PuTTY
Last updated: September 15, 2026
Direct download from the publisher’s own server — no repacks, no bundled installers. By Simon Tatham. Report a broken link
PuTTY — PuTTY is the classic free SSH and telnet client for Windows: lightweight, reliable, and endlessly configurable.
PuTTY is the SSH client that generations of admins grew up on. It is tiny, rock-solid and covers SSH, telnet, serial and raw connections, with the companion tools PSCP, PSFTP, Plink, Pageant and PuTTYgen included in the installer.
Key features:
- SSH-2 with modern key exchange and ciphers
- Telnet, rlogin, serial and raw protocols
- Session profiles, port forwarding, X11 forwarding
- Pageant SSH agent and PuTTYgen key generator
- Command-line file transfer with PSCP/PSFTP
- Free, open source, no installation required