Open Source Terminals AlternativesRemote Desktop Tools & Terminal Emulators like Terminals

The best open source alternative to Terminals is PuTTY. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Terminals and nine of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Terminals are mRemoteNG, Alacritty, Terminator and QTerminal.

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  1. PuTTY icon

    PuTTY

     1454 likes

    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.

    118 PuTTY alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
    • Flathub
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    PuTTY vs Terminals Comments
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    Negative
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    It has no RDP functionality; ergo it does not have the primary function of Terminals.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Putty is console text app, not graphics (VNC or RDP-like).

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • PuTTY is Free and Open SourceTerminals is also Free and Open Source
    • PuTTY is LightweightTerminals is not according to our users
  2. mRemoteNG icon

    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.

    90 mRemoteNG alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Config Connections
     
  4. Alacritty icon

    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.

    91 Alacritty alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  5. Terminator icon

    Terminator

     166 likes

    Terminator enables the user to run and manage multiple terminal emulators side-by-side in the same window. The main focus is arranging terminals in a grid. (Tabs is the most common default method, which Terminator also supports.

    94 Terminator alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
    Terminator is running Vim, Bash, and Python side by side.
     
  7. PAC Manager icon

    PAC Manager

     41 likes

    PAC is a Perl/GTK Gnome replacement for SecureCRT/Putty/etc... It provides a GUI to configure SSH/Telnet connections: users, passwords, EXPECT regular expressions, macros, etc.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. FireSSH icon

    FireSSH

     16 likes

    FireSSH is a free, cross-platform SSH terminal client for Mozilla Firefox. Written entirely in Javascript!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Waterfox
    • Pale Moon
    • Firefox
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  10. QuTTY icon

    QuTTY

     1 like

    QuTTY is a multi-tabbed, multi-paned SSH/Telnet client with a terminal emulator. The goal is to support advanced features similar to iterm2. Following features are supported.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. dRemote icon

    dRemote

     4 likes

    dRemote is an easy and free tool to handle mutiple remote connections of different types. This tool comes in handy when you have to connect to differnt remote connections all the want to have to change all the settings manually.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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