new version 2.22.0 released

 Changelog

• Jump Server: Implemented the new PuTTY feature "SSH Proxy" (>= 0.77)
• WSL Starter: Several bug fixes, WSL variables can now be used in the connection configuration
• Info dialog: Version check added
• Color Scheme: Improvements to the default color scheme "WinSSHTerm light"
• Multi-Input Scripts: Bug fix: Remember current script text when closing
• Copy Files: Bug fix: Pop-up when Plink is not installed
• Rename Tab: Bug fix when moving tab to another window
• Quick connect: Bug fix: Replace variables in tab title
• Removed support for KiTTY
• Added URL to the support forum (Help->Support)

64-bit Portable Edition: WinSSHTerm-2.22.0-64.zip (https download)

SHA256 (.ZIP64): C3CD6C6DF215A2398CD21BEEBC10D28E94F0DA91DCC0E75AB0F168F5A542A64A

64-bit Installer Edition: WinSSHTerm-2.22.0-64.msi (https download)

SHA256 (.MSI64): 913ECA6B07A0F461A896E505BD83D2B9BC26E188B5993E98F36F0423BFB4A6CD

Portable Edition: WinSSHTerm-2.22.0.zip (https download)

SHA256 (.ZIP): A100AC62B92A3941E1ECCC25E9A0D671D9309339F81C0D48B0F7A84428C4A607

Installer Edition: WinSSHTerm-2.22.0.msi (https download)

SHA256 (.MSI): BF45FF5A48898D1C40DEE037B39C4797DC86BD54174A05C7A2865450B3CDD87F

new version 2.21.0 released

Changelog

• New feature: Toggle Full Screen for the current session with ALTGR+ENTER
• Bug Fix: Alt-Tab: Needs to press tab twice
• Bug Fix: Detaching the terminal when using multiple monitors always detaches on the primary monitor
• Search, History, QuickConnect: These windows won't get closed when WinSSHTerm looses focus
• Tab context menu: Compacted PuTTY menu items into a sub menu / New menu item "Toggle Full Screen"
• WSL Starter: Autostart SSH server will now be triggered on demand, when opening a WSL connection
• WSL Starter: For a WSL connection, it is now sufficient to set the host and port
• Color Scheme: Default color scheme now "WinSSHTerm light" / Adjusted color scheme "WinSSHTerm light"
• Color Scheme: New button to set the default light tab color (used in "WinSSHTerm light")
• Color Scheme: Default background color now equal to "Tab Color" if "Custom Tab layout" is enabled
• new unsupported warning if an architecture mismatch was detected (Popup, Title Bar)
• new built-in variable CON.PASSWD to access the SSH password (see point 26 in the FAQ section)

Portable Edition: WinSSHTerm-2.21.0.zip (https download)

SHA256 (.ZIP): 35004412AA19769E1F6A4BF7B6BFD13F80A64B8703C97320FA27227DE2226971

Installer Edition: WinSSHTerm-2.21.0.msi (https download)

SHA256 (.MSI): EA275EF1DBD44BBF5FC135CB1F0A5992D95BDA09B357891E981D8F450318D1A5

64-bit Portable Edition: WinSSHTerm-2.21.0-64.zip (https download)

SHA256 (.ZIP64): 95B38393A1DDE2E42975A47B96D3F1E6A9BCAC8097DD24A5CBC766AFBB7ACF56

64-bit Installer Edition: WinSSHTerm-2.21.0-64.msi (https download)

