What ssh client do you guys use?

UNIX for Beginners Q & A
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My work laptop is Windows-based. I guess it is same for almost everyone.

What ssh client do you guys use to access Linux/Unix servers ?

I used to use just vanilla Putty. Then, I started using mRemoteNG because of the multi-tabbed interface. mRemoteNG internally uses putty.
But, I occasionally bump into issues specific to mRemoteNG.

So, I just thought of asking you guys what your favourite ssh client is.

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welcome to the community, @resistance.
I use mostly plain vanilla putty, but some time I need to connect with RDP to the jumpbox and connect from there. So for the RDP connection "step" I use Parallel Client Connection. It allows multi-window RDP sessions - very useful in my case.

I've dabbled a bit in to MobaXterm - it's quite nice with cool features, but so far plain putty has been enough for me.

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Hi,

If I'm on Linux or a UNIX, I use the command-line OpenSSH client in an xterm window. When on Windows, PuTTY has always been my go-to. And lastly, when on my iPad I use a client called Blink.

I have also had some experience using native OpenSSH on Windows, just with the plain Command Prompt window as my terminal. That works, though only about as well as you'd expect, terminal-wise.

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Hi @resistance,

another possibility is to use https://www.cygwin.com. You can start a terminal (mintty.exe) in which e.g. a bash is running. Like the standard openssh client, bash can be installed via cygwin, just like many other open source tools (like terminator, a powerdul multi-window terminal) ported to windows. Even an X server is possible.

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I was still a child, I tried to write a website in pure html in a small wrapper with php. Free hosting was on Free BSD with open ssh access. I used the program " Bitvise SSH Client: Free SSH file transfer, terminal and tunneling" and I really liked it. It used to be called - tuneller I don't even know what state it is in now. But judging by the frequency of cross-platform solutions that come across, the most popular is Putty.

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I never use Windows under any circumstances.

If I was forced to somehow (unlikely) I would install / create a unix-like emulator or VM to SSH from, I guess.

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Hi,

I use mRemoteNG after years using SupperPutty (but on windows it's need double alt+tab to swithc window.....), and WLS with Windows Terminal (mostly to run ansible-playbooks).