Comparison of SSH clients

| Celestial Software (Brian Pence)

| 1996

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q4669754|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q4669754|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{Proprietary}}

| {{ya}}

| {{na}}

| Bitvise Limited

| 2001

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q97357043|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q97357043|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{Proprietary}}

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

| Kenny Root
Jeffrey Sharkey

| 2007-11{{efn|Based on Trilead SSH-2 for Java.}}

| Android

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q209841|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q209841|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{open source|Apache-2.0}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| rowspan="9" | Matt Johnston

| rowspan="9" | 2003-04-06

| AIX

| rowspan="9" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1669778|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="9" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1669778|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="9" {{open source|MIT}}

| rowspan="9" {{na}}

| rowspan="9" {{ya}}

| rowspan="13" | The OpenBSD project

| rowspan="13" | 1999-12-01{{efn|Based on OSSH.}}

| AIX

| rowspan="13" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q847062|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="13" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q847062|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="13" {{open source|BSD}}

| rowspan="13" {{na}}

| rowspan="13" {{ya}}

| rowspan="5" | Simon Tatham

| rowspan="5" | 1999-01-22

| BSD

| rowspan="5" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q841685|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="5" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q841685|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="5" {{open source|MIT}}

| rowspan="5" {{ya}}

| rowspan="5" {{ya}}

| rowspan="4" | VanDyke Software

| rowspan="4" | 1998–06

| Linux

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q7444822|P348|P400=Q388|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q7444822|P348|P400=Q388|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="4" {{Proprietary}}

| rowspan="4" {{ya}}

| rowspan="4" {{na}}

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q7444822|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q7444822|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q7444822|P348|P400=Q48493|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q7444822|P348|P400=Q48493|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q7444822|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q7444822|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| TeraTerm Project

| 2004{{efn|Based on Tera Term Pro 2.3 (1994–1998).}}

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q613267|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q613267|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{open source|BSD-3-Clause}}

| {{ya}}

| {{na}}

| SDI USA, Inc.

| 2006

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q7670806|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q7670806|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{Proprietary}}

| {{ya}}

| {{na}}

| Martin Přikryl

| 2000

| Windows

| 6.3.3

| 2024-04-16

| GNU GPL

| {{ya}}

| {{dunno}}

| rowspan="6" | wolfSSL

| rowspan="6" | 2016-07-20{{efn|Based on wolfCrypt.}}

| BSD

| rowspan="6" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q48743683|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="6" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q48743683|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="6" {{open source|GPL-3.0-or-later{{efn|Also available under a proprietary license.}}}}

| rowspan="6" {{na}}

| rowspan="6" {{ya}}

| rowspan="3" | EmTec, Innovative Software

| rowspan="3" | 1995-07-01

| macOS

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q17051027|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q17051027|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="3" {{Proprietary}}

| rowspan="3" {{ya}}

| rowspan="3" {{ya}}

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q17051027|P348|P400=Q189794|P548=Q2804309}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=iosjailbreak|Only for jailbroken devices.}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{partial}}{{efn|name=freebsdonly|lsh supports only one BSD platform officially, FreeBSD.}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{included}}

| {{included}}{{efn|name=win32openssh|Included and enabled by default since windows 10 version 1803. Win32-OpenSSH can be installed as an optional component in the Windows versions before Windows 10 version 1803 to Windows 10 version 1709. Portable version can be download from [https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH Win32-OpenSSH] for other versions.}}

| {{included}}

| {{included}}

| {{included}}{{efn|name=opensshlinux|The majority of Linux distributions have OpenSSH as an official package, but a few do not.}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=iosjailbreak}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{partial}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{beta}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{no}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=iosjailbreak}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{dunno}}

