Xshell 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.
PuTTY Alternatives for Windows
There are many alternatives to PuTTY for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative 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 available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to PuTTY are OpenSSH, MobaXterm, Tabby and mRemoteNG.
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- 54 Xshell alternatives
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.
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- Freemium (Subscription)
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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.
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- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Discontinued
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- Windows
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- 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.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Windows
Comments about PuTTY Tray as an Alternative to PuTTY
- PuTTY Tray is Free and Open Source
46 mintty alternativesMintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin that is based on code from PuTTY 0.60 by Simon Tatham and team.
18 MSYS2 alternativesMSYS2 is an independent rewrite of MSYS, based on modern Cygwin (POSIX compatibility layer) and MinGW-w64 with the aim of better interoperability with native Windows software.
Comments about MSYS2 as an Alternative to PuTTY
It is a shell not SSH client
it is a shell not a ssh client
This alternative is disputed. MSYS2 is a legitimate PuTTY alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
- MSYS2 is Free and Open Source
20 Solar-PuTTY alternativesSolar presents the omniscient PuTTY SSH and Telnet client with extended interface enriched by a simple graphical SFTP explorer, all coming packed in a single exe file, which can be used without admin rights.
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Secure Shell is an xterm-compatible terminal emulator and stand-alone ssh client for Chrome. It uses Native-Client to connect directly to ssh servers without the need for external proxies.
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- Free
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome OS
- Google Chrome
Comments about Chrome Secure Shell as an Alternative to PuTTY
written by google developers when they took down the ssh command from crosh
Some users think Chrome Secure Shell is a great PuTTY alternative, some don't.
- Chrome Secure Shell is Free and Proprietary
SmarTTY is a neat multi-tabbed SSH client with built-in SSH support. It makes it extremely easy to connect to your SSH servers and exchange files. It allows storing your private keys securely in Windows key containers and can set up the remote host for remote key authentication...
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- Free
- Proprietary
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- Windows
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:
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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Useful improvements through the system tray icon.