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. rxvt-unicode icon
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    Rxvt-unicode is a highly customizable terminal emulator forked from rxvt. Commonly known as urxvt, rxvt-unicode can be daemonized to run clients within a single process in order to minimize the use of system resources.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  2.  7 likes

    Looking for a tabbed version of famous PuTTY? PuTTY Connection Manager is a free PuTTY Client Add-on for Windows platforms which goal is to provide a solution for managing multiple PuTTY instances. This is one of the most important missing feature of PuTTY (referring to this and.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PuTTY
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  3. PCMan icon
     3 likes

    PCMan is an open source software for BBS viewing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. lterm icon
     2 likes

    lterm is a vte-based terminal emulator for GNU/Linux systems. It is mainly used as ssh/telnet client but can be very easily configured to use any other protocol. Furthermore it can be a usual terminal on local host.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  5. SSH Explorer is a new generation SSH Client and Terminal Emulator that makes remote server management look like much more fun than it actually is :) Combined security and ease of use make it suitable for newbies and experts alike.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. With SSH Client, you can secure remote servers, protect your data, and strengthen your online presence. SSH Client can seamlessly integrate with iOS and Mac devices for efficient and secure remote management. Fortify your online presence as robust, secure, and efficient.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  7. EasySSH icon
     2 likes

    A complete, efficient and easy-to-use manager. Create and edit connections, groups, customize the terminal, with multiple instances of the same connection.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • elementary OS
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  8.  6 likes

    ClusterSSH controls a number of xterm windows via a single graphical console window to allow commands to be interactively run on multiple servers over an ssh connection.

    11 ClusterSSH alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  9. superconsole icon
     3 likes

    SuperConsole is a software collection based on ConEmu, MSYS2, Mintty, Zsh, Git for Windows, grml-zsh-config, Antigen and agkozak-zsh-theme projects, customized and configured for everyday use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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