PuTTY
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PuTTY | Free implementation; Windows and Unix; latest release 0.85 | Free |
As chiark.greenend.org.uk lists them, read 11 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Facts from PuTTY's own pages
- Additional utilities
- The PuTTY suite includes PSCP, PSFTP, Plink, Pageant and PuTTYgen utilities. · chiark.greenend.org.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Current security update
- The team says PuTTY 0.85, released 2026-08-16, fixes multiple security issues, including a potentially dangerous Pageant issue involving SSH agent forwarding. · chiark.greenend.org.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Download integrity
- The team creates GPG signatures for files distributed from its website, and Windows executables and installers also contain built-in Authenticode signatures. · chiark.greenend.org.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- File transfer
- PSCP and PSFTP provide file transfer, and PSCP uses SFTP when possible, falling back to the older SCP protocol when needed. · chiark.greenend.org.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · chiark.greenend.org.uk, 20 Sept 2026
- License
- PuTTY executables and source code are distributed under the MIT licence. · chiark.greenend.org.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Maintainer
- PuTTY is maintained by a small team based in Cambridge, England, with Simon Tatham as project originator and main developer. · chiark.greenend.org.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Password storage limit
- PuTTY does not remember passwords in its settings. · chiark.greenend.org.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Proxies
- PuTTY supports proxying via another SSH server and HTTP Digest authentication for HTTP proxies. · chiark.greenend.org.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- SSH features
- PuTTY supports public key authentication and port forwarding, and lets users reconfigure port forwardings during a session. · chiark.greenend.org.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maintainers say they cannot answer all support emails and recommend public forums or local experts for support questions. · chiark.greenend.org.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Windows and Unix · chiark.greenend.org.uk, 20 Sept 2026
- Supported systems
- Released PuTTY tools run on Windows and Unix; Windows executables are provided for x86 and Arm, while Unix is provided as source code. · chiark.greenend.org.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Terminal emulator
- PuTTY includes an xterm terminal emulator. · chiark.greenend.org.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- Unsupported mobile platforms
- The team says it has no release-quality ports for Android, iOS or other systems beyond Windows and Unix. · chiark.greenend.org.uk, 11 Oct 2026
- What it does
- PuTTY is an SSH client for remote terminal sessions and also supports serial connections, Telnet, Rlogin and SUPDUP. · chiark.greenend.org.uk, 11 Oct 2026
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