Termux Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to Termux is PuTTY, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Ghostty, Tabby, Windows Terminal and MobaXterm. You're spoiled for choice with Terminal Emulators like Termux: we list more than 100 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and iPhone.

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Most Termux alternatives are Terminal Emulators, but you can also narrow the list to SSH Clients or Shells. Other popular filters are Android, Windows, iPhone and iPad.
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    YAET is a terminal emulator built on Xterm.js and Electron. It can interpret escape sequences that allow shell scripts and other programs to write HTML content directly to the terminal, or display content from the web.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • npm
    • Node.JS
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
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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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    Platforms

    • Android
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  3. Reach SSH icon
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    A free, open-source SSH client with SFTP, remote desktop, port tunneling and built-in database tools, for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
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  4. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Rabbit remote control is an open-source, cross-platform, multi-protocol remote control software.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    Zync is a free SSH workspace for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It’s for people who live in terminals and SSH all day and don’t want their host keys and passwords sitting in someone else’s cloud.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. OmniPTY icon
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    Native macOS and Linux terminal emulator written in Rust and GPU-rendered with GPUI, combining PTY and VT support with vim-driven file browsing, splits, tabs, tmux-style workspaces, a shell-aware status bar, powerline prompt, vim copy mode, and one reloadable TOML configuration file.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Homebrew
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  8. SSH Deck icon
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    Modern SSH and SFTP client built for developers, offering zero-knowledge encrypted credentials, end-to-end encrypted cloud sync, multi-tabbed sessions, integrated SFTP transfers, ad-free interface, secure keychain use, and AES-256-GCM encryption for data.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  9. PhoneRig icon
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    Turn a spare Android phone into a real self-hosted web server: full Ubuntu without root, a website builder, shared photo albums, one-tap WordPress, Gitea, code-server, Filebrowser and Syncthing, published over HTTPS through a secure tunnel. Free core, one-time upgrades, no subscription.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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  10. SSHFlow icon
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    SSH client for developers that gives every server its own workspace for terminals, SFTP, code editing, and databases.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Your Mac dev environment on your iPhone and iPad: the iOS Simulator mirrored live with touch, Xcode builds installed on the real device in your hand, AI coding agent sessions and a real terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Mac
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  12. gvmux icon
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    A native macOS terminal built on libghostty, Ghostty's terminal engine, with vertical tabs and split panes. You get Ghostty's rendering, fonts, themes and config, in a different window layout.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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