SHA256 (.MSI64): 6F001E06DD74643E5FDD20C4538529C97A45E9A4CABE5E1E18AE67F2AA14141C

new version 2.20.1 released

Changelog

• Bug fix: Quick Connect: Open connection with "Enter" key
• Bug fix: Connection Filter: Search for Pattern Groups now functional
• Bug fix: Connection Filter: Tab order improved

new version 2.20.0 released

 Changelog

• New feature "Connection Filter": Filter connections quickly with include and/or exclude patterns (Navigate->Connection Filter)
• Script Runner/Cluster Mode: New button "Con filter" to quickly access the new feature "Connection Filter"
• Script Runner/Cluster Mode: CTRL+A selects all connections
• Cluster Mode: New option to add a connection or all connections inside a folder from the Connections window (Right Click->Add to Cluster Mode)
• Cluster Mode: Remember the column count, default is 2
• Holding "SHIFT" and opening a connection will open the connection in the next window
• PuTTY option "Change Settings..." now available in the tab context menu, which lets you change settings like font size while the session remains active
• Disabled editing the connection name by clicking on it (still possible with F2 or "Right click"->Rename)
• Info Dialog: New section for Windows, added UBR to the build number for Windows
• Bug fix: Focus issue when clicking on the title bar and then on a menu item

new version 2.19.1 released

 Changelog

• Bug fix: Fixed some focus issues
• Script Runner: Output CustomId if not empty
  

new version 2.19.0 released

 Changelog

• new feature "WSL Starter": Easy access to WSL on Windows (Tools->WSL Starter)
• Bug fix: Now correctly restoring the window in some cases with multiple monitors

new version 2.18.0 released

 Changelog

• Multi-Input Scripts: Added possibility to search scripts
  

new version 2.17.0 released

 Changelog

• Copy Files: New option to use WinSCP's native tunneling feature (File->Preferences->Copy Files->Global Settings)
• Copy Files: By default, WinSCP's option to "Optimize connection buffer size" is now disabled
• Connection groups are now listed in the "Cons" menu

new version 2.16.0 released

  Changelog

• Re-attaching the terminal window now possible (new Option under File->Preferences->General)
  
• Cluster Mode: new option to set another SSH user (Cluster Mode->Open as user)
  
• Search Window: Adjusting width of drop down box to fully display the search results
  
• Feature 'Convert OpenSSH Key': improved implementation
• KiTTY: after resizing the terminal font with CTRL+Mousewheel the terminal window size now gets correctly adjusted
  
• Minor changes to the GUI
• Build environment: Upgrade to Visual Studio 2019

new version 2.15.0 released

  Changelog

• Check Access: Interactions now possible (like storing a new host key into cache with "y")
• Check Access: Additionally checking access for the jump server if configured
  
• Check Access: In case a password is used for a jump server, the password is now hidden from check access output
• Improved implementation for setting the terminal font size
• New shortcut "ALTGR+J" for "Send to quick-connect" feature
• Minor changes to the GUI
  

new version 2.14.0 released

 Changelog

• New option to remember the last triggered connection in the search window (File->Preferences->Misc->Search)
• New option to automatically follow the tabs in the connection window (File->Preferences->General)
  
• Bug fix: Search window not preselecting any window in some cases
  
• GUI: Enabled double buffering for some child windows where drawing performance is not critical to prevent flicker
• GUI: Changed background color of dock panes when using the dark tab mode to reduce flicker
  
• Minor changes to the GUI
  

new version 2.13.0 released

 Changelog

• New feature: Reload the shared connections file at runtime (File->Reload shared)
• Cluster Mode: New option to restore the old behaviour when closing the sessions (File->Preferences->Cluster Mode)
  
• New pop-up dialog to inform the user about the new 64 bit builds when upgrading
• Minor changes to the GUI
  

new version 2.12.0 released

Please note:

• There is now a 64-bit version available. You'll need the 64-bit version if you want to use the 64-bit version of PuTTY. If you want to use KiTTY (or 32-bit PuTTY) then you must use the 32-bit version of WinSSHTerm, as there is no 64-bit version of KiTTY available.
• When setting or changing a master password, a new key file will now be created and all encrypted data in connections.xml and preferences.xml will be reencrypted with the new key. If you use a master password and are upgrading from an older version, it is recommended to change your master password after upgrading to version 2.12.0

