NovoTerm Alternatives

NovoTerm is described as 'If you're a firmware developer or an embedded software developer then this tool has been made for you. This modernly designed desktop application serves as a development tool to help view serial data on your COM port' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to NovoTerm for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best NovoTerm alternative is PortKiller, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like NovoTerm are Terminal, LabVIEW, Tauno Monitor and Serial Port Monitor.

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  1. PortKiller icon
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    Advanced multi-OS desktop tool for monitoring and managing local TCP ports, identifying bound processes, watching ports for notifications, handling Cloudflare Tunnels, filtering and pinning, managing Kubernetes port-forwards with logs, plus real-time process termination.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  2. Terminal icon
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    Terminal (also referred to as Terminal.app) is a terminal emulator included in Apple's Mac OS X operating system. It originated in Mac OS X's predecessors, NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, and allows the user to interact with the computer through a command line interface.

    124 Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  3. LabVIEW icon
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    LabVIEW is a platform and development environment for graphical programming for measurement and automation. It is a development tool available for applications in test and measurement, data acquisition (DAQ), analysis, and instrument control (GPIB, VXI, and serial).

    14 LabVIEW alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Tauno Monitor icon
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    A Simple stand-alone serial port monitor for the GNOME desktop. It aims to be beginner friendly, small and easy to use. Not feature-rich and professional. Remembers the last settings (Theme, Baud Rate, Port etc.).

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
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  5. Displays, logs, and analyzes serial data from RS232/422/485 ports in real-time, features terminal emulation, customizable interface, advanced configuration, monitoring filters, session save and reload, data format switching, and detailed I/O control code recording.

    13 Serial Port Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. A no install serial terminal that runs in the web browser compatible with google Chrome and Microsoft edge browsers. Works on windows, linux, and Chromebooks. Uses webserial API to connect to local serial devices from within the web browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Self-Hosted
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  7. This program allows you to check the flow of data through a computer's COM ports. As you can see from software name this application can work as serial port monitor. It supports full duplex mode, flexible adjusting of parameters, output received data to file, automatic and...

    12 Advanced Serial Port Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. This project is a cross-platform serial port assistant. It can run on Windows, Linux, Android, and macOS.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  9. Listen32 icon
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    Listen32 tap into RS-232 transmit signals for monitoring bi-directional communications between two devices. Two COM ports are used in the listening device, the receive line of each connected to the transmit line of one of the communicating devices.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. AccessPort is serial port monitoring tool for technicians, engineers and software developers designing or debugging serial port related projects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. RS-232 and RS-485 serial terminal and serial port monitor for macOS, Windows, Linux, with a Modbus RTU decoder and RS-485 sniffer, time-stamped logging, macros, triggers and ESP32, STM32, AVR firmware flashing, plus optional Lua scripting, charts, an AI assistant (BYOK) and an MCP server.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Port Kill icon
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    A lightweight macOS status bar app that monitors and manages development processes running on ports 2000-6000. The app provides real-time process detection and allows you to kill individual processes or all processes at once.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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