Alternative to PuTTY
Alternative to PuTTY
Hello everyone! I discovered a tool named MobaXterm and I’m really impressed with it. The challenge is its closed-source nature, and because I manage more than 15 devices, I require the enterprise edition which costs around 87 dollars. What I appreciate most about MobaXterm are its Cisco syntax highlighting, tab functionality, ability to write in multiple sessions simultaneously, and remote desktop support. If anyone knows of other options with similar features, please share them. But that sparked my curiosity—what clients use or recommend? Here are a few I’m aware of: PuTTY, KiTTY, SuperPuTTY, mRemoteNG. Just SSH from the terminal.
I work with nRemoteNG via Putty. I find it too affordable to purchase SecureCRT, which is likely one of the top options, or at least quite good. Still, it feels pricey at around $100 and I haven’t explored MobaXterm yet, though I think it could be similar to nRemoteNG but more powerful. Superputty isn’t kept up to date anymore.
You're connecting via SSH from one Linux machine to another running multiple VM instances.
On Linux I usually connect via SSH from a terminal. On Windows I switched from PuTTY to KiTTY because we relied more on ssh:// links at work, and it’s simpler to configure. Since then I’ve appreciated some of KiTTY’s extra tools, like saving login sessions while a window remains open. My colleagues recommend mRemoteNG, but I haven’t tried it yet. MobaXTerm has a strong feature list, though the interface doesn’t feel polished enough for my taste.
Remember, if it isn't secure, it's not safe. Since you can run a bash shell on Windows through the Ubuntu overlay, I'm using it more frequently now.