! Name

! macOS

! Windows

! Cygwin

! BSD

! Linux

! Solaris

! OpenVMS

! z/OS

! AIX

! HP-UX

! iOS

! Android

! Maemo

! Windows Phone

| {{no | yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|SOCKS 4, 5; HTTP}}

| {{yes|no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|SOCKS 4, 5}}

| {{yes|no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes|no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes|no}}{{efn|name=openssh-drops-ssh1|OpenSSH deleted SSH protocol version 1 support in [https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.6 version 7.6 (2017-10-03)]}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial| ProxyCommand }}

| {{no|yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=putty_kerberos|[http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html The version 0.63 supports GSSAPI. Successfully tested on Win 8 using Active Directory]}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=scp_bin|The PuTTY developers provide SCP and SFTP functionality as binaries for separate download.}}

| {{yes|SOCKS 4, 5; HTTP; Telnet; Local}}

| {{no|yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|SOCKS 4, 5; HTTP; Telnet; Generic}}

| {{yes|no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|SOCKS 4, 5; HTTP}}

| {{no|yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|SCP}}

| {{yes|SOCKS 4, 5; HTTP; Telnet}}

| {{no|yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{partial|SOCKS 4}}

| {{yes|no}}{{efn|name=winscp_ssh1|[https://winscp.net/eng/docs/history WinSCP Version history].}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{partial|limited}}{{efn|name=winscp_tunneling|[https://winscp.net/eng/docs/tunneling WinSCP connection tunneling].}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|simple}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|SOCKS 4, 5; HTTP; Telnet; Local}}

{{no}}

{{no|yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|SCP and SFTP through terminal.}}{{efn|name=zoc_scp_and_sftp_through_terminal|[https://www.emtec.com/zoc/features.html SCP and SFTP according to ZOC features page].}}

| {{yes|SOCKS 4; 5; HTTP; Jumpserver}}

! Name

! Keyboard mapping

! {{verth|Session tabs}}

! {{verth|ZMODEM
transfers}}

! {{verth|Find text
in buffer}}

! {{verth|Mouse input
support{{efn|name=mouse_input|The ability to transmit mouse input to text mode applications such as Midnight Commander}}}}

! {{verth|Unicode
support}}

! URL hyperlinking

! {{verth|Public key
authentication}}

! {{verth|Smart card
support}}

! Hardware encryption

! {{verth|FIPS 140-2
validation}}

! {{verth|Scripting}}

! {{verth|Shared
Database}}

! {{verth|Auto-reconnect}}

! {{verth|CA Certificates}}

| {{yes|full}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{dunno}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|{{dunno}}

|{{dunno}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{dunno}}

|{{partial}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{dunno}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{dunno}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=openssh_mouse_input|Only when the terminal itself supports mouse input. Most graphical ones do, e.g. xterm.}}

|{{yes}}

|{{partial|not native}}{{efn|name=openssh_url_highlight|No native URL highlighting; however most graphical consoles support URL highlighting.}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{partial}}{{efn|name=openssh_fips|[http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140val-all.htm#1791 Validated when running OpenSSH 2.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 in FIPS mode] or [http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140val-all.htm#1385 when running OpenSSH 1.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 in FIPS mode]}}

|{{No}}

|{{No}}

| {{dunno}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=opensshCA|OpenSSH supports the minimal certificate format since v5.4. {{cite web |url=https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html#5.4 |title=OpenSSH Release Notes: 5.4 |publisher=OpenBSD Project |date=2010-03-08 |access-date=2021-08-30}}}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}{{efn|name=puttyTabs|PuTTY does not support tabs directly, but many wrappers are available that do.}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}{{efn|name=puttyHyperlink|PuTTY does not support hyperlinks, but some forks of PuTTY do.}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}{{efn|name=puttyCA|Putty v71.0 does not support OpenSSH certificates. See Ben Harris' 2016-04-21 wish.{{cite web|url=https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/ssh2-openssh-certkeys.html|title=ssh2-openssh-certkeys.html}}{{cite web|url=https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/putty-wishlist.git;a=history;f=data/ssh2-openssh-certkeys;hb=refs/heads/master|title=ssh2-openssh-certkeys}}}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

| {{dunno}}

|{{dunno}}

| {{partial}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes|AES-NI}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|{{dunno}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

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|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

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|{{yes}}

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| {{dunno}}

|{{dunno}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}{{efn|name=openssh_ssh-dss|By default, disabled at run-time since OpenSSH 7.0 released in 2015.}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{no}}{{efn|name=putty_fido|PuTTY does not support security keys / FIDO tokens, but is supported in [https://github.com/NoMoreFood/putty-cac/ PuTTY-CAC]}}

| {{no}}{{efn|name=putty_fido}}

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