be more productive. Using keyboard shortcuts and intelligent navigation tools allows you to quickly switch between or start new SSH sessions even if you have to manage many...

    31 WinSSHTerm alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WinSSHTerm Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Tabbed interface
    3.  Embedded Xserver
    4.  SSH
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  7. ExtraPuTTY icon
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    ExtraPuTTY

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    ExtraPuTTY is a fork from 0.65 version of PuTTY and has all the features from the original while adding new ones as described below:

    28 ExtraPuTTY alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ExtraPuTTY Features

    1.  SSH
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  9. OpenSSH for Windows

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    OpenSSH for Windows is a minimal installation of the Cygwin port of OpenSSH and related utilities to provide SSH and SCP services on the Windows platform.

    21 OpenSSH for Windows alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    OpenSSH for Windows Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Secure Copy (SCP)
    Discontinued

    The project seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 5.3 rev2, released in February 2010 can be still downloaded from SourceForge

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  10. TinyShell

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    TinyShell is ideal for anyone who wants command line access to their server, but is limited by HTTP access. Furthermore TinyShell comes with a native MySQL command line client, that some say is even better than MySQL’s own command line interface.

    39 TinyShell alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    TinyShell Features

    1.  Command line interface
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 3.1 RC, released in March 2011, can be still downloaded from SourceForge

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  11. Termite icon
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    Termite

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    Termite - a simple RS232 terminal for Microsoft Windows Termite is an RS232 terminal that is very easy to configure and use (developers can pre-configure it too, so that it runs out of the box).

    7 Termite alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Truck icon
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    Truck

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    Still using FTP? Truck hauls data 30x faster thanks to its modern rsync engine (included) which compresses, de-duplicates and encrypts – giving significantly higher performance and security, right from the first transfer.

    117 Truck alternatives
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    • Mac

    Truck Features

    1.  Drag and Drop
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    PuTTYCS

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    PuTTYCS is a small windows application that is intended to be used along with multiple instances of PuTTY (including PuTTYtel, TuTTY, and PieTTY). Its purpose is to send the same command to each PuTTY window.

    15 PuTTYCS alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PuTTYCS Features

    1.  Multiple Instances
    2.  SSH
    Discontinued

    The project seems to be no longer developed.

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  14. HyperTerminal

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    HyperTerminal is a terminal emulator capable of connecting to systems through TCP/IP Networks, Dial-Up Modems, and COM ports. Until Windows XP, it is included with the operating system, but, starting from Windows Vista, it has to be bought separately.

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    • Windows
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