MobaXterm Alternatives

MobaXterm is described as 'Enhanced terminal app that brings the advanced features of a Unix-like command-line to Windows. It takes the power of Cygwin and wraps it in a sleek, visual interface that's super easy to use, lightweight and portable' and is a very popular terminal emulator in the network & admin category. There are more than 100 alternatives to MobaXterm for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best MobaXterm alternative is Ghostty, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MobaXterm are Tabby, Termux, Windows Terminal and Remmina.

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MobaXterm alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators, but if you're looking for SSH Clients or Remote Desktop Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac, Windows, Open Source, Linux + Open Source, Windows + Free and iPad. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to MobaXterm.
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  1. X410 icon

    X410

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    X410 works seamlessly with Windows Subsystem for Linux, SSH X11 forwarding or in any situation that needs an X-Window server. X410 also supports VSOCK for communicating with Linux GUI apps and desktops running in Hyper-V virtual machines.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. mintty icon

    mintty

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    Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin that is based on code from PuTTY 0.60 by Simon Tatham and team.

    53 mintty alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  4. Core Shell icon

    Core Shell

     3 likes

    Core Shell is a full-featured terminal with built-in OpenSSH support, focused on managing and login to hosts efficiently.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Core Shell screenshot 1
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  5. Kuu icon

    Kuu

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    Fast, polished native macOS terminal. Real login shells on a Metal surface (SwiftUI + libghostty), with native windows and tabs, per-tab zoom, find in scrollback, and a color theme catalog. Secure by default: signed and notarized builds, auto-updates via Sparkle, no account, no...

    51 Kuu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Kuu screenshot 1
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  6. Waffle Terminal icon

    Waffle Terminal

     1 like

    Automatically tiles and organizes all terminal sessions in one native macOS window, scaling layouts from fullscreen to grid, grouping sessions by project with color-coding, enabling instant filtering, supporting any CLI tool, and requiring zero configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. VcXsrv icon

    VcXsrv

     22 likes

    Windows X-server based on the xorg git sources (like xming or cygwin's xwin), but compiled with Visual C++ 2010. Source code can also be compiled with VS2008, VS2008 Express Edition and VS2010 Express Edition.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • European Union flagEU
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    OpenSSH for Windows

     4 likes

    OpenSSH for Windows is a minimal installation of the Cygwin port of OpenSSH and related utilities to provide SSH and SCP services on the Windows platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. X-Win32 icon

    X-Win32

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    X-Win32 is the most advanced PC X server on the market. With an average of 30 million uses per month globally,X-Win32 is also one of the most widely used X emulators.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Token2Shell

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    Token2Shell is a Windows 10 UWP SSH client with X11 forwarding and Docker integration.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
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  12. Ghostel icon

    Ghostel

     2 likes

    Ghostel is a terminal emulator for Emacs powered by libghostty-vt, the VT engine behind the Ghostty terminal.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • FreeBSD
    • BSD
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    • European Union flagEU
    Ghostel screenshot 1
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  13. Asbru Connection Manager icon

    Asbru Connection Manager

     20 likes

    Ásbrú Connection Manager is a user interface that helps organizing remote terminal sessions and automating repetitive tasks.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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    terminalpp

     1 like

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    terminalpp on WIndows 10.
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