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PuTTY vs RealTerm

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

PuTTY

PuTTY

Network & Admin

PuTTY is a popular open-source terminal emulator and SSH client for Windows. Developed by Simon Tatham, PuTTY provides a lightweight and versatile tool for connecting to remote servers using various network protocols, including SSH, Telnet, and Rlogin. It is widely used for secure and convenient command-line access to remote systems.

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RealTerm

RealTerm

Development

RealTerm is a serial port terminal program designed to replace HyperTerminal for engineers and developers. It provides full terminal emulation, data logging, ASCII, hex and binary data views, scripting and more.

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