Putty for Mac Alternatives

Popular free terminal application. Mostly used as an SSH client.

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

Unimus is a Network Automation and Configuration management solution designed for fast deployment network-wide and ease of use. Unimus does not require learning any abstraction or templating languages, and does not require any coding skills.

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The all in one terminal client for Android including SSH, Local Shell, Mosh and Telnet support.

SSH client for file transfer, terminal and tunneling.

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

Open Source

Tera Term (Pro) is a free software terminal emulator (communication program) for MS-Windows.

SSH From your browser

Powerful iOS, Android, Desktop (Chrome) SSH client

The Tectia SSH Client and SSH Server suite is the proven market leader for enterprise-grade reliability with high performance server access and data transfer

FileZilla is an FTP, or file transfer protocol, client. It lets individuals transfer single files or batches to a web server. For many years, FTP was the standard for website design. Read more about FileZilla.

Royal TS provides easy and secure access to your remote systems

A faster alternative to FTP

Once that's done, another computer or device with the right credentials, called the client, can connect to the host and control it. Don't let the technical aspects of remote desktop software scare you away.