Tera Term
Open sourceTeraTerm Project
- Category
- Development
- Version
- 5.6.2
- Manifest checked
- 2026-10-23
- Size
- ~12 MB
- Licence terms
- Open source (BSD) · free for personal and business use
- Supported OS
- Windows 11 · 10
- Install method
- Automatic install supported
- Developer
- TeraTerm Project
- Downloads via this site
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What it is
A terminal program for connecting to servers. It supports SSH and serial connections, and it became the de facto standard in Japanese server operations — enough that manuals and internal documentation are often written assuming it. BSD-licensed open source.
When to pick this
If you work with Japanese servers or equipment, or need serial connections. For ordinary SSH work, Windows Terminal will do.
Details
SSH and serial
Remote server access over SSH, plus serial port connections — necessary when working with network appliances or embedded devices.
Macros
Connection and login sequences can be scripted, cutting out the repetition of logging into the same server daily.
Japanese text
It handles Japanese character encodings well, so text garbling is rarer in Japanese-built server environments.
After a reformat
Back up the settings file
Connection and display settings are in TERATERM.INI in the install folder. If you wrote macros (.ttl), copy those too.
Distribution
- winget ID
- TeraTermProject.teraterm5
- Redistribution policy
- Open source licence
- Manifest checked
- 2026-10-23
- Official site
- https://teratermproject.github.io/
The date the version and installer URL were checked in winget. This is separate from a usage-terms review or an installation test.
Original winget manifest