Alternatives to Electerm
Manage terminal and remote-file connections in one application. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Electerm
Manage terminal and remote-file connections in one application.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Electerm.
Tabby
A terminal, SSH client and serial console in one window, with a connection manager and an encrypted secret store.
Tabby also combines local shells, SSH, Telnet and serial connections, and adds an encrypted secret store and Zmodem transfer, though as an Electron app it uses more memory.
MobaXterm
A Windows remote-computing toolbox: tabbed SSH, an X11 server, RDP, VNC, FTP and Unix commands in one portable executable.
MobaXterm bundles SSH, SFTP, RDP, VNC and an X11 server with a graphical SFTP browser, but it is closed source, Windows only and the free edition caps sessions.
WindTerm
A fast SSH, SFTP, telnet, serial and tmux client for Windows, macOS and Linux, free for commercial use.
WindTerm offers SSH, SFTP, telnet and serial in a native client free for commercial use, but only part of its source is published and macOS builds are Intel only.
PuTTY
The small, stubbornly reliable SSH and Telnet client that has been on every Windows admin’s desktop for twenty-five years.
PuTTY is a small MIT-licensed SSH and Telnet client with PSCP and PSFTP for files, but its interface is dated and there is no Mac port from the project.
Wave Terminal
A terminal with file previews, a remote file editor, web browsing and AI assistance arranged as blocks in one window.
Wave Terminal pairs SSH sessions that reconnect on their own with a graphical remote file editor and previews, but uses a block workspace instead of tabs.
Termius
A cross-platform SSH client for desktop and mobile that syncs hosts, keys and snippets between devices.
Termius is a proprietary freemium SSH client that adds Android and iOS apps and syncs hosts and keys through the vendor's service.
SecureCRT
A commercial SSH and Telnet client with session management and scripting for Windows, macOS and Linux.
SecureCRT is a paid, closed-source SSH and Telnet client for Windows, macOS and Linux with tab groups and scripting.
Bitvise SSH Client
A Windows SSH client combining a terminal, SFTP file transfer and port forwarding.
Bitvise SSH Client is a free, closed-source Windows-only client combining terminal, graphical SFTP and flexible port forwarding.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Electerm as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Deepin Terminal
A Qt terminal emulator from the Deepin desktop with workspaces, remote server management and quake mode.
Electerm combines terminal and SFTP remote-file connections in one app for Windows, macOS and Linux, though protocol support varies by platform.
KiTTY
A PuTTY fork for Windows that adds session filtering, automatic login scripts and portability.
Electerm combines terminal and remote-file connections including SSH and SFTP on Windows, macOS and Linux, though available protocols vary by platform.
Tera Term
Long-running Windows terminal emulator for SSH, Telnet and serial connections.
Electerm is an MIT-licensed cross-platform app combining terminal sessions with SSH and SFTP file management, without Tera Term's macro language.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
assh
Wrapper that adds regex hosts, templates, gateways and hooks to SSH configuration.
Wishlist
Choose SSH destinations from an interactive directory.
OpenSSH
The standard SSH client and server suite for encrypted remote login, file copying and tunnelling.
SmartFTP
A Windows client for FTP, FTPS, SFTP, WebDAV, SSH and cloud storage transfers.
