ConnectBot Alternatives

PuTTY

PuTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. It supports several network protocols, including SCP, SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw socket connection. It can also connect to a serial port. A simple, lightweight client for connecting to a Linux shell from your Windows machine!

Features:

• SSH
• Built-in SSH client
• Telnet client
• Host management
• Support for SFTP
• Configurable
• Download Accelerators
• Lightweight
• Session management
• Tabbed interface
• Terminal emulator
• Xterm emulation

OpenSSH

OpenSSH is a free version of the SSH connectivity tools that technical users rely on. OpenSSH encrypts all traffic (including passwords) to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and other attacks. Additionally, OpenSSH provides secure tunneling capabilities and several authentication methods, and supports all SSH protocol versions.

Features:

• Encryption
• File transfer
• Jailbreak required
• Bundled with macOS
• Networking
• Support for SFTP
• SSH

GNOME Terminal

GNOME Terminal is a terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop environment written by Havoc Pennington and others. Terminal emulators allow users to execute commands using a real UNIX shell while remaining on their graphical desktop.[

Terminator

Terminator, multiple terminals in one window. The goal of this project is to produce a useful tool for arranging terminals. It is inspired by programs such as gnome-multi-term, quadkonsole, etc. in that the main focus is arranging terminals in grids (tabs is the most common default method, which Terminator also supports).

Features:

• Configurable
• Function Key Shortcuts
• Support for Multiple Monitors
• Plugins
• Split-screen view
• Split windows
• Terminal emulator
• Support for Themes
• Tiling Layouts

Alacritty

Alacritty is the result of frustration with existing terminal emulators. Using vim inside tmux in many terminals was a particularly bad experience. None of them were ever quite fast enough. Even so, Linux does have some decent alternatives. For example, urxvt and st give good experiences. The major downside with those options is difficulty of configuration and inability to run on non-X11 platforms.

Features:

• GPU Support
• Lightweight
• No input delay
• Terminal emulator

Termius

Termius is more than a mere SSH client – it’s a complete command-line solution that’s redefining remote access for sysadmins and network engineers. Securely access Linux or IoT devices and quickly fix issues from the comfort of your couch via laptop or phone. Termius Free Features: • Enjoy a beautiful, hand-crafted interface for all major mobile and desktop systems. • Termius is always ad-free. You are not the product. • Pair credentials and servers for quick access.

Features:

• Mosh client
• Support for SFTP
• SSH
• Built-in SSH client
• Cloud sync
• FTP Server Migration
• Keychain
• Port Forwarding
• Secure Copy (SCP)
• Security focused
• Server Management
• Server Monitoring
• User session recording