PuTTY Alternatives

PuTTY is described as 'Free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. It supports several network protocols, including SCP, SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw socket connection. It can also connect to a serial port' 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, Linux, Mac, iPhone and Android apps. The best PuTTY alternative is KiTTY, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PuTTY are OpenSSH, MobaXterm, Tabby Terminal and mRemoteNG.

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PuTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. It supports several network protocols, including SCP, SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw socket connection. It can also...

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PuTTY alternatives page was last updated Apr 5, 2024
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  1. RXVT icon
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    RXVT

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    RXVT –our extended virtual terminal– is a terminal emulator for X11. It is a popular replacement for the standard ‘xterm’.

    91 RXVT alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last updated in 2013.

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    Poderosa

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    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.

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    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.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Poderosa Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Support for IPv6
    3.  Secure Copy (SCP)
    4.  Support for SFTP
    You can customize many settings such as colors, fonts, key bindings, log files.
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  4. z/Scope icon
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    z/Scope

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    z/Scope is a multi-protocol, multi-host terminal emulator that provides access to multiple terminal-based applications in a way that is familiar to every user, using a modern tabbed interface.

    41 z/Scope alternatives
    zScope Express VT connections' screen.

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online

    z/Scope Features

    1.  Integrated FTP client
    2.  SSH
    3.  Printer Emulation
    4.  Multi-host
    5.  Tabbed interface
    6.  Session Management
    7.  Support for Multiple protocols
    8.  Built-in SSH client
    9.  Telnet client
    10.  Supports SSL Certificates
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  5. Core Tunnel icon
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    Core Tunnel

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    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.

    27 Core Tunnel alternatives
    One app, numerous tunnels

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Core Tunnel Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Tunnel
    Compatible with OpenSSH
    macOS Keychain integration
    +4
    Advanced config editor
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    PieTTY

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    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.

    38 PieTTY alternatives
    0.4.00 (beta 13) - Glass Window Mode, alphablend 60%, w3m + greek wikipedia.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PieTTY Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Portable
    3.  Transparency
    4.  Secure Copy (SCP)
    5.  SSH
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  7. ClusterSSH

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    ClusterSSH controls a number of xterm windows via a single graphical console window to allow commands to be interactively run on multiple servers over an ssh connection.

    11 ClusterSSH alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    ClusterSSH Features

    1.  Multiple Instances
    2.  Multiple Servers
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  9. Tempest - SSH and SFTP client icon
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    Tempest - SSH and SFTP client

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    Tempest is a free, cross platform, privacy first, SSH client, Local terminal and Kubernetes terminal.

    14 Tempest - SSH and SFTP client alternatives
    Tempest - SSH and SFTP client screenshot 1

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Server Monitoring
    5.  SSH
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