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Add the Tab to PuTTY SSH Client
Tags: PuTTY is arguably the most popular free SSH client for Windows, likely found on every computer belonging to a user who knows what SSH is. I use PuTTY daily – it’s a single executable that does everything I need, quickly and simply. Well .. not everything I suppose. The lack of tab-based navigation has annoyed me ever since I had gotten used to the notion in Firefox. As my day progresses, it is not uncommon to have 4 or 5 PuTTY sessions going at once. This flies in the face of my desire for an organized taskbar, with windows just so. My workspace becomes cramped and my productivity lessens. I admit, it’s a subtle and minor annoyance but today I found an answer.
The PuTTY Connection Manager is a wrapper for the popular client. PCM encapsulates the original putty.exe binary in an attractive interface, complete with tabs and a few other niceties.
- PuTTY with tabs – swell!
- The connection manager on the right side can be configure to Auto Hide – much like the Windows taskbar.
- A new feature provided by PuTTY Connection Manager is automatic login as well as passing parameters to the PuTTY session on creation.
PuTTY Connection Manager requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and the original PuTTY Client – both of which are not included in the download. Even with the .NET requirement, PCM remains light-weight and snappy.
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