PuTTY Alternatives

PuTTY is described as 'Free and open-source terminal emulator supporting SSH, Telnet, and SCP. Portable, lightweight, and works offline to connect to remote systems securely' and is a leading terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to PuTTY for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best PuTTY alternative is KiTTY, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PuTTY are OpenSSH, MobaXterm, Tabby and Termux.

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PuTTY alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators, but if you're looking for SSH Clients or Shells you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Linux, Windows, Android, Google Chrome, iPhone and iPad. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to PuTTY.
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  1. uniTerm icon
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    Lightweight all-in-one terminal with over 20 protocols including SSH, RDP, SFTP, and databases, featuring an autonomous AI agent for multi-round shell commands, advanced file transfer, real-time server monitoring, split panes, cloud sync, and multilingual support.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Termora icon
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    Termora is developed using Kotlin/JVM and partially implements the XTerm protocol (with ongoing improvements). Its ultimate vision is to achieve full platform support (including Android, iOS, and iPadOS) through Kotlin Multiplatform.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  3. SecureCRT icon
     35 likes

    SecureCRT combines rock-solid terminal emulation with the strong encryption, data integrity, and authentication options of the Secure Shell protocol. SecureCRT provides secure remote access, file transfer, and data tunneling for everyone in your organization.

    79 SecureCRT alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  4. 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.

    125 Terminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  5. Xshell icon
     42 likes

    Xshell is a powerful SSH1, SSH2, SFTP, TELNET, RLOGIN and SERIAL terminal emulator for Windows platforms. It allows users to gain access to Unix/Linux hosts easily and securely on a Windows workstation.

    70 Xshell alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  6. JuiceSSH icon
     33 likes

    The all in one terminal client for Android including SSH, Local Shell, Mosh and Telnet support.

    122 JuiceSSH alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • mosh
    • OpenSSH
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  7. MSYS2 icon
     50 likes

    MSYS2 is an independent rewrite of MSYS, based on modern Cygwin (POSIX compatibility layer) and MinGW-w64 with the aim of better interoperability with native Windows software.

    26 MSYS2 alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  8. MTPuTTY (Multi-Tabbed PuTTY) is a small free utility enabling you to wrap unlimited number of PuTTY applications in one tabbed GUI interface. You are still continue using your favorite SSH client, but you are no longer messing around with PuTTY...

    30 MTPuTTY (Multi-Tabbed PuTTY) alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  9. TermOnMac icon
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    Enables secure, encrypted remote Mac terminal access from iPhone or iPad with QR code pairing, no SSH setup, cross-device session transfer, auto-reconnect with output replay, touch-optimized keyboard, configurable shortcuts, Cloudflare global network, and supports up to 4 Macs.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  10. PuTTY Tray icon
     26 likes

    PuTTY Tray is an improved version of PuTTY. It features a number of addons to make it more useful and much more fun to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Royal TSX icon
     41 likes

    Royal TS provides easy and secure access to your remote systems

    Unlock the power to remotely manage your systems on multiple platforms!

    Royal TS is the perfect tool for server admins, system engineers, developers and IT focused information workers who constantly need to access.

    153 Royal TSX alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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