Comparison of SSH clients

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An SSH client is a software program which uses the secure shell protocol to connect to a remote computer. This article compares a selection of notable clients.

General

Name Developer Status First release Latest release Current version Based on License Source available
Template:Rh| AbsoluteTelnet Celestial Software (Brian Pence) Template:Site active 1996 2016-10-12 10.16[1] Template:Proprietary Template:No
Template:Rh| Bitvise SSH Client Bitvise Limited Template:Site active 2001 2020-05-22 8.43[2] Template:Proprietary Template:No
Template:Rh| ConnectBot Kenny Root / Jeffrey Sharkey Template:Site active 2007-11 2019-11-12 1.9.6 [3] Trilead SSH-2 for Java Template:Free Template:Yes
Template:Rh| CRAX Commander Soft4U2 Marcin Słowik Template:Site active 2013-09 2015-12-01 1.10.6 libSSH2 Template:Proprietary Template:Yes
Template:Rh| Dropbear Matt Johnston Template:Site active 2003-04-06 2017-05-18 2017.75 Template:Free Template:Yes
Template:Rh| eSSH Client Ecode Software Template:Site inactive 2002-07 Template:Proprietary Template:No
Template:Rh| lsh Niels Möller Template:Site active 1999-05-23 2013-06-26 2.1 Template:Free Template:Yes
Template:Rh| OpenSSH (OpenBSD Secure Shell) The OpenBSD project Template:Site active 1999-12-01 2020-05-27 8.3[4] ossh Template:Free Template:Yes
Template:Rh| PuTTY Simon Tatham Template:Site active 1999-01-22 2020-06-27 0.74[5] Template:Free Template:Yes
Template:Rh| SecureCRT VanDyke Software Template:Site active 1998-06 2020-02-11 8.7.0[6] Template:Proprietary Template:No
Template:Rh| Tera Term TeraTerm Project Template:Site active 2004 2018-08-31 4.100[7] Tera Term Pro 2.3 (1994–1998) Template:Free Template:Yes
Template:Rh| TN3270 Plus SDI USA, Inc. Template:Site active 2006 Template:Proprietary Template:No
Template:Rh| TtyEmulator FCS Software Template:Site active 2002-05 Template:Proprietary Template:No
Template:Rh| wolfSSH wolfSSL Template:Site active 2016-07-20 2019-10-31 1.4.3 wolfCrypt Template:Proprietary Template:Yes
Template:Rh| ZOC Terminal EmTec, Innovative Software Template:Site active 1995-07-01 2020-01-09 7.26.1[8] Template:Proprietary Template:No

Platform

The operating systems or virtual machines the SSH clients are designed to run on without emulation include several possibilities:

  • Partial indicates that while it works, the client lacks important functionality compared to versions for other OSs but may still be under development.

The list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common platforms today.

Name macOS Windows Cygwin BSD Linux Solaris Java OpenVMS z/OS AIX HP-UX iOS Android Maemo Windows Phone
Template:Rh| AbsoluteTelnet Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| Bitvise SSH Client Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No
Template:Rh| ConnectBot Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:No
Template:Rh| CRAX Commander Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No
Template:Rh| Dropbear Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Dunno Template:Dunno Template:Dunno Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:YesTemplate:R Template:No Template:Yes Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| eSSH Client Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Dunno Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Dunno Template:Dunno Template:Dunno Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| lsh Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:PartialTemplate:R Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Dunno Template:Dunno Template:Dunno Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| OpenSSH (OpenBSD Secure Shell) Template:Included Template:IncludedTemplate:R Template:Included Template:Included Template:IncludedTemplate:R Template:Yes Template:Dunno Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:YesTemplate:R Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| PuTTY Template:Partial Template:Yes Template:Dunno Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:Dunno Template:Dunno Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Beta
Template:Rh| SecureCRT Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| SmartFTP Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| Tera Term Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| TN3270 Plus Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| TtyEmulator Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| WinSCP Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:YesTemplate:R Template:No Template:No Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| wolfSSH Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:Dunno Template:Dunno Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No
Template:Rh| ZOC Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Dunno
Name OS X Windows Cygwin BSD Linux Solaris Java OpenVMS z/OS AIX HP-UX iOS Android Maemo Windows Phone
  1. ↑ https://www.celestialsoftware.net/absolutetelnet-ssh-client/absolutetelnet/ssh-version-history-9.53.html
  2. ↑ Bitvise SSH Client Version History | Bitvise. bitvise.com. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  3. ↑ https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot
  4. ↑ OpenSSH 8.3 release notes.
  5. ↑ PuTTY Change Log.
  6. ↑ SecureCRT Release History.
  7. ↑ Download Files List – Tera Term – OSDN.
  8. ↑ ZOC version number and version history.

