OpenSSH Alternatives

OpenSSH is described as 'Free version of the SSH connectivity tools that technical users rely on. OpenSSH encrypts all traffic (including passwords) to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and other attacks' and is a very popular SSH Client in the network & admin category. There are more than 50 alternatives to OpenSSH for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best OpenSSH alternative is PuTTY, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OpenSSH are KiTTY, ConnectBot, WindTerm and Xshell.

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  1. copssh icon
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    Provides SSH server and client on Windows, built on OpenSSH and Cygwin, supports secure remote administration, file transfer, tunneling, key and password authentication, role management, SFTP, scripting, and compatibility with modern Windows versions.

    16 copssh alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. Shellngn icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  3. PSSH icon
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    PSSH, Parallel SSH Tools, provides parallel versions of OpenSSH and related tools.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • OpenSSH
    • Python
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  4. Solar-PuTTY icon
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    Solar presents the omniscient PuTTY SSH and Telnet client with extended interface enriched by a simple graphical SFTP explorer, all coming packed in a single exe file, which can be used without admin rights.

    25 Solar-PuTTY alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. SSH Pilot icon
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    Desktop SSH manager featuring a user-friendly graphical interface, integrated terminal, tabbed sessions, port forwarding, secure credential storage, SCP upload, keypair generation, privacy controls, customizable appearance options, and .ssh/config import support.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  6. SmarTTY icon
     12 likes

    SmarTTY is a neat multi-tabbed SSH client with built-in SSH support. It makes it extremely easy to connect to your SSH servers and exchange files. It allows storing your private keys securely in Windows key containers and can set up the remote host for remote key authentication...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Get Console icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  8. CompleteFTP icon
     5 likes

    A Windows and Linux server for SFTP, FTPS, FTP and HTTPS, with unlimited users on every edition, a virtual file system, and Active Directory integration.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. PAC Manager icon
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    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, macros, etc.

    62 PAC Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. Software components for Data Protection, Secure Storage, and Secure Transfer. Trusted in high security, mission-critical applications for decades.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  11. Highly customizable SSH server with several ways to authorize a user and options where and how to execute a user's session.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Kubernetes
    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. 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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