Tera Term (Pro) is a free software terminal emulator (communication program) for MS-Windows. It supports VT100 emulation, telnet connection, serial port connection, and so on.
RealTerm AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like RealTerm
RealTerm is described as 'Terminal program specially designed for capturing, controlling and debugging binary and other difficult data streams. It is far better for debugging comms than HyperTerminal. It has no support for dialing modems, BBS, etc. - that is what HyperTerminal does' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to RealTerm for Windows, Linux, Mac and FreeBSD. The best RealTerm alternative is Tera Term, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like RealTerm are CoolTerm, CuteCom, YAT - Yet Another Terminal and GtkTerm.
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CoolTerm is a simple serial port terminal application (no terminal emulation) that is geared towards hobbyists and professionals with a need to exchange data with hardware connected to serial ports such as servo controllers, robotic kits, GPS receivers, microcontrollers, etc.
CuteCom is a graphical serial terminal aimed mainly at hardware developers or other people who need a terminal to talk to their devices.
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.
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YAT - Yet Another Terminal vs RealTerm Comments
- YAT - Yet Another Terminal is Free and Open Source
- YAT - Yet Another Terminal is Lightweight
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Serial Port Communication software ideal for COM communication. Multiplatform utility running on Windows, MacOS and Linux. It is completely free.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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Hercules SETUP utility is a useful serial port terminal (RS-485 or RS-232), UDP/IP terminal and TCP/IP Client Server terminal. It was created for HW group internal use only, but today its includes many functions in one utility and its Freeware!
HyperTerminal is a terminal emulator capable of connecting to systems through TCP/IP Networks, Dial-Up Modems, and COM ports. Until Windows XP, it is included with the operating system, but, starting from Windows Vista, it has to be bought separately.
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WhippyTerm is a modern GUI based terminal program. It was designed to have a modern UI and to run on modern OS's like Windows and Linux. It also has a number of unique features such as bookmarks, built in hex dumps, extending through plugins, and native support for binary...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
QuteSerial is a RS232 terminal in the veins of minicom, hyperterminal, and br@y's Terminal.exe. It allows you to access a old-fashioned RS232 (serial) port and display the received data in either a Hex or ASCII format.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
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YAT has allot of features that are good for Embedded Systems development.