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Ask HN: Alternative to Putty for Multiple Sites?

by sam345 on 4/10/24, 4:10 PM with 10 comments

I've been looking around for an alternative to Putty for use on Windows. I like Putty but I need something better to manage multiple logins, better searching, possibly tagging, etc. Would like something open source and actively developed. KiTTY seems to be a one-man show and not updated frequently. Any suggestions?

  • by runjake on 4/11/24, 3:19 AM

    OpenSSH client and server comes with Windows 11 as an optional install. I would recommend using that and configure your ~/.ssh/config with your hosts and host-specific options[1].

    OpenSSH is the defacto SSH standard. If you use it, VSCode will automatically read your SSH config file for remote editing of files[2].

    1. https://linuxize.com/post/using-the-ssh-config-file/

    2. https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/ssh

  • by speedgoose on 4/10/24, 8:18 PM

    Windows Terminal and the OpenSSH client? It comes with Windows nowadays.

  • by tamimio on 4/10/24, 5:49 PM

    MobaXterm is a good option, but been a while since I used windows and I don’t know the current status.

  • by hitpointdrew on 4/10/24, 4:14 PM

    Been awhile since I had Windows as a daily driver for work, but years ago I used to use mRemoteNG https://mremoteng.org/. It was awesome, as I could bookmark SSH and RDP connections in one place and organize them in a folder structure. It also had tabs for multiple active connections.

  • by hieloz on 4/11/24, 8:52 AM