./resesh / compare

resesh next to the clients you know

a feature by feature table against nine other ssh clients and terminals for windows. it shows where resesh is ahead and where it is behind.

checked october 2026 built-in features only corrections welcome

built in partly, or with a condition not built in, as far as we could tell yes on the resesh roadmap

featurereseshsecurecrtputtymobaxtermxshelltermiusmremotengtabbyweztermwindows terminal
basics
pricefreepaidfreefree home edition, paid profree for home and school, paid otherwisefree starter plan, subscription above itfreefreefreefree
sourceopen, gpl-2.0closedopen, mitclosedclosedclosedopen, gpl-2.0open, mitopen, mitopen, mit
native windows 11 ui: winui controls, tabs and title baryeswinui 3partialclassic win32 lookpartialclassic win32 look, no tabspartialclassic win32 lookpartialclassic win32 looknoelectronpartialwindows formsnoelectronnodraws its own uiyes
runs onwindowswindows, macos, linuxwindows, unixwindowswindowswindows, macos, linux, ios, androidwindowswindows, macos, linuxwindows, macos, linux, bsdwindows
protocols
sshyesyesyesyesyesyesyesthrough puttyyesyespartialruns ssh.exe
telnetyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesnono
serialplannedyesyesyesyespartialpro plannoyesyesno
local shellsyespowershell, cmd, wsl, git bashyesnoyesyesyespartialpowershellyesyesyes
rdp or vncnopartialrdp, on windowsnoyesnonoyesnonono
sessions
saved sessions in foldersyesyespartialflat listyesyesyesgroupsyespartialprofile groupspartiallua config filepartialflat profile list
one login shared by many sessionsyesidentities, set per folderyessaved credentialsnoyescredentialsyesauthentication profilesyesidentitiesyesinherited from foldersnonossh confignossh config
sftp file browseryesfollows the terminal folderyessftp tabpartialpsftp command lineyesfollows the terminal folderpartialseparate xftp appyespartialtransfer dialogyesnono
open a remote folder in windows explorerpartialwith sshfs-win installednonononononononono
saved workspaces: reopen a layout of tabs and splitsyespartialconnect a whole foldernononoyesworkspace templatesnoyessave layout as profilepartialin lua configpartialstartup actions
terminal
tabs and split panesyesyestab groupsnoyesyesyespartialtabs and docked panelsyesyesyes
remote shell survives a dropped connectionyesresesh agent or tmux, set up for younonononopartialmoshnonopartialneeds wezterm on the serverno
keyword highlightingyesyesnoyesyeshighlight setsnonopartialpluginnono
record sessionsyesasciicast and text logpartialtext logpartialtext logpartialtext logpartialtext logpartialsession logsnonopartialwezterm recordno
rewind a live terminalyesnonononononononono
search past commands and their output, across hostsyesnonononopartialcommands onlynononono
compare two runs of a commandyesnonononononononono
coding agent status on tabsyesnonononononononono
network cli mode on the tab: junos, ios, ios xr, sr os md-cliyesconfig mode and where you are in itnonononononononono
connectivity
port forwardingyeslocal, remote and socksyesyesyestwo tunnels in the free editionyesyespartialputty settingsyespartialrun ssh yourselfpartialssh.exe flags
jump hostsyeschained, or a socks or http proxyyesyesyesyespartialpro planpartialputty proxy settingsyespartialproxycommand in ssh configpartialssh.exe flags
ssh agentplannedyesyespageantyesyesyespartialpageantyesyespartialssh.exe
automation
scriptingnoleft out on purposeyespython, vbscriptpartialplinkpartialmacrosyespython, vbscript, jscriptpartialsnippetspartialexternal toolsnoyesluano
type into several sessions at oncenoleft out on purposeyesnoyesmultiexecyespartialpro planyesmulti ssh toolbaryesnoyes

the table covers what each program does on its own, without plugins or a second product, on windows. it was checked against each project's own documentation in october 2026. programs change, so if a cell is wrong, open an issue and it will be fixed. product names belong to their owners.

where resesh is behind

resesh is a beta. these are the gaps you are most likely to notice.

no ssh agent yet it is planned, along with kerberos sign-in. if you depend on one today, securecrt, putty and mobaxterm already have it.
windows only securecrt, termius, tabby and wezterm also run on macos and linux. resesh has no plans for other platforms.
no x11 forwarding, rdp or vnc mobaxterm includes an x server, and mremoteng and mobaxterm open remote desktops. resesh is a terminal client only.
no scripting and no broadcast input, on purpose resesh leaves automation to tools such as ansible, and sends keys to one terminal at a time. if you script your client with python, securecrt is the better fit.
./why-resesh

what the others don't do

the rows where resesh stands alone, and what each one is for.

history every command and its output, searchable other clients write a log file per session. resesh keeps each command as its own record with host, folder, time and exit result, and searches all of them at once. compare what changed since the last run put two runs of the same command side by side, with counters and timestamps ignored, so the changed line is the only thing left. rewind see the terminal as it was scrub a live session back to any moment, including full-screen programs that left nothing in the scrollback, then return to live. agents know which tab needs you tabs show which coding agent is running and whether it is working, blocked, done or failed, locally and over ssh. logins a login that belongs to the folder several clients share credentials between sessions. resesh attaches them to folders, so a new session in the folder has the right login from the start. migration your sessions come with you import ssh and telnet sessions from securecrt, putty and openssh, review them as a folder tree, and accept the shared logins resesh suggests.

try the beta

free and open source. x64 and arm64 installers, or a portable zip. windows 10 21h2 or newer.

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