PuTTY Alternatives

Apps similar to PuTTY include Tabby, which is free and open source. Other options are OpenSSH, Termux, MobaXterm and PowerShell. Terminal Emulators like PuTTY are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone.

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  1. Termix icon

    Termix

     5 likes

    A modern SSH client and terminal offering an unrivaled SSH and SFTP experience that enhances your productivity without compromising your privacy.

    79 Termix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU
    Termix screenshot 1
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  2. PieTTY icon

    PieTTY

     8 likes

    PieTTY is a free SSH client based on PuTTY and dedicated to multilingual (especially CJK) environments, accessibility, and simpler user interface. "Glass Window Mode" : Alpha-blending / HW-accelerated transparency & drop-shadow.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • TW flagTaiwan
    0.4.00 (beta 13) - Glass Window Mode, alphablend 60%, w3m + greek wikipedia.
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  4. Vinagre icon

    Vinagre

     36 likes

    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.
    84 Vinagre alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    Vinagre connected to a windows machine
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  5. dRemote icon

    dRemote

     3 likes

    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
    dRemote screenshot 1
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  6. Tera Term icon

    Tera Term

     17 likes

    Tera Term (Pro) is a free software terminal emulator (communication program) for MS-Windows. It supports VT100 emulation, telnet connection, serial port connection, and so on.

    50 Tera Term alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Tera Term screenshot 1
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    Token2Shell

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    Token2Shell is a Windows 10 UWP SSH client with X11 forwarding and Docker integration.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
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  10. Core Tunnel icon

    Core Tunnel

     14 likes

    Core Tunnel is the best way to manage your SSH tunnels, with OS X Keychain integration. You can manage multiple tunnels in parallel, supports password/keyboard/pubkey authentication methods, creates local/remote/dynamic port forwarding tunnels & more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • CN flagChina
    One app, numerous tunnels
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  12. Poderosa icon

    Poderosa

     10 likes

    Poderosa is a tabbed terminal emulator for Windows.

    Against common terminal emulators such as Putty or TeraTerm, Poderosa has following features.

    Tabbed style GUI It is convenient to open multiple connections at the same time. Moreover, you can split the window into panes a.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Global
    Poderosa supports command-popup feature. This is convenient when you confirm the result of command for a while without scrolling up the buffer.To show the popup menu, press Ctrl+Comma in the shell.
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    AbsoluteTelnet

     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...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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