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Xshell

Xshell is a powerful terminal emulator that supports SSH, SFTP, TELNET, RLOGIN and SERIAL.

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Xshell is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The most popular Linux alternative is PuTTY, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked 39 alternatives to Xshell and 17 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Xshell are OpenSSH (Free, Open Source), Terminator (Free, Open Source), Alacritty (Free, Open Source) and Termius (Freemium).

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PuTTY

PuTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. It supports several network protocols, including SCP, SSH...
- No post-login script per profile/session Guest • Nov 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ReactOS
SSH Built-in SSH client Telnet client Gui ... Host management Logging Serial terminal Session management Support for SFTP Configurable Download Accelerators Lightweight Tabbed interface Terminal emulator Xterm emulation Add a feature

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OpenSSH

OpenSSH is a free version of the SSH connectivity tools that technical users rely on. OpenSSH encrypts all traffic (including passwords) to effectively eliminate...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux iPhone BSD ... Cygwin Haiku
Encryption File transfer Jailbreak required Bundled with macOS ... Networking Support for SFTP SSH Add a feature

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Terminator

Terminator, multiple terminals in one window. The goal of this project is to produce a useful tool for arranging terminals. It is inspired by programs such as...

Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD
Split-screen view Support for Themes Configurable Function Key Shortcuts ... Support for Multiple Monitors Plugins Split windows Terminal emulator Tiling Layouts Add a feature

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Alacritty

Alacritty is a blazing fast, GPU accelerated terminal emulator. It’s written in Rust and uses OpenGL for rendering to be the fastest terminal emulator available....

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
GPU Support Lightweight No input delay Terminal emulator Add a feature

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Termius

Termius is more than a mere SSH client – it’s a complete command-line solution that’s redefining remote access for sysadmins and network engineers. Securely access Linux...

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Chrome OS iPad
Mosh client Support for SFTP Keychain Port Forwarding ... SSH Unix-like Built-in SSH client Cloud sync FTP Server Migration Secure Copy (SCP) Security focused Server Management Server Monitoring User session recording Add a feature

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Ásbrú Connection Manager

A user interface that helps organizing remote terminal sessions and automating repetitive tasks.

Free Open Source Linux
Debian package SSH RDP sessions in a tab Remote shell ... Ssh tunnel Tabbed interface Terminal emulator Add a feature

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PAC Manager

PAC is a Perl/GTK Gnome replacement for SecureCRT/Putty/etc... It provides a GUI to configure SSH/Telnet connections: users, passwords, EXPECT regular expressions...
- Discontinued
  The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 4.5.5.7, released in November 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.
- Even though it's discontinued, it still offers a huge load of features and is highly customizable. Guest • Oct 2019
Free Open Source Linux
Tabbed interface Group connections Support for Multiple protocols Password management ... RDP RDP sessions in a tab Remote desktop SSH Terminal emulator Add a feature

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Chrome Secure Shell

Secure Shell is an xterm-compatible terminal emulator and stand-alone ssh client for Chrome. It uses Native-Client to connect directly to ssh servers without the need...

Free Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS Chrome
Integrates with Putty configuration SSH Secure Copy (SCP) Terminal emulator Add a feature

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SecureCRT

SecureCRT combines rock-solid terminal emulation with the strong encryption, data integrity, and authentication options of the Secure Shell protocol. SecureCRT provides...

Commercial Mac Windows Linux
Auto-login Scriptable SSH Terminal emulator Add a feature

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rdesktop

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...
- Discontinued
  In November of 2019, Pierre Ossman of Cendio AB announced that his company will no longer be maintaining this project. They are currently seeking maintainers.
Free Open Source Linux BSD
Remote desktop Add a feature

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RXVT

RXVT –our extended virtual terminal– is a terminal emulator for X11. It is a popular replacement for the standard ‘xterm’.
- Discontinued
  Last updated in 2013.
Free Open Source Windows Linux
Terminal emulator Add a feature

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KRDC

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...

Free Open Source Linux
RDP Remote desktop Add a feature

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FireSSH

FireSSH is a free, cross-platform SSH terminal client for Mozilla Firefox. Written entirely in Javascript!
- Discontinued
  The extension is not working on Firefox 57 and later. The developer ended support and development of FireSSH. The extension still works on XUL-based Firefox forks like https://alternativeto.net/software/waterfox/ and https://alternativeto.net/software/palemoon/
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Waterfox Pale Moon ... Firefox
Browser based Firefox Extensions Legacy Firefox Addon SSH ... Terminal emulator Add a feature

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Termite

A keyboard-centric VTE-based terminal, aimed at use within a window manager with tiling and/or tabbing support.

Free Open Source Linux
Terminal emulator Add a feature

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Shell NGN

SHELLNGN is a cloud based SSH client with SFTP and Telnet support. Manage your servers anywhere you are, with a professional and feature-rich SSH and SFTP Client.

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux Web
Support for SFTP SSH Telnet client Web-Based Add a feature

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