MacTerm (was MacTelnet) on OS X is now a complete replacement for Terminal, allowing access to both local and remote applications.
Comments about MacTerm as an Alternative to Zterm
- MacTerm is Free and Open Source
Zterm Alternatives
Zterm is described as 'ZTerm is a terminal emulation program for the Macintosh. In its day, many people used it to connect to Bulletin Board Systems and download files. Now we have the internet. Its still a useful utility for those systems that only offer dialup connections and for connecting to' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Zterm for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, iPhone and BSD apps. The best Zterm alternative is OpenSSH, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Zterm are GNU Screen, CoolTerm, ZOC and ConsoleZ.
Alternatives list
- 8 picocom alternatives
picocom is a minimal dumb-terminal emulation program. It is ideal for embedded systems since its memory footprint is minimal (less than 20K, when stripped). Apart from being a handy little tool, the source distribution includes a simple, easy to use, and thoroughly documented...
dterm is a simple terminal emulator, which doesn’t actually emulate any particular terminal. Mainly, it is designed for use with xterm and friends, which already do a perfectly good emulation, and therefore don’t need any special help; dterm simply provides a means by which...
Terminal is a simple serial port (COM) terminal emulation program. It can be used for communication with different devices such as modems, routers, embedded uC systems, GSM phones,... It is very useful debugging tool for serial communication applications.
Get Console is the first ipad and iphone serial port terminal application providing serial terminal connectivity without jailbreaking. The app store description advises it works on network devices, but offers a standard VT100 emulation.
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
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
- Cygwin
- FreeBSD
- Termux
xs is the most popular Android alternative to Zterm.
- xs is Free and Open Source
- xs is Lightweight
Cost / License
- Pay once
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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Serial Tools is a set of serial port tools for Mac OS X. Serial ports are usually USB to Serial converters.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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United Kingdom
Terminal and console are not the same