SecureCRT (short for Secure Connection to Remote Terminal, originally called CRT) is a classic and stable GUI-based telnet client and terminal emulator for Windows, Mac, Linux, and iOS platforms, developed by VanDyke Software in 1995. It is primarily used to connect and manage remote Unix or Linux servers.

SecureCRT comes with rock-solid terminal emulation for computing professionals. It provides secure remote access, file transfer, and data tunneling for everyone in your organization, and improves the productivity with advanced session management and a range of ways to save time and simplify repetitive tasks.

As an ideal tool for connecting and running remote operating systems including Windows, Linux and VMS, SecureCRT is not only very powerful, but also very secure and reliable. It supports SSH, Telnet, Rlogin and many other protocols, supports DES, 3DES, RC4 and many other encryption algorithms, and allows to create multiple tabs and connect to multiple remote hosts at the same time.

Key Features

  • Graphical user interface with tab support and configurable sessions
  • Extensive protocol support (SSH1, SSH2, RDP, Telnet, Telnet over SSL, Rlogin, Serial, TAPI)
  • Support for a large number of ciphers: AES-128, AES-192, AES-256, AES-128-CTR, AES-192-CTR, AES-256-CTR, Twofish, Blowfish, 3DES, and RC4
  • Advanced SSH features including public key assistant, X.509, smart card and GSSAPI support, X11 forwarding, tunneling of other protocols
  • Advanced terminal emulation capabilities (VT100, VT102, VT220, ANSI, SCO ANSI, Wyse 50/60, Xterm, and Linux terminals) with full Unicode support
  • 128,000-line scrollback and unlimited logging capabilities
  • WSH Scripting support, meaning it can be programmed in VBScript, JScript, PerlScript, ooRexxScript, PythonScript, TclScript, PHPScript, variants of Delphi, Rexx, Basic, and any other available WSH scripting engines
  • File transfers available via SecureFX integration
  • FIPS compliance

System Requirements

  • Python

Edition Statement

AppNee provides the SecureCRT multilingual full installers, unlocked files and license key, portable full registered versions for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit, as well as pre-activated versions for Mac.

Installation Notes

for v9.2.2 on Windows:
  1. Download and install SecureCRT (do not run program)
  2. Copy the unlocked files to installation folder and overwrite
  3. Double click the reg key file to import license info
  4. Done

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Download URLs

Version Download Size
Latest (login required) n/a
for Windows
v8.5.0 reserved n/a
v9.2.2 32-bit + 64-bit 31.1 MB | 32.6 MB
for Mac
v8.5.4 32.4 MB
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