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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  1. TermAI icon
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    TermAI is an AI-native mobile SSH terminal for iOS and Android. It pairs a normal SSH/SFTP client with an AI assistant in the terminal (describe a task in plain language, get a command to review before it runs — high-risk commands like rm -rf require confirmation), and built-in...

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  2. CtrlOps icon
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    CtrlOps is a local-first desktop app for managing all your Linux servers from one screen with AI. 100% local. No DevOps expertise needed. This is Local first alternative of Termius.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  3. MyShell icon
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    MyShell is a native cross-platform desktop shell workspace for macOS, Windows, and Linux designed to bridge the gap between traditional terminal emulators and modern AI-assisted developer workflows.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Xcasca icon
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    Simple, Lightweight, and Always in Sync. Xcasca is a cross-platform SSH & SFTP Client that gives you access to your sessions wherever and whenever. With a wide variety of features in a lightweight package, manage your remote systems on any device (desktop and mobile) with...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  5. Command Book is a native Swift/Swift UI app to help developers run and manage commands that traditionally have been run in the terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. Easy SSH icon
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    Easy SSH is a free, open-source SSH client that runs inside a VS Code or Cursor terminal tab. It opens a real login shell, and file and folder names in the terminal become links: Ctrl+click (Cmd+click on macOS) a file to download it, Ctrl+click a folder to cd into it, or drag...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Visual Studio Code
    • Cursor
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  7. ShellPilot is an SSH client and SFTP file manager for Android, maintained for Android 15 and 16. It connects with a password or a key (Ed25519 or RSA, in OpenSSH or PEM format), and handles servers that sign in through a login prompt — macOS Remote Login and PAM setups — as well...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  8. terminALL icon
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    SSH terminal, live desktop, SFTP files and Wake-on-LAN for your own Linux, Windows and Mac computers, from iPhone and iPad, with no account.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  9. vnm_terminal is a free, open-source terminal emulator for Windows and Linux, with GPU-accelerated rendering and one terminal session per window.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. DumbTerm icon
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    A stupidly simple web-based terminal emulator, with common tools and Starship enabled (via Docker)!

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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    minimal terminal emulator for wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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