electerm — Free Open-Source Terminal/SSH/SFTP/Telnet/Serial Port/RDP/VNC/Spice/FTP Client
Free and open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client (linux, mac, win, android)
Features
Everything you need in a terminal client
Open-Sourced All-in-One Client
Free and open-sourced terminal, file manager, and SSH/SFTP/FTP/Telnet/Serial port/RDP/VNC/Spice client in one app.
Secure Auth
Supports publicKey + password authentication, global and per-session proxy, SSH tunneling, Agent forwarding, port forwarding, X11 forwarding, and connection hopping.
AI Assistant
Works with any OpenAI-compatible LLM API. Generate commands, explain commands, generate scripts, create bookmarks from natural language, and run tasks directly in Agent mode.
Free AI for electerm users →Remote File Editing
Double-click to directly edit remote files via integrated SFTP file manager with drag and drop.
Multi-tab Terminal
Multiple terminal sessions in tabs with split panes, quick input to one or all terminals.
Global Hotkey
Toggle window visibility with a global hotkey (default Ctrl+2), similar to Guake-style drop terminals.
Themes & Customization
UI/terminal themes, terminal background images, transparent windows on Mac and Windows.
Multi-language
14+ languages via community translations. Contributions and fixes welcome.
MCP & Deep Links
MCP widget for AI assistants and external tools. Open connections via URLs like ssh://user@host:22.
Cloud Sync
Sync bookmarks, themes, and quick commands to GitHub/Gitee secret gists, WebDAV, or custom servers.
Zmodem & Trzsz
Supports Zmodem (rz/sz) and Trzsz (trz/tsz) file transfer, compatible with tmux.
Cross-platform
Windows 7+ (x64/ARM64), macOS 10.15+ (x64/arm64), Linux (x64/arm64/Loong64), Android, including glibc 2.17+.
Live Demo
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Free and open-source — choose your platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android)
Resources
Everything you need to get started
Official
Ecosystem
Release Notes
What's new in the latest version
New features/UI/Updates
♥ #4453 Enhance SSH tunnel form to display local and remote address dynamically
♥ Add a separate SFTP channel for responsive file transfers and manage its lifecycle
♥ Add close sequence and delay options for serial connections, support graceful exit
♥ Support drag-and-drop reorder with directional indicators, now can drag to last position
♥ Implement write coalescing and buffer management for terminal output
♥ Mobile: Support long press terminal to show context menu
♥ UI: Enhance file size display in file compare modal with byte count
♥ Support code compare when select two files
♥ Support terminal wrap toggle
♥ UI: Improve terminal control toolbar UI in mobile mode
Bug fixes
♥ #4453 Fix default SSH tunnel value to 'forwardLocalToRemote'
♥ Fix disk info check command in terminal info component
♥ Fix responsive mode can not drag app issue
♥ Fix previous search function in terminal search panel
♥ UI: Fix fullscreen mode mobile UI
♥ Restore Alt/Option+arrow word-move behavior lost in xterm 6.x (#4449) by @forever765
♥ Fix use proxy sync data cause error issue (#4448)
♥ Validate dispatched method names in dispatch-center and fs (#4447) by @arpitjain099
♥ Mobile: Adjust input font size to prevent zoom issues
♥ UI: Fix buttons UI when no session
新功能/界面/更新
♥ #4453 增强 SSH 隧道表单，动态显示本地和远程地址信息
♥ 为响应式文件传输实现独立的 SFTP 通道并管理其生命周期
♥ 为串口连接添加关闭序列和延迟选项，支持优雅退出
♥ 支持拖放重排序并显示方向指示，现在可以拖到最后一个位置
♥ 实现终端输出的写入合并与缓冲管理
♥ 移动端：支持长按终端显示上下文菜单
♥ 界面：在文件对比弹窗中增强文件大小显示，增加字节数
♥ 支持选择两个文件时进行代码对比
♥ 支持终端换行开关
♥ 界面：优化移动端终端控制工具栏 UI
Bug 修复
♥ #4453 修复 SSH 隧道默认值，改为 'forwardLocalToRemote'
♥ 修复终端信息组件中的磁盘信息检查命令
♥ 修复响应式模式下无法拖动应用的问题
♥ 修复终端搜索面板中上一次搜索功能的问题
♥ 界面：修复移动端全屏模式 UI
♥ 恢复 xterm 6.x 中丢失的 Alt/Option+方向键 单词跳转行为 (#4449)（由 @forever765 提供）
♥ 修复使用代理同步数据导致错误的问题 (#4448)
♥ 校验 dispatch-center 与 fs 中派发的方法名 (#4447)（由 @arpitjain099 提供）
♥ 移动端：调整输入框字体大小以防止页面缩放
♥ 界面：修复无会话时的按钮 UI
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