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   PuTTY

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   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.

   115 PuTTY alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application types

   • Terminal Emulator
   • SSH Client

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • PortableApps.com
   • ReactOS
   • Flathub

   

   

   

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   shaunhenderson

   Negative comment•Mar 27, 2025

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   This is only for Telnet/SSH

   

   

   • PuTTY is Free and Open SourceTerminal is Free and Proprietary
   • PuTTY is LightweightTerminal is not according to our users
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   Ghostty

    61 likes

   Cross-platform terminal emulator balancing speed, platform-native UI, and modern features. Designed for an enhanced interactive CLI environment, offering full standards compliance for seamless integration with shells and CLI tools.

   58 Ghostty alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Terminal Emulator

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Nix Package Manager
   • Homebrew

   

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   Tabby

    119 likes

   Tabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.

   106 Tabby alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Terminal Emulator

   Origin

   • Ukraine

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

   

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   Termux

    115 likes

   Experience a powerful Unix terminal on Android without the need for rooting. Customize with packages via Apt, run command-line tools, SSH, and program in C, Python, and more. Enjoy a full Unix environment with bash, zsh, mouse support, and external display compatibility.

   102 Termux alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Terminal Emulator

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Android
   • Android Tablet
   • F-Droid
   • zsh
   • GNU Bourne Again SHell

   

   

   

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   iTerm2

    174 likes

   Terminal emulator for macOS enabling split panes, session restoration, advanced customization, search, SSH, automation features, tmux integration, Unicode, mouse support, notifications, inline images, broadcast input, and profile management.

   86 iTerm2 alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application type

   • Terminal Emulator

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

   

   

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   Guest

   Positive comment•Nov 22, 2017

   1

   Cleaner interface, endless customisation with oh-my-zsh, works perfectly.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   quadratic

   Positive comment•Sep 10, 2018

   0

   iTerm2's UI is more clean and intuitive, but it still allows for more power and customization than the default terminal.

   

   

   • iTerm2 is Free and Open SourceTerminal is Free and Proprietary
   • iTerm2 is Customizable and LightweightTerminal is not according to our users
7. 

   

   Windows Terminal

    93 likes

   Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community including support for tabs, rich text, globalization, configurability...

   103 Windows Terminal alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application types

   • Terminal Emulator
   • SSH Client

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

   

   

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9. 

   

   PowerShell

    200 likes

   PowerShell (including Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core) is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework.

   68 PowerShell alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Shell

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Snapcraft

   

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10. 

    

    ConEmu

     386 likes

    Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.

    62 ConEmu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)

    Application type

    • Terminal Emulator

    Origin

    • Ukraine

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

    

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    MobaXterm

     227 likes

    MobaXterm is an enhanced terminal app that brings the advanced features of a Unix-like command-line to Windows. It takes the power of Cygwin and wraps it in a sleek, visual interface that's super easy to use, lightweight and portable.

    115 MobaXterm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    • Terminal Emulator
    • SSH Client

    Origin

    • France
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

    

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    mRemoteNG

     228 likes

    Manage remote connections efficiently with this open-source tool, featuring a tabbed interface supporting RDP, VNC, SSH, Telnet, HTTP, and more protocols, without any ads.

    86 mRemoteNG alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application type

    • Remote Desktop

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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    Kitty terminal

     58 likes

    Kitty ( not to be confused with KiTTY ) is a powerful, cross-platform GPU-based terminal emulator. It offloads rendering to the GPU and uses OpenGL for fast, cross-platform performance with built-in tiling layouts as well as graphic, unicode...

    84 Kitty terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Terminal Emulator

    Origin

    • Canada

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    

    

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    Alacritty

     70 likes

    Alacritty is a blazing fast, GPU accelerated terminal emulator. It’s written in Rust and uses OpenGL for rendering to be the fastest terminal emulator available. Alacritty is available on GitHub in source form.

    84 Alacritty alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

    Application type

    • Terminal Emulator

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    

    

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