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A full SSH workspace, built to replace PuTTY

Everything here is in Gimotty 0.1 today. What is missing is listed at the end.

Bring what you already have

  • Import from the PuTTY registry or .reg files, SecureCRT, Xshell and OpenSSH config, with a connectability check and a list of settings that do not apply.
  • PuTTY command line: [user@]host [port], telnet://, -load, @session, -P -l -pw -pwfile -i -m -t -T -N -C -v -4 -6 -L -R -D -A -X -sercfg -sessionlog -cleanup.
  • SecureCRT SSH command line: /SSH2 /L /P /PASSWORD /I /AUTH /S /T /N /LOCAL /REMOTE /LOG /COMPRESSION.
  • PuTTY .ppk keys, formats 2 and 3, converted once on your PC with the same passphrase.
  • gimotty files ls/get/put/mkdir/rm/mv stands in for pscp and psftp.
Importing sessions from this PC’s PuTTY registry. Passwords are never imported.
Importing sessions from this PC’s PuTTY registry. Passwords are never imported. Real Gimotty window on Windows. Hosts are examples.

Connect to anything

  • SSH, local shells, Telnet, Rlogin, raw TCP and serial (COM and tty, mark and space parity, 1.5 stop bits, DSR/DTR), with break signals.
  • Jump hosts up to 8 hops, given as addresses or other saved sessions.
  • SOCKS4, SOCKS4a, SOCKS5 and HTTP proxies; local, remote and dynamic port forwarding; environment variables with SetEnv.
  • Each host key is shown on first connection and a changed key is refused.
A jump host in the session editor.
A jump host in the session editor. Real Gimotty window on Windows. Hosts are examples.

Work in many sessions at once

  • Tabs you can name, color and reorder; open the same session again in a new tab.
  • Two- and four-way splits: side by side, stacked or a grid.
  • Type into every tab at once, use a command bar for the current or all tabs, and keep quick-command buttons.
  • Multi-line paste asks for review first.
Two local shells side by side in one workspace, with the command bar and quick buttons below.
Two local shells side by side in one workspace, with the command bar and quick buttons below. Real Gimotty window on Windows. Hosts are examples.

Move files without leaving the terminal

  • An SFTP browser beside the terminal: browse, upload (drag and drop works), download, new folder, rename, delete.
  • Whole-folder transfers with progress, speed and cancel.
  • It uses the same host keys, jump hosts and proxy as the terminal.
  • Password, key passphrase, one-time code and new host key questions appear as dialogs during transfers.

Automate the boring parts

  • Logon actions: wait for a string, then send one.
  • Anti-idle and automatic reconnect.
  • Session logs with PuTTY-style file names (&Y &M &D &T &H &P).
  • Keyword highlighting.

Keep secrets out of files

  • A password vault protected by a master password (Argon2id, XChaCha20-Poly1305) that locks itself when idle.
  • A saved password is typed only at that session’s own login prompt, within 60 seconds of connecting, and only once.
  • Session files never contain passwords. -pw passwords stay in memory for that tab.
  • Proxy passwords come only from an environment variable.

Read every language on the wire

  • Server encodings including UTF-8, EUC-KR (CP949), Shift_JIS, EUC-JP, GBK, Big5, Windows-1252, ISO-8859-2, Windows-1251 and KOI8-R.
  • IME composition for Korean and other input methods. Pressing Enter to confirm a composition never sends a message.
  • D2Coding, a monospace font with double-width Hangul, is built in.

Deploy it like any business app

  • Per-user installer that needs no admin rights, with Start menu and uninstall entries.
  • Silent install and uninstall with /S; SHA-256 files next to every download.
  • A portable ZIP: put a gimotty-data folder next to the program and everything stays there.
  • DirectX 12 first, then an automatic WARP software renderer, plus a software-rendering shortcut for VDI.
  • Settings, sessions and logs survive updates and uninstalls.

Current limits

  • Runs on Windows 10 and 11 (x64) only. No macOS or Linux build yet.
  • The app speaks English and Korean. A Japanese interface is planned.
  • Japanese and Chinese text display is not fully verified. Kanji missing from the Korean system font may not appear.
  • Files move over SFTP only. No ZMODEM or Kermit.
  • No VBScript or Python logon scripts. Use logon actions instead.
  • The MCP server uses stdio. There is no HTTP transport.
  • Early-access builds are not code-signed yet, so Windows may show a SmartScreen warning.

Try it on your own servers

Every feature is free for 14 days. No account, no credit card.

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