PuTTY
Free and open-source terminal emulator for connecting to remote systems via SSH, Telnet, and SCP. Portable with no installation required, providing lightweight functionality. Ideal for secure connections with features like command line support and customizable settings. Works offline effortlessly.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- ReactOS
- Flathub
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- Configurable
Features
- SSH
- Built-in SSH client
- Telnet client
- Host management
- Graphical User Interface
- Serial terminal
- No registration required
- Support for SFTP
- Works Offline
- Command line interface
- Session Management
- Portable
- Logging
- Ad-free
- Tabbed interface
- Secure Copy (SCP)
- Xterm emulation
- Download Accelerator
Tags
- telnet
- scp-client
- Console
- remote-connection
PuTTY News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
- Jhy561 liked PuTTY
- sebastianpaczoski updated PuTTY
rtulunay added PuTTY as alternative to LivConnect
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What is PuTTY?
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 connect to a serial port.
A simple, lightweight client for connecting to a Linux shell from your Windows machine!
Puttys official website has always been: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ But now there's an official landing page with a shorter url: https://putty.software/
PuTTY information
Developed by
Simon Tatham Licensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.Rating
Average rating of 4Alternatives
114 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
I think this is the tool I've been using for the longest time, several decades (yes from 2 you can say several). Thanks so much for your very good job!
PuTTY doesn't have tabs. This is super annoying. (Asbru, PAC Manager, SecureCRT, Zoc do)
It can't use standard OpenSSH keys. You must convert them to its own PPK key format. All other SSH clients use standard keys.
To just connect to a host, the information is spread across THREE option pages:
This is just stupid UX. Sorry. In Asbru, ZOC or PAC Manager, you have all the login information on one page.
I've been using this tool on a daily basis for years. It's very reliable. It can be used for SSH and also regular terminal emulation. The latter is especially useful to work with serial ports.
Contrary to the description, Putty is for Windows only. It doesn't have an installer for Linux or Mac.
i download this program couple hours ago but i dont understand how to get password when im try get in program keep sayin acces denied does anybody know pls help
This help me in so many ways to list.
I don´t like it, yet. I would like to test it