Terminals – Best Remote Desktop Application
I have always found Windows Remote Desktop to be adequate but not great especially with regards to multiple instances. After some research I stumbled across a fantastic open source REMOTE DESKTOP APPLICATION called Terminals.
User Interface
- Multi tab interface
- Open terminal in full screen, switch between full screen mode
- Resizable terminal window
- Attached and dettached Windows
- Connections history
- Customizable toolbars
- Open custom application from Terminals window
- Toolbar for computer control panel applets
Terminals Favorites
Terminals History
Connection Options
- Select one of available protocols and custom port
- Terminal fonts and colors (ssh)
- Automatically connect with stored credentials
- Custom connection icon
- Screen size and screen mode (RDP)
- Before connection scripts
- Organize connections by Tags
Terminals Edit Connections
Manage Favorites
- Import from other file formats
- Search computers in Active directory
- Search computers in your network by IP addresses
- Automatic import RDP connection from registry
Terminals Organize Favorites
Networking tools
- Ping
- Tracert
- DNS tools
- Wake on lan
- Port scanner
- Shares
- Services
- Who is?
- Interfaces
Terminals Networking Tools
Credentials Manager
- Store your connections credentials in secured file, so you don’t have to retype them when connecting
- Reuse them for more then one connection
- Define default connection credentials
Terminals Credentials Manager
Capture Manager
- Create screen shots of your terminal sessions
- Manage and view captured pictures
- Automated capture for all opened sessions
- Publish your captures gallery on Flicker
Terminals Capture Manager
Application Options
- Define connections interface behavior
- Set application master password and other security
- Define settings files directory
- Define capture behavior
- Synchronize your configuration to Amazon S3
Terminals Options
Other screen shots and a brief list of the feature is also at weblog.aspnet.net
