Secure Pipes Alternatives

Secure Pipes is described as 'Makes managing SSH tunnels simple and robust. It's made for people who love and understand UNIX technology, but also love the simplicity and convenience of Mac OS X' and is an app in the development category. There are four alternatives to Secure Pipes for Mac, Windows, Linux and Python. The best Secure Pipes alternative is Core Tunnel, which is free. Other great apps like Secure Pipes are iTivity SSH Manager, SSH Tunnel Manager and SSHplex.

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Secure Pipes makes managing SSH tunnels simple and robust. It's made for people who love and understand UNIX...

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Secure Pipes alternatives page was last updated Jun 12, 2025
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    Core Tunnel

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    Core Tunnel is the best way to manage your SSH tunnels, with OS X Keychain integration. You can manage multiple tunnels in parallel, supports password/keyboard/pubkey authentication methods, creates local/remote/dynamic port forwarding tunnels & more.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    One app, numerous tunnels

    Core Tunnel Features

    1.  SSH

    Core Tunnel VS Secure Pipes

     

    • Core Tunnel is the most popular Mac alternative to Secure Pipes.

    • Core Tunnel is the most popular free alternative to Secure Pipes.

    • Core Tunnel is Freemium and ProprietarySecure Pipes is Free and Proprietary
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    iTivity SSH Manager

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    iTivity SSH Manager is an automated tunnel management and access management solution designed for teams. It is easy to deploy, effortless to maintain, and infinitely scalable. iTivity works by automatically connecting all of your systems — on any network or behind any firewall...

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    iTivity SSH Manager Features

    1.  Privileged Access Management
    2.  SSH
    3.  SSH Tunnel

    iTivity SSH Manager VS Secure Pipes

     

    • iTivity SSH Manager is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Secure Pipes.

    • iTivity SSH Manager is Free and ProprietarySecure Pipes is also Free and Proprietary
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    SSH Tunnel Manager

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    SSH Tunnel Manager is a tool to manage SSH Tunnels (commonly invoked with -L and -R arguments in the console). With SSH Tunnel Manager you can set up as many tunnels as you wish, each one containing as many port redirections as you wish.

    13 SSH Tunnel Manager alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    SSH Tunnel Manager screenshot 1

    SSH Tunnel Manager Features

    1.  SSH

    SSH Tunnel Manager VS Secure Pipes

     
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    SSHplex

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    SSHplex is a Python-based SSH connection multiplexer that provides a modern Terminal User Interface (TUI) for selecting and connecting to multiple hosts simultaneously using tmux. Built with simplicity and extensibility in mind, SSHplex integrates with NetBox as a Source of...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
    SSHplex screenshot 1

    SSHplex Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Terminal-based
    3.  SSH
    4.  Python-based
    5.  Tui

    SSHplex VS Secure Pipes

     

    • SSHplex is the most popular Open Source alternative to Secure Pipes.

    • SSHplex is Free and Open SourceSecure Pipes is Free and Proprietary
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