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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  1. Ratty icon
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    A GPU-rendered terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics. Inspired by TempleOS. Built with Rust & Ratatui.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Rust
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  2. cterm icon
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    cterm is a tiny terminal emulator I built from frustrations of not being able to use st across different platforms. Much like st, it is very, very small--even smaller than st. For this reason, however, cterm does not have the "standard" terminal emulator features such...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (ISC)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  3. Keepr icon
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    Keepr is a desktop app (Windows, macOS, Linux) for sysadmins and teams managing many servers, VMs and external service accounts. Every SSH/RDP/SFTP connection and credential lives in a single AES-256-GCM encrypted vault (Argon2id key derivation) that syncs safely across devices...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
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  4. NeoServer icon
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    NeoServer offers a comprehensive management solution via SSH without additional software installation for your servers, NAS (Network Attached Storage), and Linux-based routers across iPhone, iPad, and Mac platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  5. Upshell icon
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    Native macOS SSH & SFTP client with tabbed/split terminal, ProxyJump bastions, SOCKS5 tunnels, and built-in secure agent.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. Yorishiro icon
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    Yorishiro is a new kind of terminal that gives your AI a body — and a sense of presence.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  7. ServerGlance is a privacy-focused iOS SSH client and server monitoring tool designed for sysadmins and developers who need to manage their infrastructure on the go. Unlike cloud-based alternatives, ServerGlance is 100% local—your SSH keys and server data never leave your device.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
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  8. HandyPC icon
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    HandyPC lets you do PC-style work on an Android phone. Find a file in the built-in file explorer, open it in the text editor, fix it, and send it to a server over SCP or SSH — without sending the file back and forth to a PC just to edit it.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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  9. Flux SSH icon
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    Flux SSH is an SSH and SFTP client available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The terminal and the file manager are connected through one link, allowing multiple sessions to be open in the same window.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. A modern MobaXterm/PuTTY alternative for Windows: tabbed SSH + VNC, a full SFTP file manager, and Ctrl+V to paste images straight into a remote terminal over SFTP.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. RXVT icon
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    RXVT –our extended virtual terminal– is a terminal emulator for X11. It is a popular replacement for the standard ‘xterm’.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Deepin Terminal is a terminal manager developed by deepin team that can freely split window according to users requirements with horizontal and vertical screen split supported. It allows users to do terminal settings of fonts and colors changing, background pictures...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Deepin
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