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PuTTY Tray vs TextPad

A side-by-side look at PuTTY Tray and TextPad. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

PuTTY Tray

PuTTY Tray

Network & Admin

PuTTY Tray is an enhanced version of the popular PuTTY SSH and telnet client for Windows. It adds several convenience features like tray icon, saved sessions, auto login, proxy support, automatic command execution and more while preserving the lightweight and fast user experience of original PuTTY.

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TextPad

TextPad

Office & Productivity

TextPad is a text editor for Windows. It has features for editing plain text, source code, and markup languages. It's lightweight, customizable, and supports syntax highlighting, macros, editing multiple files in tabs, and more.

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