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Tera Term for Windows
Connect to SSH and Telnet hosts or serial devices with Tera Term, a free, open-source Windows terminal emulator with file-transfer protocols and scripting.
- Operating system
- Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and 11; Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2
- Architecture
- x64
- Download package
- EXE installer
Selected package runs natively on x64 Windows; publisher also documents WOW64 on ARM64 Windows 11 or later. Separate native ARM64 and x86 assets are available.
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What is Tera Term?
Tera Term provides a Windows terminal for communicating with remote hosts and equipment connected through a serial port. It supports SSH through the TTSSH module, Telnet connections and terminal emulation including VT100 and selected VT200/300 functions. This makes it useful when the task is a text-based remote session or a device console rather than a graphical remote desktop.
For repeatable terminal work, Tera Term supports scripts written in Tera Term Language, log replay and file transfers using protocols such as XMODEM, YMODEM and ZMODEM. UTF-8 is among its supported character encodings. The linked package is the publisher's 5.7.1 x64 EXE installer; x86, ARM64 and portable ZIP packages are separate release assets.
Tera Term is a Windows application. The selected x64 installer is not the package for 32-bit Windows. The gallery image shows the application’s New connection dialog with serial ports expanded; its older Windows styling is illustrative, not proof of the appearance of release 5.7.1.
What it offers
- Connect to remote hosts over SSH or Telnet, or communicate through a serial port.
- Use VT100 and selected VT200/300 terminal emulation.
- Automate terminal tasks with scripts in Tera Term Language.
- Transfer files using supported protocols including XMODEM, YMODEM and ZMODEM.
- Replay logs and work with character encodings including UTF-8.
Good to know
- The publisher documents Windows support; this is not a native macOS or Linux package.
- This download is the x64 installer, not the separate x86 or ARM64 package. Use the x86 release asset for 32-bit Windows.
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Sources
References used for this listing. Retrieval dates do not indicate hands-on testing.
- Tera Term Open Source Project — English publisher homepage ↗Retrieved
- Tera Term 5.7.1 — publisher release and installer links ↗Retrieved
- Tera Term 5.7.1 tagged help index — supported functions ↗Retrieved
- Tera Term 5.7.1 tagged requirements — Windows and architectures ↗Retrieved
- Tera Term — License and Copyright ↗Retrieved
- Tera Term - Download — Windows product page and screenshot gallery ↗Retrieved
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