What is Solar-PuTTY?
Solar-PuTTY is an enhanced, open-source version of the popular PuTTY SSH and telnet client for Windows. It provides all the functionality of PuTTY, allowing you to securely connect to Linux/UNIX servers, routers, and other devices via SSH or telnet protocols.
The key advantages of Solar-PuTTY over standard PuTTY are:
- Cloud storage for session data - your saved sessions are stored in the cloud rather than locally, meaning you can access them from any device.
- Portable app - Solar-PuTTY is a portable app meaning no installation is required and it can be run from a USB drive.
- Enhanced session manager - finding and organizing all your session data is easier.
- Customizable UI - change the interface color scheme and themes.
- Free and open source - Solar-PuTTY is completely free to use and the source code is available.
Solar-PuTTY runs on any Windows OS and provides a top-rated, feature-rich SSH and telnet client. The cloud storage options make it easy to access your session data anywhere. For users who frequently connect to routers, servers and other devices via telnet/SSH it can improve productivity versus standard PuTTY.
mRemoteNG, PuTTY, Windows Terminal, OpenSSH, Bitvise SSH Client, PowerShell, Tabby Terminal, KiTTY, JuiceSSH, ZOC, cPuTTY 2, PuTTYCS are some alternatives to Solar-PuTTY.