PuTTY

PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Windows and Unix platforms. A simple, lightweight client for connecting to a Linux shell from your Windows machine!

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PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Windows and Unix platforms.

A simple, lightweight client for connecting to a Linux shell from your Windows machine!

Links to official PuTTY sites

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Tabbed interface Support for SFTP Session management SSH Configurability Built in SSH client Telnet client Host management Xterm emulation

The Best 11 PuTTY Alternatives

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MobaXterm

An advanced terminal that gives Windows users a powerful, Unix-like command-line experience.

Freemium Windows

Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Portable Tabbed interface Support for SFTP Multiple protocols Macros Feature Windows Explorer integration Multi Session Autoimport of Putty sessions Secure Copy (SCP)
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cmder

cmder is an open-source replacement for the windows command-line. it relies on conemu , extending it with the power of clink and some great looking defaults including a monokai color scheme and custom prompt layout.

Free Open Source Windows clink ConEmu Windows Command Prompt PowerShell

Portable Tabbed interface Command line interface ANSI color support Built in SSH client Command line/bash
132 Like

mRemoteNG

mRemoteNG is a fork of mRemote, an open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager.

Free Open Source Windows

Tabbed interface Multiple protocols Remote desktop SSH Linux Management
61 Like

ZOC

ZOC is a powerful and well-established terminal emulator and telnet client, well known for its outstanding user interface with tabbed multi session support.

Commercial Mac OS X Windows

Tabbed interface Scripting SSH Auto Highlighting BBS Support Binary trace files Hot keys Incoming data as hex dump Stream Capture Telnet client
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PAC Manager

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.

Free Open Source Linux

Tabbed interface Remote desktop SSH Group connections Multiple protocols support
28 Like

Terminals

Terminals is a secure, multi tab terminal services/remote desktop client. It uses Terminal Services ActiveX Client (mstscax.dll). The project started from the need of controlling multiple connections simultaneously.

Free Open Source Windows

Tabbed interface Remote desktop Wake on LAN SSH Trace Route
26 Like

Royal TSX

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...

Freemium Mac OS X Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad

Tabbed interface Remote desktop Explorer like SSH
10 Like

Gnome Connection Manager

Gnome Connection Manager is a tabbed ssh connection manager for gtk+ environments.

Free Open Source Linux

Tabbed interface Ssh tunnel SSH XML import / export
7 Like

PuTTYCM

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...

Free Windows PuTTY

Tabbed interface Autoimport of Putty sessions
6 Like

z/Scope

z/Scope is a multi-protocol, multi-host terminal emulator that provides access to multiple terminal-based applications in a way that is familiar to every user, using a modern tabbed interface.

Commercial

Tabbed interface Support for FTP Multiple protocols Remote desktop SSH Multi Session Integrated FTP client Printer Emulation
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SSH Cryptonaut

Our up-to-date, modern SSH client is designed to be intuitive to use and feel "natively Windows".

Free Windows

Tabbed interface Support for Unicode Auto update SSH

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PuTTY

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The Best 11 PuTTY Alternatives

MobaXterm

cmder

mRemoteNG

ZOC

PAC Manager

Terminals

Royal TSX

Gnome Connection Manager

PuTTYCM

z/Scope

SSH Cryptonaut

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