Top 8 Open-Source Alternatives to Putty for Mac

Product categories

Developer Tools Emulators Remote Control Remote Desktop Remote PC Access SSH Server Configuration And Automation Server Management Terminal Terminal Emulators Terminal Tools

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Putty for Mac are mRemoteNG, iTerm2, and ConnectBot. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

mRemoteNG Landing Page
1

mRemoteNG

mRemoteNG is a fork of mRemote, an open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Remote Desktop #SSH #Remote PC Access 21 social mentions
iTerm2 Landing Page
2

iTerm2

A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 98 social mentions
ConnectBot Landing Page
3

ConnectBot

ConnectBot is a Secure Shell client for the Android platform.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 2 social mentions
Termux Landing Page
4

Termux

Terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #Emulators #Terminal Emulators 56 social mentions
ConEmu Landing Page
5

ConEmu

ConEmu-Maximus5 is a full-featured local terminal for Windows devs, admins and users. Get better console window with tabs, splits, Quake style, copy+paste, DosBox and PuTTY integration, and much more.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 18 social mentions
Windows Terminal Landing Page
6

Windows Terminal

A new command line interface for Windows machines
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Terminal Tools #SSH #Server Management 2 social mentions
Kitty terminal Landing Page
7

Kitty terminal

Super fast, GPU and OpenGL based terminal emulator with tiling support
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Terminal Tools #Server Management 88 social mentions
wezterm Landing Page
8

wezterm

GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer made with Rust.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 42 social mentions