Software Alternatives & Reviews

FireSSH VS Persistent SSH

Compare FireSSH VS Persistent SSH and see what are their differences

FireSSH logo FireSSH

After 13 years and 25 million downloads later, Firefox has officially removed FireFTP and FireSSH support from the browser. Thus, I've ended support / development of the addons. I recommend switching to Waterfox to continue using the addons.

Persistent SSH logo Persistent SSH

Persistent SSH is SSH tunnel manager for a Windows systems.
  • FireSSH Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-10-02
  • Persistent SSH Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-25

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to FireSSH and Persistent SSH)
SSH
54 54%
46% 46
Server Management
53 53%
47% 47
Tool
100 100%
0% 0
Terminal Tools
0 0%
100% 100

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Reviews

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FireSSH Reviews

10 best SSH Clients for Windows: free alternatives to PuTTY
If for whatever reason you prefer not to use a separate software for SSH remote administration, then FireSSH addon for Firefox and Chrome can be a great alternative. A great example is when you are on a system that you do not have administrative privileges. While portable SSH clients could work on such Windows PCs, FireSSH extension is platform independent.

Persistent SSH Reviews

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Persistent SSH seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 1 time since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

FireSSH mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of FireSSH yet. Tracking of FireSSH recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Persistent SSH mentions (1)

  • ssh tunneling
    KiTTy (A PuTTy derivative) has support for SSH-tunnels build-in. If you like the results then you can use something like persistant SSH tunnels (or a FOSS alternative) to maintain them. Source: almost 3 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing FireSSH and Persistent SSH, you can also consider the following products

KiTTY - KiTTY is a fork from version 0.70 of PuTTY. It adds extra features to PuTTY.

MobaXterm - Enhanced terminal for Windows with X11 server, tabbed SSH client, network tools and much more

Console - Console is a Windows console window enhancement.

PowerShell - Download WMF. Windows Management Framework contains the latest versions of PowerShell, DSC, WMI, and WinRM for older versions of Windows. PowerShell Module Browser. Search for PowerShell modules and cmdlets.

Cygwin - Cygwin is a set of tools that provide Linux and POSIX functionality to Windows.

Gnome Terminator - Terminator is one of the most useful and dynamic terminal emulators for Unix based operating systems.