Serial Alternatives

Serial is described as 'Full-featured serial terminal for the Mac' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Serial for Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad. The best Serial alternative is iTerm2, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Serial are KiTTY, Fig Terminal, CoolTerm and SerialTool.

Serial alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators but may also be SSH Clients. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Serial.

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Full-featured serial terminal for the Mac.

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iTerm2
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Mac
73 iTerm2 alternatives
iTerm2 is a replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm. It works on Macs with macOS 10.10 or newer. iTerm2 brings the terminal into the modern age with features you never knew you always wanted.
- - iTerm2 is the most popular Mac alternative to Serial.
- - iTerm2 is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Serial.
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iTerm2 Features
1. Support for scriptingiTerm2 supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Customizable
Supports Python
SSH
Split windows
Integrated Search
Clean design
Quake-style
Multiple languages
Notifications
Key binding
KiTTY
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
SSH Client
Windows
85 KiTTY alternatives
KiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software.
- - KiTTY is the most popular Windows alternative to Serial.
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KiTTY Features
1. PortableKiTTY can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Command line interfaceKiTTY either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
SSH
Session Management
Ssh tunnel
Multiple Browser Tabs
Auto-login
VPS
Auto-saving
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
Built-in editor
Fig Terminal
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
Mac
72 Fig Terminal alternatives
Fig adds VSCode-style autocomplete to your existing terminal. Move faster with Fig.
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Fig Terminal Features
1. Command line interfaceFig Terminal either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Works in a terminal
Terminal-based
CoolTerm
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Free • Proprietary
Terminal Emulator
Mac
Windows
Linux
24 CoolTerm alternatives
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.
- - CoolTerm is the most popular Linux alternative to Serial.
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CoolTerm Features
Serial-port
SerialTool
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
Linux
12 SerialTool alternatives
Serial Port Communication software ideal for COM communication. Multiplatform utility running on Windows, MacOS and Linux. It is completely free
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SerialTool Features
Serial terminal
Serial-port
Prompt
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Paid • Proprietary
SSH Client
iPhone
iPad
24 Prompt alternatives
Introducing Prompt: the best SSH client for your iPad or iPhone.

Prompt is clean, crisp, and cheerful: the SSH client that helps you when you need it, and stays out of your way when you don't. Perfect for system administrators, web developers, movie-style hackers ("Let.
- - Prompt is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Serial.
- - Prompt is the most popular commercial alternative to Serial.
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Prompt Features
SSH
Zterm
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Free • Proprietary
Terminal Emulator
Mac
21 Zterm alternatives
ZTerm is a terminal emulation program for the Macintosh. In its day, many people used it to connect to Bulletin Board Systems and download files. Now we have the internet. Its still a useful utility for those systems that only offer dialup connections and for connecting to...
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Zterm Features
Serial terminal
Driverless
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Get Console
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Paid • Proprietary
Terminal Emulator
iPhone
iPad
20 Get Console alternatives
Get Console is the first ipad and iphone serial port terminal application providing serial terminal connectivity without jailbreaking. The app store description advises it works on network devices, but offers a standard VT100 emulation.
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goSerial
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
7 goSerial alternatives
A Universal Binary for simple serial terminal emulation. Note: Does not support VT terminal type emulation.
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SerialTools
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
8 SerialTools alternatives
Serial Tools is a set of serial port tools for Mac OS X. Serial ports are usually USB to Serial converters.
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