Putty alternative for MacOS

wii747

I am looking for Putty alternative for MacOS where I can import ssh keys save usernames and server names like putty does.

Any suggestions would be grateful

Void

Termius works fine for me

boot

iTerm2

totally_not_banned

Debian

HostEONS

Been using SecureCRT for around 10 yrs I think, works on MAC as well as iOS/iPAD OS, can save, import and export logins and keys etc...

But it's not FREE like putty

xvps

I use the .ssh/config file.

Host srv1
    HostName srv1.domain.tld
    User notroot
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/new_rsa

Then you can just write ssh srv1 in the terminal.

COLBYLICIOUS

Termius?

ehhthing

The ssh command, an ssh config (~/.ssh/config) and whatever your default terminal is.

kend

I was trying to find something to replace termius years ago and found Royal TSX. Have been using it ever since and never wanted to look for alternatives again.

Captainbalu

https://www.royalapps.com/ts/mac/features

meditatingsurgeon

+1 for Termius.
It’s probably the app I use the most on my Mac

Xenos

I use warp. You can create custom workflows to manage ssh keys, usernames, etc.

https://www.warp.dev

ipguru

@meditatingsurgeon said:
+1 for Termius.
It’s probably the app I use the most on my Mac

Agree with this fully.

Crab

After using SecureCRT for over 15+ years I migrated to https://tabby.sh/

Francisco

iterm2's fantastic.

Francisco

host4cheap

Do ppl still use Putty ? All OS nowadays have inbuilt support for ssh in their native terminal/cli.

elliotc

mobaXterm with crossover

Crab

@host4cheap said:
Do ppl still use Putty ? All OS nowadays have inbuilt support for ssh in their native terminal/cli.

Putty lives forever.

PuDLeZ

There are many options/solutions but I'm guessing you're looking for macos specific without doing a vm or web based. I'd recommend termius if you want a gui but truly recommend using the built in terminal/ssh. You can create ~/.ssh/config and have entries like

Host serverName
    HostName 192.168.1.123
    User userOnServer
    Port 22
    IdentityFile ~/path/to/key

Then all you have to do is type 'ssh serverName' in the terminal and you're connected. Anything after Host is what you will reference the server as with the ssh/scp command. You can replace the IP with dns if it has one. If you're using the same user on your local host as the server, you don't need to specify it in the config. Same goes as the port, if you're using the standard port 22, you don't need it in the config.

Arkas

Tabby.

Chalipa

+1 for Termius

fatchan

~/.ssh/config

and

ssh

concept

I use Termius too.

Smigit

@kend said:
I was trying to find something to replace termius years ago and found Royal TSX. Have been using it ever since and never wanted to look for alternatives again.

Love Royal TSX. Not cheap but very nice app.

JosephF

@HostEONS said:
Been using SecureCRT for around 10 yrs I think, works on MAC as well as iOS/iPAD OS, can save, import and export logins and keys etc...

But it's not FREE like putty

How much are you paying/paid for SecureCRT?

@Crab said:
After using SecureCRT for over 15+ years I migrated to https://tabby.sh/

Why'd you quit SecureCRT?

Vodol

XPipe + Tabby

Crab

@Crab said:
After using SecureCRT for over 15+ years I migrated to https://tabby.sh/

Why'd you quit SecureCRT?

Primarily to get a free solution that is also more cross-platform compatible. SecureCRT is still great, but it has its cost.

JosephF

@Crab said:

@Crab said:
After using SecureCRT for over 15+ years I migrated to https://tabby.sh/

Why'd you quit SecureCRT?

Primarily to get a free solution that is also more cross-platform compatible. SecureCRT is still great, but it has its cost.

How does Tabby compare to SecureCRT?

xNEO

I use built in terminal on MacOS, and Termius on iOS.

HostEONS

@JosephF said:

@HostEONS said:
Been using SecureCRT for around 10 yrs I think, works on MAC as well as iOS/iPAD OS, can save, import and export logins and keys etc...

But it's not FREE like putty

How much are you paying/paid for SecureCRT?

@Crab said:
After using SecureCRT for over 15+ years I migrated to https://tabby.sh/

Why'd you quit SecureCRT?

Don't really remember as I got license almost 10 yrs ago, I just pay for updates every 3 yrs or something and it's not much atleast not for my use case

kend

@Smigit said:

@kend said:
I was trying to find something to replace termius years ago and found Royal TSX. Have been using it ever since and never wanted to look for alternatives again.

Love Royal TSX. Not cheap but very nice app.

It's free for up to 10 connection profiles. And after that, $45 one time payment is also not that much.