Free SSH (Secure Shell) and Telnet Clients
Free SSH programs and telnet clients that allow you to connect via the SSH or Telnet
Free SSH (Secure Shell) and Telnet Clients / Programs
Listed on this page are free Secure Shell clients, that is SSH clients, as well as telnet clients that allow you to connect to a site via the SSH or Telnet protocols. SSH clients and telnet clients are useful when you need to access the shell of another computer to do things like maintenance, backup, compilation, etc.
Note that if you are looking for a Secure FTP client (SFTP), you should check out the Free Secure FTP and FTP Clients page instead.
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Disclaimer
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Free Secure Shell (SSH) and Telnet Clients
- Putty
Putty is a well-known open source SSH and telnet client for Windows systems, that supports both SSH1 and SSH2. The package also includes command line tools like PSFTP which allows you to use secure FTP (SFTP, using the SSH protocol) as well as PSCP, an SCP client (for secure file copy). It also supports secure X11 forwarding, which allows you to run X Window applications on the server and view the windows it displays on your local machine. Another useful feature of Putty is secure port forwarding, which allows you to forward arbitrary network connections over your encrypted SSH connection. This can be used, for example, for sending and receiving email securely over a normal SMTP / POP3 connection.
- Poderosa
Poderosa is a telnet and SSH 1 and 2 client that also supports connecting to serial ports. It has a tabbed GUI, allowing you to open connections to various servers with each in a separate tab. It has a plugin architecture. The current version of this telnet and SSH client requires Windows and .NET Framework 2.0 to run.
- OpenSSH
The OpenSSH comes with the ssh program (secure shell), scp (for secure file copy), sftp (for secure FTP), etc. It has ports for a variety of systems, including OpenBSD (of course), Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, AIX, HP-UX, etc.
- MSSH (Metropolitan State College SSH Client)
MSSH supports the SSH1 protocol and works on Windows 95b, 98, 98 SE, ME, NT 4.0, 2000 and XP.
- SSHWindows (OpenSSH for Windows)
This is an OpenSSH port for Windows. It doesn't look like it's maintained any more.
- Cygwin
Cygwin contains a port of OpenSSH for Windows. Note: if you only want OpenSSH, don't select the other Unix tools in the package when you install.
- HyperTerminal Private Edition
HyperTerminal Private Edition is a Windows telnet client that include additional features over those offered by the version of HyperTerminal included in Windows. It works under Windows 95, 98, and NT 4.0. The software is free for personal use only.
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