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Xshell

Xshell is a powerful terminal emulator that supports SSH, SFTP, TELNET, RLOGIN and SERIAL.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Xshell

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iTerm2 ConEmu mintty MacTerm mRemoteNG Windows Terminal Ásbrú Connection Manager Tabby.sh (R)?ex Mina

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Xshell are iTerm2, ConEmu, and mintty. 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.
  1. 1
    A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Server Configuration And Automation #Developer Tools #SSH 111 social mentions

  2. 2
    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

    #Terminal Tools #Server Configuration And Automation #SSH 19 social mentions

  3. 3
    Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin that is based on code from PuTTY 0.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #Server Configuration And Automation #SSH

  4. Jan 1, 2018 - A powerful replacement for the macOS / OS X Terminal, with 24-bit color and graphics features.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #Server Configuration And Automation #SSH

  5. mRemoteNG is a fork of mRemote, an open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Remote PC Access #Remote Desktop #SSH 21 social mentions

  6. A new command line interface for Windows machines
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #Emulators #SSH 2 social mentions

  7. A user interface that helps organizing remote terminal sessions and automating repetitive tasks.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #Server Configuration And Automation #SSH 1 social mentions

  8. Tabby is a free and open source SSH, local and Telnet terminal with everything you'll ever need.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #Command Line Tools #DevOps Tools 18 social mentions

  9. 9
    (R)?ex - manage all your boxes from a central point - Datacenter Automation and Configuration...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #DevOps Tools #IT Automation #Server Configuration And Automation 2 social mentions

  10. 10
    Really fast deployer and server automation tool
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #VPS #DevOps Tools #Server Configuration And Automation 1 social mentions

  11. 11
    Extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #Developer Tools #Emulators 44 social mentions

  12. 12

    FAI

    FAI is a non-interactive system to install, customize and manage Linux systems
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #DevOps Tools #Server Configuration And Automation #SSH 11 social mentions

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