best ssh program for Windows?
I know of Putty. I currently use rxvt (via Cygwin).
Is there a more "integrated" terminal program for Windows out there? e.g. something closer to KDE's kconsole -- where I can have multiple shells all tabbed within the same window. etc.
Solution 1:
So far as I know, Putty is the best open-source non-commercial SSH client for Windows. For tabbed sessions there is http://puttycm.free.fr/cms/
You could also look at commercial programs such as Reflection for Unix and SecureCRT. (Edit:) They both offer tabbed sessions.
Another option might be Putty + screen (man screen)?
(Edit:)
Summary of programs suggested in this & other answers and comments
In no particular order.
- Putty RGB
- Putty + PuttyCM RGB
- Putty + screen RGB
- Reflection RGB - $120
- SecureCRT RGB - $99
- Anzio Lite RGB - $40
- mRemote gWaldo
- mRemoteNG Mircea Vutcovici
- Kitty - a Putty fork UniDyne
- Poderosa Cypher
- ssh from Cygwin OpenSSH] Steven Monai
- Absolute Telnet Adrien
- MobaXterm miguelo
Prices for commercial products are indicative only, check before choosing
I thought it would be useful to have a concise list. For votes, see also below.
Solution 2:
kiTTY is an up-to-date port of the venerable old puTTY. It supports tabbed sessions and a bunch of other niceties/tweaks to the original puTTY.
www.9bis.net/kitty
Unfortunately, not many people know about this fork yet. If you are currently using puTTY, I would highly recommend kiTTY.
Solution 3:
I know you already accepted an answer, but I hate Putty and there IS another tool out there for Windows users. A lot of people say Putty is the best - probably because it's the only tool they know about for Windows clients. I thought it was the only option as well until I found Poderosa.
It offers multiple panes/sessions per window, multiple tabs, simple font/color customizations, background images/colors - and probably a few more things I haven't found yet.
It's the only tool I use now for telnet/ssh/console(serial) terminal shell sessions. It might be what you're looking for.
Solution 4:
I am using SecureCRT.
Solution 5:
check for MobaXterm, a terminal console for windows which allows ssh, public keys, X forwards, multi-tabs, and many linux commands in windows environment.