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A better Windows ssh client?
raindog308
Administrator, Veteran
I use putty on my Windows desktops.
No objection but I sure wish it had tabs because I switch back and forth a lot. I know SecureCRT is nice, but it's ridiculously priced.
Better options?
Yes, I know, get a Mac, run Linux, blah blah...living in a Windows world for the foreseeable future.
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http://www.9bis.net/kitty/
with http://www.mremoteng.org/download
It's true, ssh on windows is the worst ever in comparison to Mac/Linux. Look forward to seeing suggestions to combat that as well.
kitty looks better, but in my 3-minute exploration, I didn't see that it supports tabs.
Are you looking for something free or paid?
how about cygwin. not sure spelling
http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/
I'm using pietty.
http://ttyplus.com/downloads.html
mtputty! to the rescue, free and looks good!
@24khost, thanks for that!
my google search consisted of "putty with tabs"
lots a different ones out there
http://code.google.com/p/superputty/
I'm using SuperPutty, it's open sourced.
http://code.google.com/p/superputty/
+1 for MTPuTTy. Lets you have multiple tabs and execute some script over all the tabbed servers you have open in 1 click
Anyone mentioned "MPutty" yet ?
+1 for mtputty
My blend consist of putty and a middle server plus tmux
http://en.poderosa.org/ supports tabs and is free
Found this tutorial on superputty, which was a nice way to save prefs (fonts, colors, private key, etc.) for future session config.
http://automation-nation.org/superputty-tutorial
im testing mtputty and looks nice, also the size of the screen is bigger, and have many other options, im going to use it.
I use Xshell.
Keep using putty but connect to a vps running screen or tmux. You can leave your sessions running and reconnect from anywhere. With tmux you can do split screens:
@t3k9 That's a nice setup, might have to try that.
http://ttyplus.com/multi-tabbed-putty/
Oops, already mentioned.
Well, +1 then.
MremoteNG
Not only for ssh but also rdp, telnet and others.
No way to save font/color prefs?
perhaps, its just a window with putty inside, never tried it. I use mremoteNG mainly for RDP sessions.
Even if priced securecrt is my suggestion for windows.
kitty or Chrome Secure Shell (dev)
@raindog308 SecureCRT also works very well on Linux and OS X. I use it daily as preferred SSH client. All other clients mentioned are either clones of putty, or putty with tabs slapped on them. MremoteMG is quite nice, but not as nice as SecureCRT.
It is quite pricy. I bought it for $100, but still get updates. If you use ssh daily, it really is worth the investment.
http://www.bitvise.com/ssh-client-download