Technical

Name User interface SSH1 SSH2 Additional protocols Tunneling Session
multiplexing
Template:R 		Kerberos IPv6 Terminal SFTP/SCP Proxy clientTemplate:R
TELNET rlogin Port
forwarding 		SOCKS
Template:R 		VPN
Template:R
Template:Rh| AbsoluteTelnet GUI (multi-session,
single-window) 		Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes
Template:Rh| Bitvise SSH Client GUI or command line Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes
Template:Rh| Dropbear command line Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| lsh command line Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| OpenSSH (OpenBSD Secure Shell) command line Template:NoTemplate:R Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Partial
Template:Rh| PuTTY GUI or command line Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:YesTemplate:R Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:YesTemplate:R Template:Yes
Template:Rh| SecureCRT GUI Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes
Template:Rh| SmartFTP GUI (multi-session,
single-window) 		Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes
Template:Rh| Tera Term GUI Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Partial Template:Yes
Template:Rh| TN3270 Plus GUI Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:Partial
Template:Rh| TtyEmulator GUI or command line Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes
Template:Rh| WinSCP Template:R GUI or command line Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:PartialTemplate:R Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Partial Template:Yes Template:Yes
Template:Rh| wolfSSH command line Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:Partial Template:Yes ?
Template:Rh| ZOC TDI or command line Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:YesTemplate:R Template:Yes
Name User interface SSH1 SSH2 Additional protocols Tunneling Session
multiplexing
Template:R 		Kerberos IPv6 Terminal SFTP/SCP Proxy clientTemplate:R
TELNET rlogin Port
forwarding 		SOCKS
Template:R 		VPN
Template:R

Features

Name Keyboard mapping Session tabs ZMODEM transfers Find text in buffer Mouse input supportTemplate:R Unicode support URL hyperlinking Public key authentication Smart card support Hardware encryption FIPS 140-2 validation Scripting Shared Database Auto-reconnect CA Certificates
Template:Rh| AbsoluteTelnet Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Dunno Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Dunno Template:Dunno Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| Bitvise SSH Client Template:Dunno Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:Dunno Template:Partial Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:No
Template:Rh| OpenSSH (OpenBSD Secure Shell) Template:Dunno Template:No Template:No Template:Dunno Template:YesTemplate:R Template:Yes Template:PartialTemplate:R Template:Yes Template:YesTemplate:R Template:Yes Template:PartialTemplate:R Template:No Template:No Template:Dunno Template:YesTemplate:R
Template:Rh| PuTTY Template:No Template:NoTemplate:R Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:NoTemplate:R Template:Yes Template:NoTemplate:R Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:NoTemplate:R
Template:Rh| SecureCRT Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:Dunno Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| SmartFTP Template:Partial Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:Dunno Template:Dunno Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| Tera Term Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:Dunno Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| TN3270 Plus Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:Dunno Template:Dunno Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| TtyEmulator Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:Dunno Template:Dunno Template:Dunno
Template:Rh| wolfSSH Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:Dunno Template:Yes
Template:Rh| ZOC Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:Dunno Template:Dunno Template:Dunno

References

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