ReTerminal Alternatives

Apps similar to ReTerminal include PuTTY, which is free and open source. Other options are Ghostty, Tabby, Termux and Windows Terminal. Terminal Emulators like ReTerminal are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and iPhone.

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  1. Voltius icon
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    A local-first & Open-source SSH/SFTP/Serial client with E2EE sync, plugins, and no account required — a modern alternative to Termius.

    29 Voltius alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  2. Blink Shell icon
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    Blink Shell is the professional, desktop-grade terminal emulator for iOS. It's a full-featured and highly configurable open-source terminal that can be compiled from the source at GitHub or purchased as a pre-compiled app from the App Store to support the developers.

    114 Blink Shell alternatives

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  3. iLead icon
     5 likes

    Native SSH client and encrypted vault for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Keep hosts, keys, notes, and tunnels on your machine without cloud inventory or telemetry. Use tabbed SSH, SFTP, port forwards, fleet commands, and an approval-based local MCP bridge.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Termphin icon
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    SSH that survives a locked phone, a lost signal or a switch to mobile data. A small agent holds the shell open on the server and puts you back on the same screen. SFTP, keys, snippets and tunnels included, free.

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    • Android
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  5. Ghostly Bridge is a lightweight Windows tray app to manage servers and expose local apps instantly. Access UpCloud, DigitalOcean, and your own machines from one place.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  6. Secure credential manager for SSH, RDP, VNC, Telnet, Serial, FTP, and SFTP providing tabbed sessions, side-by-side SFTP, split view, ProxyJump, port forwarding, broadcast keystrokes, import tools, offline local or cloud storage, and role-based access.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  7. Xcasca icon
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    Simple, Lightweight, and Always in Sync. Xcasca is a cross-platform SSH & SFTP Client that gives you access to your sessions wherever and whenever. With a wide variety of features in a lightweight package, manage your remote systems on any device (desktop and mobile) with...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  8. TermAI icon
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    TermAI is an AI-native mobile SSH terminal for iOS and Android. It pairs a normal SSH/SFTP client with an AI assistant in the terminal (describe a task in plain language, get a command to review before it runs — high-risk commands like rm -rf require confirmation), and built-in...

    71 TermAI alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  9. vnm_terminal is a free, open-source terminal emulator for Windows and Linux, with GPU-accelerated rendering and one terminal session per window.

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  10. cterm icon
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    cterm is a tiny terminal emulator I built from frustrations of not being able to use st across different platforms. Much like st, it is very, very small--even smaller than st. For this reason, however, cterm does not have the "standard" terminal emulator features such...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (ISC)

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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    minimal terminal emulator for wayland.

    55 havoc alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  12. A modern MobaXterm/PuTTY alternative for Windows: tabbed SSH + VNC, a full SFTP file manager, and Ctrl+V to paste images straight into a remote terminal over SFTP.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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