The 7 Best SSH Clients for Software Engineers

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As a software engineer or system admin, you’ll often need a reliable and feature-rich SSH client to manage remote servers or PCs and perform other tasks efficiently.

Here are some of the best SSH clients to cater to your needs.

1. OpenSSH

The most popular SSH Client on Unix-based systems. It is open-source, simple to use, and versatile. It is also available on Linux, Windows, macOS, and Unix.

OpenSSH provides encrypted connections, SH tunneling, secure remote logins, file transfer, and other network operations.

On Windows, you can install OpenSSH using the following PowerShell commands:

Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0

OpenSSH usually comes preinstalled on Linux and macOS.

2. PuTTY

A classic, lightweight, and powerful SSH Client that has stood the taste of time.

PuTTY is intuitive, user-friendly, and lightweight. It has many great features and is a favorite among many system admins. It is available on all major platforms.

PuTTY also supports other remote connection protocols such as telnet — a legacy protocol that is less secure but handy when connecting to systems that do…