Free X server and tabbed SSH client for Windows

Run tabbed SSH sessions, serve X11 apps, move files over SFTP, connect through RDP or XDMCP, and reach for a full network toolbox — without ever leaving one window. Made for engineers who spend their day in the terminal.

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MobaXterm in action — animated terminal session demo

Why choose mobaXterm

A single window for every workflow.

Terminal, SSH client, X server, file transfer and network utilities live side by side here — with nothing extra to set up.

Reach any host

SSH, SFTP, RDP, XDMCP, telnet, serial and Mosh are all supported. Keep sessions organized, route through gateway hosts and forward ports from a single session tree.

Power tools included

An X11 server, embedded servers, a package manager, a text editor, multi-execution and syntax highlighting ship in the box — no more stacking five utilities to finish one task.

Shape it to your workflow

Record macros, store credentials in the password vault, apply themes, or roll out branded builds with the Professional Customizer. Keep your setup, pass it to the team, and let automation handle the repetitive work.

Security without extra steps

Encryption, key-based authentication, MFA, jump hosts and tunnels come standard — the safe option is simply how things work, not a setting you might overlook.

Effortless file transfers

An SFTP browser appears alongside each SSH session you open. Drop files in to upload, pull logs out to download — no second client and no re-typing credentials.

Ready for the whole team

Distribute shared session configs, deploy locked-down policy files and see who connected where. Grow from a single laptop to an entire organization on the same toolset.

What's included

Fifteen features, zero extra installs.

Each one ships with the app and works immediately — no plugins, no separate installers, no setup to wade through first.

Reach any system

Session management

Keep thousands of SSH, RDP, telnet and serial sessions in a single searchable tree — sorted with folders, tags and colors.

Graphical SFTP browser

A dual-pane explorer appears with every session, so moving files between your PC and any SSH host is a simple drag and drop.

SSH gateway

Configure jump hosts a single time and reach private servers through bastion hosts — no hand-written ProxyJump configuration needed.

SSH tunnels (port forwarding)

Create local, remote or dynamic (SOCKS) forwards in a visual interface and forget about memorizing -L, -R and -D flags.

Remote Unix desktop (XDMCP)

Display complete remote Linux desktops over the network through the integrated X11 server — no third-party X server required.

Remote Windows desktop (RDP)

Open RDP sessions alongside your terminals in one tabbed window and flip between them the way you flip between browser tabs.

Included power tools

Multi-execution

Type a command once and send it to every selected session at once — push configuration changes to an entire fleet of servers in real time.

Embedded tools

More than 100 Unix utilities are ready when you are: ping, traceroute, netstat, nslookup, a port scanner, SSH keygen, sha1/md5 hashing and plenty more.

Embedded servers

Spin up TFTP, FTP, HTTP, NFS, Cron or SSH servers with a single click — handy for local testing, moving files and quick demos.

MobApt package manager

Pull in hundreds of additional Unix tools and libraries whenever you need them — apt-style packages on Windows, with no environment setup at all.

Text editor

Work on local and remote files in a tabbed editor that includes a diff viewer and saves straight back to the SSH host.

Syntax highlighting

Logs, configs and source code get live syntax coloring directly in the terminal — no separate viewer required.

Customize and automate

Macros support

Capture keystrokes a single time and replay them whenever you like — on demand or at session start — to automate the commands you run every day.

Passwords management

Store SSH keys, passwords and passphrases in a vault guarded by one master password; credentials fill in automatically at connect time, so nothing is pasted by hand.

Professional Customizer

Give your team a branded build with custom themes, your own logo, preset defaults and gated features — then distribute that tailored build to every engineer.

100+

Unix tools built in

One

Window for it all

Win 10/11

Native 64-bit

Free

For personal use

One window instead of ten.

Get mobaXterm for Windows and be up and running in under a minute — free for personal use, with no account to create.

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