List of SSH clients for windows
SSH Client is important for everyone who’s involved in server management or web hosting in anyway. A lot of users are not expert in linux, hence they use windows and connect to their server using SSH. The most famous client which is widely used is called Putty, however, a lot of you may not know there are a lot many clients that you can use which are as good as [some better] then Putty.
In this article, we’ll take a look at SSH clients available for windows operating systems and alternative to putty.
1. Cygwin:
OpenSSH (SSH1 and SSH2 protocol) with Cygwin can run on Windows using the portable version of OpenSSH, which can be either built from source or installed as a Cygwin native package. Several other packages of OpenSSH on Cygwin exist; one that is actively maintained is copssh.
2. Open SSH for windows:
OpenSSH for Windows is a free package that installs a minimal OpenSSH server and client utilities in the Cygwin package without needing the full Cygwin installation. The OpenSSH for Windows package provides full SSH/SCP/SFTP support. SSH terminal support provides a familiar Windows Command prompt, while retaining Unix/Cygwin-style paths for SCP and SFTP.
3. WinSCP SSH for windows:
WinSCP is an open source free SFTP client, SCP client, FTPS client and FTP client for Windows. Its main function is file transfer between a local and a remote computer. Beyond this, WinSCP offers scripting and basic file manager functionality. It has a graphical interface it supports basic authentication.
4. Private Shell SSH Client:
Private Shell is an advanced and easy-to-use SSH and SecureFTP client for Windows providing remote computer access with SSH1 and SSH2 protocols. Private Shell’s default configuration allows you to connect to any SSH1 or SSH2 server in the most secure way by choosing the strongest encryption algorithms supported by a remote computer.
Hope you’ll find them handy when your putty’s acting up, and feel free to digg/stumble/tweet this post if you found it useful. Also, let me know if you know any other client then these.