Xshell Alternatives

Apps similar to Xshell include PuTTY, which is free and open source. Other options are OpenSSH, Termux, MobaXterm and Windows Terminal. You're spoiled for choice with Terminal Emulators like Xshell: we list more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone.

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  1. CleverTerm icon
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    CleverTerm is a program to communicate with devices via RS232, RS422 or RS485 by using a serial port.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. SSH Pilot icon
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    Desktop SSH manager featuring a user-friendly graphical interface, integrated terminal, tabbed sessions, port forwarding, secure credential storage, SCP upload, keypair generation, privacy controls, customizable appearance options, and .ssh/config import support.

    61 SSH Pilot alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  3. MacTerm icon
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    MacTerm (was MacTelnet) on OS X is now a complete replacement for Terminal, allowing access to both local and remote applications.

    101 MacTerm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  4. KRDC icon
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    KRDC is the KDE Remote Desktop Client. KRDC was overhauled as part of the Google Summer of Code (SoC) 2007 by Urs Wolfer and other developers to be included in the KDE 4.0. An overhaul was needed as KRDC development had slowed to a stop as it had no active maintainer for several...

    37 KRDC alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • KDE
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  5. 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.

    84 Putty for Mac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. terminalpp icon
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    terminalpp (terminal++) is a minimalist but powerful terminal emulator which provides the same features and user experience on both Windows and Linux.

    28 terminalpp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. TTYEmulator is a free terminal emulator application which can act as a client for the SSH, Telnet, rlogin, raw TCP and serial computing protocols. TTYEmulator is written for Microsoft Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Termux Monet icon
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    A terminal emulator application for Android 8+ OS extendible by variety of packages, with Monet support and experimental features.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
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  9. tmiix icon
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    Tmiix is a terminal with builtin tmux, ssh and snippets support. Tmiix manages local and remote tmux sessions in a beautiful, intuitive, fast UI.

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. rdesktop icon
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    rdesktop is an open source client for Windows Terminal Services, capable of natively speaking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in order to present the users Windows desktop. Supported servers include Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows...

    50 rdesktop alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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