WindTerm Alternatives

Apps similar to WindTerm include PuTTY, which is free and open source. Other options are Ghostty, Tabby, OpenSSH and Termux. Terminal Emulators like WindTerm are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and iPhone.

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  1. Putty for Mac icon
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    Putty is one of the Best Terminal Emulators available today. It Supports different types of Network Protocols such as SSH, FTP, SCP, Telnet etc. In Windows it is used as SSH Client to connect to Your Linux server or for some other purpose.

    85 Putty for Mac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  2. 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

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. Secure credential manager for SSH, RDP, VNC, Telnet, Serial, FTP, and SFTP providing tabbed sessions, side-by-side SFTP, split view, ProxyJump, port forwarding, broadcast keystrokes, import tools, offline local or cloud storage, and role-based access.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  4. SheepTerm icon
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    SheepTerm is a free native terminal client for network engineers on macOS and Windows. It combines SSH, serial consoles and a local shell with saved hosts and groups.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  5. Zync icon
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    Open-source SSH client for developers & DevOps with SFTP, tunneling, and a modern terminal. Built with Rust & Tauri.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. OmniPTY icon
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    OmniPTY is am opinionated native macOS and Linux terminal emulator, written entirely in Rust. GPU-rendered on GPUI, with a file-tree drawer you drive like vim and a status bar that knows where your shell is.

    51 OmniPTY alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Homebrew
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  7. bawkterm icon
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    bawkterm is a desktop client for SSH, SFTP, Docker over SSH and Remote Desktop on Windows, macOS and Linux, with local terminals in the same window.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • AppImage
    • Flatpak
    • Arch Linux
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  8. 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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  9.  Like

    minimal terminal emulator for wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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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)!

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  11. A desktop SSH client that puts a terminal, an SFTP browser and your port forwards in one window, over a host list grouped by environment.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. xs icon
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    Simple alternative to ssh (<5% SLOCC) written from scratch in Go, with support for PQC KEMs (Post-Quantum Cryptography Key-Encapsulation Mechanisms).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • FreeBSD
    • Termux
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