HN Explorer

Ask HN: Alternative for putty?

3 points by mablae ↗ HN
Hi folks,

Some times you can not run your workstation on linux for different reasons.

I am more and more unhappy with "putty" I currently use.

Why isn't there a actively maintained SSH Terminal Client for Windows?

Please list SSH Terminal Client for Windows you like!

7 comments

[ 9.4 ms ] story [ 142 ms ] thread
mattbillenstein
Cygwin is essential if you spend any significant amount of time using a Windoze box...
opless
If you find cygwin annoying and/or slow, try mingw.

If you grab the official git windows client you get a mini-install with openssh which works fine :)

I use putty myself, and if I'm only allowed to use a web browser, I'll just log into chrome and use the ssh client chrome extension (which seems to be still in beta a year later)

fithisux
Plenty

Poderosa, Terraterm

among others

a3n
I vote with the others: cygwin, and install openssh in that.

You have the added benefit of having a bash command line (or zsh or whatever) to use as you like.

But for your question, cygwin plus openssh is an excellent solution. Try it.

cdvonstinkpot
SmartFTP- has tabbed ssh terminals, dual-pane local/sftp, bookmarks.