PuTTY AlternativesOnly apps categorised as FTP Clients

The best FTP Client alternative to PuTTY is MobaXterm, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to PuTTY and seven of them are FTP Clients so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting FTP Client alternatives to PuTTY are Bitvise SSH Client, ExtraPuTTY, PortX and Shellngn.

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  1. MobaXterm icon
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    MobaXterm is an enhanced terminal app that brings the advanced features of a Unix-like command-line to Windows. It takes the power of Cygwin and wraps it in a sleek, visual interface that's super easy to use, lightweight and portable.

    141 MobaXterm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  2. SSH client for file transfer, terminal and tunneling.

    73 Bitvise SSH Client alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  3. ExtraPuTTY icon
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    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:

    31 ExtraPuTTY alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. PortX icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Shellngn icon
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    Shellngn is a cloud based SSH client with SFTP and Telnet support. Manage your servers anywhere you are, with a professional and feature-rich SSH and SFTP Client.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  6. Putty for Mac icon
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    Putty is one of the Best Terminal Emulators available today. It Supports different types of Network Protocols such as SSH, FTP, SCP, Telnet etc. In Windows it is used as SSH Client to connect to Your Linux server or for some other purpose.

    82 Putty for Mac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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