Built for engineers who live in the terminal.
mobaXterm started as a side project to scratch one itch — managing dozens of SSH sessions without losing context. It grew into a full workspace for everyone who works on Windows but ships to Linux.
Our story
We built mobaXterm because every other option asked us to install five things to do one job. PuTTY for SSH. WinSCP for files. Xming for X11. mRemoteNG for sessions. Six terminal windows and a sticky note for the passwords.
The first prototype ran on a single laptop in a shared office. Today it ships to engineers in over 100 countries — and it still does the same job: one window, every session, no plumbing.
We are a small, independent team. We are funded by the people who buy the Professional Edition — not by ads, telemetry resale, or venture capital. We answer to users, not to a roadmap committee.
Personal use stays free, forever. It always has. It always will.
mobaXterm — What we believe
- Personal use must stay free, always.
- A terminal is a workspace, not a tab.
- The keyboard is the source of truth.
- Plugins are nice; built-in is better.
How we build
One window, every session
If you have to alt-tab to a different program to finish a task, we treat it as a missing feature, not a workaround.
Local-first by default
Your sessions and settings live on your disk. No mandatory account, no cloud sync, no telemetry that calls home.
Plays well with Linux
We ship the same Unix tools you already know. Same flags, same behaviour, same scripts — just on Windows.
Scriptable everything
Macros, command palette, packaged tools. If you can do it with a mouse, you can do it with a keystroke or a script.
No surprises
Updates are opt-in. Settings stay where you put them. The free version stays free. Nothing rug-pulls in a quiet release.
Respect the keyboard
Every menu item is reachable by shortcut. Every shortcut is rebindable. The mouse should be optional, not required.
See what's new this quarter.
Releases ship roughly every six weeks. Every notable change is on the changelog — what was added, what was fixed, and what was deliberately removed.