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, mRemoteNG, Termux and Windows Terminal.

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Putty for Mac alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators but may also be SSH Clients or Remote Desktop Tools.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Putty for Mac.
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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 Sep 9, 2022
  1. SSH Tunnel Manager (STM) icon
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    SSH Tunnel Manager is a macOS application to manage your SSH tunnels. If you don't know what that is, quite honestly, maybe you don't need SSH Tunnel Manager, but if you appreciate the power of connecting together two networks using the SSH protocol, then STM is for you.

    6 SSH Tunnel Manager (STM) alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    SSH Tunnel Manager (STM) Features

    1.  Ssh tunnel
    2.  SSH
    SSH Tunnel Manager (STM) iconPutty for Mac Icon

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    Based on rxvt. Tabbed interface. Very lightweight. Few dependencies. Only drawback is poor unicode support (theres an SVN branch with working but slightly buggy support)

    64 mrxvt alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    Discontinued

    Latest release Sep. 9, 2008

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  3.  3 likes

    AbsoluteTelnet / SSH is a secure flexible terminal client with rock-solid emulations that is suitable for developers, administrators, or deployment across the enterprise. It includes the industry standard SSH protocols to secure terminal session data across insecure environments...

    53 AbsoluteTelnet alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    AbsoluteTelnet Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Support for SFTP
    Putty for Mac Icon

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  4. SmartCode VNC Manager icon
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    SmartCode VNC Manager is a powerful yet easy to use remote administration, network management and monitoring software. It offers built-in support for VNC, RDP, Citrix ICA, Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, RAdmin, SSH, Telnet, Team Viewer, HP Remote Graphics...

    56 SmartCode VNC Manager alternatives
    SmartCode VNC Manager screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    SmartCode VNC Manager Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  VNC Support
    3.  RDP
    SmartCode VNC Manager iconPutty for Mac Icon

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  5. lterm icon
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    lterm is a vte-based terminal emulator for GNU/Linux systems. It is mainly used as ssh/telnet client but can be very easily configured to use any other protocol. Furthermore it can be a usual terminal on local host.

    20 lterm alternatives
    Editing connection parameters

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    lterm Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Secure Copy (SCP)
    3.  Support for SFTP
    4.  Split-screen view
    5.  Tabbed browsing
    Discontinued

    Last update on 2018.

    lterm iconPutty for Mac Icon

    lterm VS Putty for Mac

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  6. ToolPakCloud icon
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    Putty/RDP/Powershell Connection Manager + Script Manager + Cloud Storage.

    14 ToolPakCloud alternatives
    ToolPakCloud screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ToolPakCloud Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  RDP
    4.  Cloud based
    ToolPakCloud iconPutty for Mac Icon

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  7. QuTTY icon
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    QuTTY is a multi-tabbed, multi-paned SSH/Telnet client with a terminal emulator. The goal is to support advanced features similar to iterm2. Following features are supported.

    41 QuTTY alternatives
    QuTTY screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    QuTTY Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  SSH
    Discontinued

    Last version, 0.8.2 Beta, was released in 2013.

    QuTTY iconPutty for Mac Icon

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  8. mRemoteNC icon
     1 like

    mRemoteNC is the next stage of mRemote development. mRemote is a full-featured, multi-tab remote connections manager.

    40 mRemoteNC alternatives
    mRemoteNC screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Looking at the project page, on github, it hasn't been updated since 2016.

    mRemoteNC iconPutty for Mac Icon

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  9.  1 like

    SecPanel is a graphical UNIX helper tool to manage all of your SSH related tasks: maintaining connection profiles, generating and distributing keys, running the ssh-agent and much more...

    18 secpanel alternatives
    Main view
    Editing of connection profiles
    Editing of forwardings

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    secpanel Features

    1.  Secure Copy (SCP)
    2.  Support for SFTP
    3.  SSH
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  10. PenguiNet icon
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    You've discovered PenguiNet, the simple all-in-one SSH client for Windows! PenguiNet includes an SCP browser, so that you can easily transfer files with just a few mouse clicks.

    24 PenguiNet alternatives
    Multiple sessions

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PenguiNet Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Secure Copy (SCP)
    PenguiNet iconPutty for Mac Icon

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  11. moserial icon
     1 like

    moserial is a clean, friendly gtk-based serial terminal for the GNOME desktop. It is primarily intended for technical users and hardware hackers who need to communicate with embedded systems, test equipment, and serial consoles.

    18 moserial alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    moserial Features

    1.  Serial-port
    2.  Serial terminal
    moserial iconPutty for Mac Icon

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  12. csshX icon
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    csshX is a tool to allow simultaneous control of multiple SSH sessions. It will attempt to create an SSH session to each remote host in separate Terminal.app windows. A master window will also be created. All keyboard input in the master will be sent to all the slave windows.

    32 csshX alternatives
    12 ssh sessions under the control of one master window

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    csshX Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  SSH
    csshX iconPutty for Mac Icon

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