Putty Insights

What is Putty?

PuTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. It supports several network protocols, including SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw socket connection. It is commonly used to securely connect to remote servers over SSH, allowing users to execute commands and manage files on those servers. It is particularly popular on Windows, where it provides a command-line interface to Unix-like systems.

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What other technologies are related to Putty?

Putty Competitor Technologies

MobaXterm

MobaXterm is an enhanced terminal for Windows providing X11 server, tabbed SSH client, network tools and much more. It provides similar functionality to PuTTY, along with additional features, making it a competitor.

mentioned alongside Putty in 46% (164) of relevant job posts

HyperTerminal

HyperTerminal is a terminal emulation program that was included with older versions of Windows. It provides similar functionality to PuTTY for serial communication, making it a competitor (although largely obsolete).

mentioned alongside Putty in 41% (96) of relevant job posts

Putty Complementary Technologies

WinSCP

WinSCP is an SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, and SCP client for Windows. While PuTTY handles SSH and Telnet, WinSCP provides a GUI for file transfer, making them often used together.

mentioned alongside Putty in 56% (1.4k) of relevant job posts

TFTP server

A TFTP server facilitates simple file transfers, which can be used in conjunction with PuTTY sessions for transferring configuration files or other data to and from remote systems.

mentioned alongside Putty in 93% (68) of relevant job posts

Cisco Console cable

A Cisco console cable is used to connect to the console port of a Cisco device. PuTTY can be used to connect to the device through the serial port, making the cable and PuTTY complementary.

mentioned alongside Putty in 89% (67) of relevant job posts