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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  1. Oysape icon

    Oysape

     4 likes

    Oysape is a cutting-edge SSH client and terminal solution, tailor-made for DevOps and CI/CD workflows. It simplifies server management by allowing users to maintain a list of servers, and execute customizable Tasks on selected servers dynamically.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    Multiple ssh tabs
     
  2. Pocketputty icon

    Pocketputty

     1 like

    It is a Windows CE port of famous PuTTY (free, BSD licensed open source SSH terminal for Windows). I started to port PuTTY as a part of my diploma thesis. After quite big success (10.000 downloads during 1st month after release), I decided to polish the code and open the source...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows Mobile
    Pocketputty screenshot 1
     
  4. YAT - Yet Another Terminal icon

    YAT - Yet Another Terminal

     9 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    YAT - Yet Another Terminal screenshot 1
     
  5. G

    gow

     28 likes

    Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. It uses a convenient Windows installer that installs about 130 extremely useful

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    gow screenshot 1
     
  6. T

    TinyShell

     4 likes

    TinyShell is ideal for anyone who wants command line access to their server, but is limited by HTTP access. Furthermore TinyShell comes with a native MySQL command line client, that some say is even better than MySQL’s own command line interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Qonsole icon

    Qonsole

     3 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Qonsole screenshot 1
     
  11. D

    dterm (terminal emulator)

     3 likes

    dterm is a simple terminal emulator, which doesn’t actually emulate any particular terminal. Mainly, it is designed for use with xterm and friends, which already do a perfectly good emulation, and therefore don’t need any special help; dterm simply provides a means by which...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
     
  12. QuTTY icon

    QuTTY

     1 like

    QuTTY is a multi-tabbed, multi-paned SSH/Telnet client with a terminal emulator. The goal is to support advanced features similar to iterm2. Following features are supported.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    QuTTY screenshot 1
     
  13. Tectia SSH Client icon

    Tectia SSH Client

     Like

    Enterprises and government organizations around the world use Tectia SSH Client/Server to secure their most critical IT processes including ad hoc and automated file transfers as well as remote systems administration.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  14. PsExec icon

    PsExec

     1 like

    PsExec is a light-weight telnet-replacement that lets you execute processes on other systems, complete with full interactivity for console applications, without having to manually install client software.

    2 PsExec alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PsExec screenshot 1
     
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