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. PenguiNet icon
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    You've discovered PenguiNet, the simple all-in-one SSH client for Windows! PenguiNet includes an SCP browser, so that you can easily transfer files with just a few mouse clicks.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. OpenSSH for Windows is a minimal installation of the Cygwin port of OpenSSH and related utilities to provide SSH and SCP services on the Windows platform.

    24 OpenSSH for Windows alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  3. ShellCraft icon
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    With convenient and powerful user interface, ShellCraft significantly improve your efficiency. ShellCraft implements the standard SSH/Telnet protocol, it can simply connect to various servers. The session management function make you managing sessions easily, connecting to...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  4. TTYEmulator is a free terminal emulator application which can act as a client for the SSH, Telnet, rlogin, raw TCP and serial computing protocols. TTYEmulator is written for Microsoft Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  5. WinSSHTerm icon
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    WinSSHTerm is a tabbed SSH solution for Windows, combining PuTTY, WinSCP and VcXsrv. It helps you to be more productive. Using keyboard shortcuts and intelligent navigation tools allows you to quickly switch between or start new SSH sessions even if you have to manage many...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. SecurSSH icon
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    SecurSSH centralizes SSH credentials, keys, and server access in a zero-knowledge encrypted vault with granular team permissions, live session sharing, and a built-in SFTP manager.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. tmiix icon
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    Tmiix is a terminal with builtin tmux, ssh and snippets support. Tmiix manages local and remote tmux sessions in a beautiful, intuitive, fast UI.

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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  8.  1 like

    SecPanel is a graphical UNIX helper tool to manage all of your SSH related tasks: maintaining connection profiles, generating and distributing keys, running the ssh-agent and much more...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. KillerShell icon
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    KillerShell puts a file browser, a terminal and a text editor in one window, on one tab strip and one set of keys, so you stop alt-tabbing.

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    • Windows
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  10. Core Shell icon
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    Core Shell is a full-featured terminal with built-in OpenSSH support, focused on managing and login to hosts efficiently.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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