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What is TeraTerm?

TeraTerm is an open-source, free, software implemented, terminal emulator. It emulates different types of computer terminals, from DEC VT100 to DEC VT382.

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TeraTerm is an open-source, free, software implemented, terminal emulator. It emulates different types of computer terminals, from DEC VT100 to DEC VT382.


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Leonardo C.
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Leonardo C.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"TeraTerm"
Excellent application, before I was using Putty but this application seemed more pleasant and intuitive, what I liked most about this application i...
Rahul S.
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Rahul S.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"The Perfect Terminal Emulator"
I have used multiple terminal emulator software in my career as an embedded software engineer but I found TeraTerm as the best and most elegant sof...
Melvin F.
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Melvin F.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Stable software for your serial terminal and TCP/IP connection needs"
The software is light and stable. Lets you save the session and you can open multiple terminals in a high speed manner and organize them quickly u...
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What do you like best about TeraTerm?

Excellent application, before I was using Putty but this application seemed more pleasant and intuitive, what I liked most about this application is the configuration since I can configure it to my liking and save it, I recommend it to all those people who connect to a server or a router to do their work remotely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TeraTerm?

The truth is what I don't like is that I can't connect to the remote desktop, it would be great if it allowed me to connect to my session on my Windows server, this would help a lot with remote work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TeraTerm solving and how is that benefiting you?

The issues are diverse, especially for people who have to deal with routers and servers, they always encounter problems, and both internal and external connections are necessary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rahul S.
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What do you like best about TeraTerm?

I have used multiple terminal emulator software in my career as an embedded software engineer but I found TeraTerm as the best and most elegant software due to its simple and easy use user interface. It has to-the-point features without any tantrums. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TeraTerm?

I have found nothing that I dislike. It has got all features succinctly developed to be perfect. Although it sometimes misses detecting USB when a device is connected through a USB hub. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TeraTerm:

I recommend everyone who wants to use an easy and clean terminal emulator for their development purposes to use TeraTerm.

It got every feature you'll need like serial, SSH to Telenet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TeraTerm solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are a startup working towards the sanitization problem in our country. We are developing a smart real-time automation system for public toilets for which we have built our own IoT network with the help of electronics and the cloud. And TeraTerm plays a crucial role during our time of research and development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TeraTerm?

The software is light and stable. Lets you save the session and you can open multiple terminals in a high speed manner and organize them quickly

using the macros makes it easy to configure the nodes through the terminal Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TeraTerm?

the software does not allow to type across multiple sessions together. I feel if there is an option to enter the same command in multiple windows it would be great and saves time when it is required to configure more nodes simultaneously Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TeraTerm:

if you are embedded engineer and looking for tool to connect your system through UART this is the best one in the market.

Enables you to take a remote session as well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TeraTerm solving and how is that benefiting you?

Remote terminal

serial terminal access Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TeraTerm?

TeraTerm is very light compared to other terminal emulators in the market but it does everything what it is supposed to do. Most impressive thing about TeraTerm is that, it can automatically detect the serial port even if you use serial to USB converter unlike PUTTY. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TeraTerm?

Sometimes I feel that there is a small delay in TeraTerm specially when using the serial connection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TeraTerm solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm using TeraTerm to connect to my network devices and servers via telnet, ssh or serial. The best benefit of TeraTerm that I have realized is that, it is totally free, so no need to worry about purchasing license. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TeraTerm?

It offers features such as file transfer using X/Y/Zmodem and Kermit. It can replay recorded sessions which is very helpful during support calls with vendors/customers. These features are normally found it commercial offerings. It is also regularly updated and is a small download. A must for any network administrator's toolkit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TeraTerm?

Wish you can setup predefined connections. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TeraTerm:

Before dishing out funds for commercial offerings, you should do yourself a favor and use TeraTerm for a week to get it a good trial. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TeraTerm solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our network equipment has out-of-band management consoles which we can connect to via TeraTerm. We can also use TeraTerm to connect to any SSH server to manage equipment in-band. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TeraTerm?

I love TeraTerm because it does everything that you may need it to do and it does it all better than PuTTY and other open source terminal emulators Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TeraTerm?

The default colors are not great, but they can be changed so that's an easy fix. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TeraTerm:

Look no further than TeraTerm for easy terminal emulation software! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TeraTerm solving and how is that benefiting you?

TeraTerm allows me to SSH/Telnet into various networking devices as well as console in with a serial connection. I use TeraTerm when teaching my students as well, as it is simple to set up and easy to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TeraTerm?

It is a responsive software that shows the incoming data on the edge or terminal software. We can now set serial port connection without any hesitation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TeraTerm?

It does not have any convert option and shows the conversion format in hex or ascii format only. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TeraTerm:

It is an excellent tool for creating connections and also for serial communication. You can also debug it with micro controller if you are using micro controller tera term. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TeraTerm solving and how is that benefiting you?

A good software for debugging which also helps you to communicate to other systems by serial connection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Raj P.
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What do you like best about TeraTerm?

The best thing about this software is that it is an open source software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TeraTerm?

The interface seems kind of outdated, which I feel can be improved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TeraTerm:

Maybe improve the UI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TeraTerm solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have used this software in my undergraduate studies and also in my graduate studies. I have made many projects which use this software. The benefits of tera term is the response time. I fwlt that it is faster as compared to Putty Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TeraTerm?

The history of this terminal application lends well to it's overall reliability. I've only recently started using it (after finding it on an Open Source list) and have found it to be useful, and simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TeraTerm?

It's not as fully-featured as some terminal applications out there, but overall it's a nice little tool to have on hand! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TeraTerm:

TeraTerm is an easy to use platform and is supported by the Open Source community. It has an old school look and takes care of the job you need it to do - accessing terminals! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TeraTerm solving and how is that benefiting you?

TeraTerm gives us access to our shell systems that we use for our build and hosting needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.