PuTTY AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Remote Desktop Tools

The best Remote Desktop alternative to PuTTY is mRemoteNG, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to PuTTY and many of them are Remote Desktop Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Remote Desktop Tool alternatives to PuTTY are uniTerm, Xshell, Royal TSX and Tempest.

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  1. mRemoteNG icon
     230 likes

    Manage remote connections efficiently with this open-source tool, featuring a tabbed interface supporting RDP, VNC, SSH, Telnet, HTTP, and more protocols, without any ads.

    111 mRemoteNG alternatives

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  2. uniTerm icon
     5 likes

    Lightweight all-in-one terminal with over 20 protocols including SSH, RDP, SFTP, and databases, featuring an autonomous AI agent for multi-round shell commands, advanced file transfer, real-time server monitoring, split panes, cloud sync, and multilingual support.

    27 uniTerm alternatives

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  3. Xshell icon
     42 likes

    Xshell is a powerful SSH1, SSH2, SFTP, TELNET, RLOGIN and SERIAL terminal emulator for Windows platforms. It allows users to gain access to Unix/Linux hosts easily and securely on a Windows workstation.

    77 Xshell alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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  4. Royal TSX icon
     41 likes

    Royal TS provides easy and secure access to your remote systems

    Unlock the power to remotely manage your systems on multiple platforms!

    Royal TS is the perfect tool for server admins, system engineers, developers and IT focused information workers who constantly need to access.

    156 Royal TSX alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Mac
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    • Android
    • iPhone
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    • iPad
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  5. Tempest icon
     2 likes

    Tempest is a powerful SSH, RDP, VNC, S3, WebDAV, SFTP, FTP, Telnet, Serial, RCON, and Mosh client for Android — built for developers, sysadmins, and DevOps engineers who manage servers on the go.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Online
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  6. PAC Manager icon
     41 likes

    PAC is a Perl/GTK Gnome replacement for SecureCRT/Putty/etc... It provides a GUI to configure SSH/Telnet connections: users, passwords, EXPECT regular expressions, macros, etc.

    66 PAC Manager alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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  7. Vinagre icon
     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

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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  8. dRemote icon
     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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  9. z/Scope icon
     8 likes

    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.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Online
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  10. SSH Pilot icon
     3 likes

    Desktop SSH manager featuring a user-friendly graphical interface, integrated terminal, tabbed sessions, port forwarding, secure credential storage, SCP upload, keypair generation, privacy controls, customizable appearance options, and .ssh/config import support.

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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  11. Termio icon
     1 like

    Modern terminal and SSH manager with AI, workspaces, and full privacy.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    • Linux
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