Q841685
Sign in to savePuTTY () is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. It supports several network protocols, including SCP, SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw socket connection. It can also connect to a serial port. The name "PuTTY" has no official meaning.
Key facts
- Software.name
- PuTTY
- Software.logo
- PuTTY Icon upstream.svg
- Software.logo size
- 64
- Software.screenshot
- PuTTY Ubuntu.png
- Software.caption
- A screenshot of PuTTY running under Ubuntu MATE
- Software.developer
- Simon Tatham
- Software.operating system
- Microsoft Windows, ReactOS, macOS, Linux
- Software.programming language
- C
- Software.genre
- Terminal emulator
- Software.license
- MIT License
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- free and open-source software
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Developer
- Q93011
- Official website
- www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
- Image
- PuTTY on Windows 11.png
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- operating system
- Unix-like operating system
- software version identifier
- 0.83
- Commons category
- PuTTY
- Commons gallery
- PuTTY
- source code repository URL
- git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/putty.git
- programmed in
- Q15777
- publication date
- 1998-11-19
- copyright license
- MIT License
- input device
- pointing device
- mailing list archive URL
- lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce
- public key fingerprint
- A680 0082 2998 6E46 22CA 0E43 657D 4879 77F9 5C98
- distributed by
- Microsoft Store
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Features
- History
- Components
- See also
- References
- External links
PuTTY () is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. It supports several network protocols, including SCP, SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw socket connection. It can also connect to a serial port. The name "PuTTY" has no official meaning.
PuTTY was originally written for Microsoft Windows, but it has been ported to various other operating systems. Official ports are available for some Unix-like platforms, with work-in-progress ports to and , and unofficial ports have been contributed to platforms such as Symbian, Windows Mobile and Windows Phone.
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