PuTTY AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Remote Desktop Tools

The best Remote Desktop alternative to PuTTY is mRemoteNG, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to PuTTY and ten of them are Remote Desktop Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Remote Desktop Tool alternatives to PuTTY are Royal TSX, PAC Manager, Vinagre and dRemote.

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  1. mRemoteNG icon
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    Manage remote connections efficiently with this open-source tool, featuring a tabbed interface supporting RDP, VNC, SSH, Telnet, HTTP, and more protocols, without any ads.

    85 mRemoteNG alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    If multiwindow (think 10+ ssh sessions at a time) is your thing this is the best alternative by far -- as a Linux admin and typically on 25+ servers at a crack this free app managed all servers no sweat.

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    Free with premium features

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks mRemoteNG is a great PuTTY alternative.

    • mRemoteNG is Free and Open SourcePuTTY is also Free and Open Source
  2. Royal TSX icon
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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.

    132 Royal TSX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  3. PAC Manager icon
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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.

    52 PAC Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Vinagre icon
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    A VNC/SSH Client for the GNOME Desktop

    • You can connect to several machines at the same time with tabs
    • You can keep track of your most used connections with favorites
    • You can keep track of your recently used connections through GtkRecent
    • You can browse your network f.
    75 Vinagre alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. dRemote icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. z/Scope icon
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    z/Scope is a multi-protocol, multi-host terminal emulator that provides access to multiple terminal-based applications in a way that is familiar to every user, using a modern tabbed interface.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  7. SSH Pilot icon
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    Desktop SSH manager featuring a user-friendly graphical interface, integrated terminal, tabbed sessions, port forwarding, secure credential storage, SCP upload, keypair generation, privacy controls, customizable appearance options, and .ssh/config import support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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    ASG-Remote Desktop is the indispensable tool for administrative access to remote computers.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. PsExec icon
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    PsExec is a light-weight telnet-replacement that lets you execute processes on other systems, complete with full interactivity for console applications, without having to manually install client software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. xs icon
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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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

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