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PuTTY Alternatives
PuTTY is described as 'Free and open-source terminal emulator supporting SSH, Telnet, and SCP. Portable, lightweight, and works offline to connect to remote systems securely' and is a leading terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to PuTTY for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best PuTTY alternative is KiTTY, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PuTTY are OpenSSH, MobaXterm, Tabby and Termux.
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PuTTY alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators, but if you're looking for SSH Clients or Shells you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android and Google Chrome. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to PuTTY.
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107 JuiceSSH alternativesThe all in one terminal client for Android including SSH, Local Shell, Mosh and Telnet support.
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- Free
- Proprietary
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- Discontinued
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- Android
- Android Tablet
- mosh
- OpenSSH
60 SecureCRT alternativesSecureCRT combines rock-solid terminal emulation with the strong encryption, data integrity, and authentication options of the Secure Shell protocol. SecureCRT provides secure remote access, file transfer, and data tunneling for everyone in your organization.
Comments about SecureCRT as an Alternative to PuTTY
Most users think SecureCRT is a great PuTTY alternative.
- SecureCRT is Paid and Proprietary
58 Termora alternativesTermora is developed using Kotlin/JVM and partially implements the XTerm protocol (with ongoing improvements). Its ultimate vision is to achieve full platform support (including Android, iOS, and iPadOS) through Kotlin Multiplatform.
54 Xshell alternativesXshell is a powerful SSH1, SSH2, SFTP, TELNET, RLOGIN and SERIAL terminal emulator for Windows platforms. It allows users to gain access to Unix/Linux hosts easily and securely on a Windows workstation.
100 Terminal alternativesTerminal (also referred to as Terminal.app) is a terminal emulator included in Apple's Mac OS X operating system. It originated in Mac OS X's predecessors, NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, and allows the user to interact with the computer through a command line interface.
132 Royal TSX alternativesRoyal 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.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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22 MTPuTTY (Multi-Tabbed PuTTY) alternativesMTPuTTY (Multi-Tabbed PuTTY) is a small free utility enabling you to wrap unlimited number of PuTTY applications in one tabbed GUI interface. You are still continue using your favorite SSH client, but you are no longer messing around with PuTTY...
31 Muon SSH/SFTP client alternativesGraphical SFTP client and terminal emulator with helpful utilities.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
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PuTTY Tray is an improved version of PuTTY. It features a number of addons to make it more useful and much more fun to use.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
Comments about PuTTY Tray as an Alternative to PuTTY
Brioni1988Useful improvements through the system tray icon.
- PuTTY Tray is Free and Open Source
93 Blink Shell alternativesBlink Shell is the professional, desktop-grade terminal emulator for iOS. It's a full-featured and highly configurable open-source terminal that can be compiled from the source at GitHub or purchased as a pre-compiled app from the App Store to support the developers.
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46 mintty alternativesMintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin that is based on code from PuTTY 0.60 by Simon Tatham and team.
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Simply the best telnet/ssh client on the market. Excellent support too!