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Terminal Programs

ANSI-BBS Compatible Terminal Programs

Stand-alone

Name Windows Linux FreeBSD OS-X Telnet RLogin SSH Serial X/Y/ZMODEM RIP Notes
AbsoluteTelnetYesNoNoNoYesNoYesYesX/Y/ZNoCommercial
dataCometNoNoNoYesYesNoYesYesZNoCommercial
Hilgraeve HyperTerminal PE v6 Yes No No No Yes No No Yes X/Y/ZNo Included with Windows XP, ZMODEM uploads broken, v7 no longer free for personal use
Le Putty Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ZNo Fork of putty, uses external rz/sz, possibly build-your-own for *nix
Microsoft telnet.exe Yes No No No Yes No No No No No Included/available with all Microsoft Windows NT+ OSes. After XP (Vista and later), the ANSI-BBS/CP437 support is horrible. Not recommended for BBS use
mTelnet Yes No No No Yes No ZNo ZNo Author, Enigma (a.k.a. dink) is MIA, free, closed source, no batch uploads support
NetRunnerYesYes???YesYesNoNoNoZNoFrom the developer of Mystic BBS Software
Putty Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Defaults to non-CP437 character set
QodemYes Yes ??????YesYesYesYesX/Y/ZNoopen source Qmodem clone
SyncTERM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes X/Y/ZNoFrom the Synchronet developers, free, open source
ZOC (Zap-o-Comm) Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes X/Y/ZNo Commercial
ztelnet No Yes Yes ??? Yes No NoNo ZNoFree, open source, uses external rz/sz. Appears to be abandoned.

Web-based

Name Telnet RLogin SSH X/Y/ZMODEM RIP Notes
Flashterm Yes No No No No Requires Adobe Flash Player and compatible web browser
fTelnet Yes Yes No YModem-G OnlyPartially More features than Flashterm! Intended to be installed by SysOps on their BBS's website. See the “My fTelnet” entry for user-focused implementation. Requires Adobe Flash Player and compatible web browser
HtmlTerm Yes No No YModem-G OnlyNo Intended to be installed by SysOps on their BBS's website. Requires a compatible web browser (supporting Canvas and WebSockets)
JavaTelnetSSH Yes No Yes No No Poor ANSI-BBS support, Version 1 here
My fTelnet Yes No No YModem-G OnlyNo Web based, free, open source. It's basically HtmlTerm ready to be used by users, unlike the HtmlTerm entry above which is more for SysOps. Requires a compatible web browser (supporting Canvas and WebSockets)

Mobile

Name iOSAndroidTelnet RLogin SSH X/Y/ZMODEM RIP Notes
iSSH YesNoYesNoYesNoNoBest Telnet/SSH client for Apple iOS

See Also

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