Konsole vs PuTTY
Konsole
konsole.kde.orgPuTTY
chiark.greenend.org.ukSide by side
| Figure | Konsole | PuTTY |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Terminal apps | 8.7 (#4) | 8.1 (#16) |
| Spec score · Terminal Emulators | 8.5 (#9) | 7.7 (#29) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| License | Konsole is listed under the GPL-2.0+ license. | PuTTY executables and source code are distributed under the MIT licence. |
| Support | The page links to the Konsole Handbook, KDE Forum, bug reporting, and a developer mailing list. | The maintainers say they cannot answer all support emails and recommend public forums or local experts for support questions. |
| Supported platforms | Linux,Windows,macOS | Windows and Unix |
Plans
In their own words
Konsole
Konsole is a terminal emulator for running a command shell and controlling a computer through a text-based command line. It is listed for Linux, Windows, and macOS and is free and open source under GPL-2.0+. Tabs and multiple profiles organize sessions; profiles can also automate common commands, including SSH connections to another machine. A tab can be split into left-right or top-bottom views, and its layout can be saved to a file. Konsole supports bookmarks, searching, and saving output or scrollback as a text or HTML file. Monitoring can notify users about silence, activity, a shell prompt, or a finished process. With shell integration enabled, it distinguishes prompts, input, and output and provides visual hints for commands that resulted in errors. A D-Bus interface allows software to control Konsole windows and sessions. Linux installation options include application stores, distribution package managers, and Flathub. The project links to Windows and macOS platform pages, including nightly installers for Windows and macOS ARM and Intel; those builds are intended for testing and come from the latest development branch.
PuTTY
PuTTY has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.