electerm — Free Open-Source Terminal/SSH/SFTP/Telnet/Serial Port/RDP/VNC/Spice/FTP Client
Free and open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client (Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, HarmonyOS)
Besides mainstream Windows/macOS/Linux/Android/HarmonyOS, electerm also supports older systems — Ubuntu 18, Windows 7, macOS 10+, and special Chinese Linux distributions such as UOS, Kylin, and LoongArch (both old-world and new-world).
Features
Everything you need in a terminal client
Open-Sourced All-in-One Client
Free and open-sourced terminal, file manager, and SSH/SFTP/FTP/Telnet/Serial port/RDP/VNC/Spice client in one app.
Secure Auth
Supports publicKey + password authentication, global and per-session proxy, SSH tunneling, Agent forwarding, port forwarding, X11 forwarding, and connection hopping.
AI Assistant
Works with any OpenAI-compatible LLM API. Generate commands, explain commands, generate scripts, create bookmarks from natural language, and run tasks directly in Agent mode.
Free AI for electerm users →Remote File Editing
Double-click to directly edit remote files via integrated SFTP file manager with drag and drop.
Multi-tab Terminal
Multiple terminal sessions in tabs with split panes, quick input to one or all terminals.
Global Hotkey
Toggle window visibility with a global hotkey (default Ctrl+2), similar to Guake-style drop terminals.
Themes & Customization
UI/terminal themes, terminal background images, transparent windows on Mac and Windows.
Multi-language
14+ languages via community translations. Contributions and fixes welcome.
MCP & Deep Links
MCP widget for AI assistants and external tools. Open connections via URLs like ssh://user@host:22.
Cloud Sync
Sync bookmarks, themes, and quick commands to GitHub/Gitee secret gists, WebDAV, or custom servers.
Zmodem & Trzsz
Supports Zmodem (rz/sz) and Trzsz (trz/tsz) file transfer, compatible with tmux.
Cross-platform
Windows 7+ (x64/ARM64), macOS 10.15+ (x64/arm64), Linux (x64/arm64/Loong64), Android, HarmonyOS, including glibc 2.17+.
Download
Free and open-source — choose your platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, HarmonyOS)
npm i -g electermbrew install --cask electermnpm i -g electermsudo snap install electerm --classiccurl -fsSL https://repos.electerm.org/deb/public.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/electerm.gpg
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/electerm.gpg] https://repos.electerm.org/deb stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/electerm.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y electermsudo rpm --import https://repos.electerm.org/rpm/public.key
sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/electerm.repo <<'EOF'
[electerm]
name=Electerm Repository
baseurl=https://repos.electerm.org/rpm/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repos.electerm.org/rpm/public.key
EOF
sudo dnf install -y electermnpm i -g electermResources
Everything you need to get started
Official
Ecosystem
- Electerm Online
- APT Repository
- RPM Repository
- electerm-web
- electerm-web-docker
- electerm-locales
- electerm cloud
- electerm AI — Free AI for electerm users
- electerm theme — Create/share theme site with live preview and AI creation
- AI Dream
- electerm-android
- electerm-harmony (HarmonyOS)
- electerm on AppGallery (HarmonyOS)
Release Notes
What's new in the latest version
New features/UI/Updates
♥ Add support for SSH proxy command and related features (#4500)
♥ Add support for HTTP agents in proxy configurations
♥ Add ApiMart as an AI model provider
♥ Add option to choose allowed sync types
♥ Improve keyboard detection for Android-style and overlay keyboards
♥ UX: Improve info panel, support system info and local terminal
♥ UI: Adjust terminal info icon font size for better visibility
♥ Rewrite rz/sz (Zmodem) library
♥ Add privacy link in about panel
Bug fixes
♥ Fix terminal size stuck wrong after tab reload/reconnect (#4502) by @pchdeals
♥ Fix RDP interactive form to allow no password (#4456)
♥ Improve fix for macOS full screen switch causing terminal to show only half height
Security fixes
♥ Improve shell injection for bash/zsh/ash/fish
新功能/界面/更新
♥ 添加 SSH proxy command 及相关功能支持 (#4500)
♥ 在代理配置中支持 HTTP agents
♥ 新增 ApiMart 作为 AI 模型提供商
♥ 新增可选择同步类型的选项
♥ 改进对 Android 风格及浮层键盘的检测
♥ UX：改进信息面板，支持系统信息与本地终端
♥ UI：调整终端信息图标字号以提升可见性
♥ 重写 rz/sz（Zmodem）库
♥ 在关于面板中添加隐私链接
问题修复
♥ 修复标签页重新加载/重连后终端尺寸卡住错误的问题 (#4502)，by @pchdeals
♥ 修复 RDP 交互表单，允许无密码 (#4456)
♥ 改进 macOS 全屏切换导致终端只显示一半高度的修复
安全修复
♥ 改进 bash/zsh/ash/fish 的 shell 注入
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