eshelly

The free SSH & Telnet client for macOS. Like PuTTY, native on Mac. No saved hosts, no accounts, no subscriptions — just connect.

✓ free forever · ✓ no account · ✓ ~6 MB

[ ! ]First launch on macOS

The app is not yet signed with an Apple Developer certificate. After unzipping, run this once in Terminal:

$xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine ~/Downloads/eSHELLY.app

$ man eshelly --features

three things. nothing more.

Clean, minimal, fast.

[01]

--ssh

Connect to any SSH server. Type credentials directly in the terminal — like PuTTY.

[02]

--telnet

Full Telnet support for legacy network gear. Cisco, Ubiquiti, MikroTik, all work.

[03]

--simple

No saved hosts, no profiles, no accounts. Enter host and port, connect. Done.

# POWERED_BY

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