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Open Source MobaXterm Alternatives for Linux
MobaXterm is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best open source Linux alternative is Ghostty. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to MobaXterm and many of them are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to MobaXterm are Tabby, Remmina, Konsole and Alacritty.
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- 58 Ghostty alternatives
106 Tabby alternativesTabby is an infinitely customizable cross-platform terminal app for local shells, serial, SSH and Telnet connections.
Comments about Tabby as an Alternative to MobaXterm
Almost everyone thinks Tabby is a great MobaXterm alternative.
- Tabby is Free and Open Source
- Tabby is Lightweight
144 Remmina alternativesOpen source remote desktop client for Linux and BSD supporting RDP, VNC, SPICE, and more, aimed at sysadmins and travelers needing remote access with features like scrollable high-res desktops and organized connection management.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
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- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Flatpak
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Comments about Remmina as an Alternative to MobaXterm
Remmina have a session manager built in like mobaxterm. I think that only Remmina and mRemoteNG are truly replacement for mobaxterm
Almost everyone thinks Remmina is a great MobaXterm alternative.
- Remmina is Free and Open Source
71 Konsole alternativesKonsole is a terminal to run a command shell. It provides a command line interface for directly controlling your computer.
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84 Alacritty alternativesAlacritty 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. Alacritty is available on GitHub in source form.
89 Terminator alternativesTerminator enables the user to run and manage multiple terminal emulators side-by-side in the same window. The main focus is arranging terminals in a grid. (Tabs is the most common default method, which Terminator also supports.
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Comments about Terminator as an Alternative to MobaXterm
greenseekerThis is a terminal emulator. Moba is an ssh, rdp, telnet, xdmcp, vnc, etc client.
Some users think Terminator is a great MobaXterm alternative, some don't.
- Terminator is Free and Open Source
- Terminator is Lightweight
Tess is a terminal emulator. It lets you have a full access to your computer, use command line based programs and many more.
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72 GNOME Terminal alternativesGNOME Terminal is a terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop environment written by Havoc Pennington and others. Terminal emulators allow users to execute commands using a real UNIX shell while remaining on their graphical desktop.
43 Yakuake alternativesYakuake is a drop-down (Quake-style) terminal emulator based on KDE Konsole technology. Its design was inspired from consoles in computer games such as Quake which slide down from the top of the screen when a key is pressed, and slide back up when the key is pressed again.
Comments about WindTerm as an Alternative to MobaXterm
gaobillNice auto-colored text and support X server forwarding.
- WindTerm is Free and Open Source
- WindTerm is Lightweight
96 Hyper alternativesHyper™ is a beautiful and extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards. It provides an elegant command-line experience that is consistent across all supported platforms which includes macOS, Windows and various Linux distributions like Fedora and Debian.
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Comments about Hyper as an Alternative to MobaXterm
Hyper is just a terminal. No file manager, port forwarding or session management (X11, VNC, etc..)
Some users think Hyper is a great MobaXterm alternative, some don't.
- Hyper is Free and Open Source
101 WezTerm alternativesA GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust
Comments about WezTerm as an Alternative to MobaXterm
MrLogan9237WezTerm is great, but is not an alternative to MobaXterm.
- WezTerm is Free and Open Source
- WezTerm is Lightweight
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