PuTTY AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Terminal Emulators - Page 5

The best Terminal Emulator alternative to PuTTY is KiTTY, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to PuTTY and loads of them are Terminal Emulators so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Terminal Emulator alternatives to PuTTY are MobaXterm, Tabby Terminal, Termux and Termius.

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PuTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. It supports several network protocols, including SCP, SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw socket connection. It can also...

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PuTTY alternatives page was last updated Dec 9, 2022
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  1. YAT - Yet Another Terminal icon
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    YAT - Yet Another Terminal

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    Engineering, testing and debugging of serial communication. Supports RS-232/422/423/485 as well as TCP/IP Client/Server/AutoSocket, UDP/IP Client/Server/PairSocket and USB Ser/HID. Optimized for simple command sets of e.g. embedded systems.

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Define your own "send strings"
    2.  Configurable inter-character delay
    3.  Timestamps
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  2. PortX icon
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    PortX

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    PortX is a lightweight cross-platform (Windows/Mac/Linux) SSH Client, as well as local shell/terminal emulator. Beautiful tabbed UI for managing multiple sessions. Google Drive syncing session files across devices and OSes is a very handy tool.

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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    PortX Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Session Management
    3.  Xterm emulation
    4.  Tabbed interface
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  4. rxvt-unicode icon
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    rxvt-unicode

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    Rxvt-unicode is a highly customizable terminal emulator forked from rxvt. Commonly known as urxvt, rxvt-unicode can be daemonized to run clients within a single process in order to minimize the use of system resources.

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  5. MacTerm icon
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    MacTerm

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    MacTerm (was MacTelnet) on OS X is now a complete replacement for Terminal, allowing access to both local and remote applications.

    85 MacTerm alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac

    MacTerm Features

    1.  SSH
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  6. Sakura icon
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    Sakura

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    sakura is a terminal emulator based on GTK and VTE. It's a terminal emulator with few dependencies, so you don't need a full GNOME desktop installed to have a decent terminal emulator. Current terminal emulators based on VTE are gnome-terminal, XFCE Terminal, TermIt and...

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    version 2.3.4, right click menu, 2 open tabs.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Sakura Features

    1.  Gtk
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  7. CleverTerm icon
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    CleverTerm

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    CleverTerm is a program to communicate with devices via RS232, RS422 or RS485 by using a serial port.

    12 CleverTerm alternatives
    Expandable

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    CleverTerm Features

    1.  Serial-port
    Dual View
    Modbus Support
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    Chronometer
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    Qonsole

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    "A Quake-like Console Emulator." Proudly under the MIT License.

    22 Qonsole alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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