 Changelog

• Now 64-bit builds available
• Master Password: Security improvements
• Master Password: New drop down button in connection password fields to show password in plain text
• Improved detection of read-only instances
• Improvements to the Help->Info dialog
• Improvements detecting running processes like Pageant when running on a multi-user system
• Added global option to set the X11 Display Location (File->Preferences->Terminal)
• New PuTTY/KiTTY session "WinSSHTerm_ScriptRunner", which is used exclusively by the Script Runner
• Bug Fix: unhandled exception in the DockPanel Suite
• Bug fix: Quick-Connect throws an error when upgrading from older version
• Bug fix: Password field for Jump Server in Quick-Connect dialog was shown in plain text

 

new version 2.11.1 released

Changelog

• Bug Fix: In some rare cases the WinSSHTerm window could disappear when un-maximizing it
• Fixed some focus issues
• New feature: Collect and display some useful infos (Help->Info)

new version 2.11.0 released

Changelog

• New field "Custom Id" in the connection configuration. Its value will be found by the search tool (Navigate->Search)
  
• Added support for the XML attribute "Expanded" in the shared connection file
• Minor improvements to the error handling for shared connections files
• Minor improvements to the code that sends messages to the PuTTY/KiTTY terminals
• Bug Fix: Changing the protocol for Copy Files resets the connection SSH port to 22
  

new version 2.10.0 released

Changelog

• New feature: Send connection info to quick connect window
• Cluster Mode: Tabs don't close so that the session can be reconnected
• New error handling when embedding PuTTY/KiTTY into a tab
  

new version 2.9.4 released

Changelog

• Bug fix: When closing a connection the terminal now gets actually closed (instead of getting killed)
• Unencrypted shared connections files are now also accepted - in order to support their automated creation

new version 2.9.3 released

Changelog

• Bug fix: 'Check Connection' (reworded in 'Check Access') now correctly reverts PuTTY's proxy settings
• Added 'Check Access' to tab context menu, search form and quick connect form
• Added a PuTTY/KiTTY binary architecture check in the preferences menu and a warning, if an unsupported 64-bit binary is configured
• Changed the position of the command line windows from 'Check Access' and 'Convert OpenSSH Key'

new version 2.9.2 released

Changelog

• Added support for all available SSL/TLS protocols when downloading a shared connection file via https
• Added options to skip certificate validation and to output error details when downloading a shared connection file via https (File->Preferences->Connections->Options)

new version 2.9.1 released

Changelog

• New feature: In case there are problems when opening a connection you can now get more verbose output by clicking on "Check connection" in the connections window
• Bug fix: Adding a shared connection/folder when a top level node is selected
• Bug fix: When reconnecting there was a possibility that the tab didn't get marked with "!!"

new version 2.9.0 released

Please note:  There are core changes in this release. In case you are using the portable edition, you might need to delete the file "lib/WinSSHTerm.dll" before updating WinSSHTerm.

Changelog

• New feature: Integrated PuTTY's feature "Restart session" (Tab->Reconnect gracefully)
• When PuTTY/KiTTY detects a connection loss, the fatal error popup will now automatically be closed
• New shortcuts for reconnecting and closing sessions (Navigate->Shortcuts)

new version 2.8.1 released

Changelog

• New feature: Easy private key conversion from OpenSSH to PuTTY format by using the keygen feature of WinSCP.com (Tools->Convert OpenSSH key)
• Copy Files: session names with white spaces now correctly shown / added user and host to session name  (File->Preferences->Copy Files->Set default)
• Bug fix: Loading shared connections from local cache could cause an app crash

new version 2.8.0 released

Changelog

• New options for manipulating the shared connections file (File->Export shared)
• Copy Files: New default custom arguments (display correct session name / open up each WinSCP session in a new window)
• Minor changes to the GUI

new version 2.7.1 released

Please note: The following change was made because WinSSHTerm does not support "shims", which are generated by Chocolatey. Please see point 25 in the FAQ section.

Changelog

• Improved error handling when the custom location for PuTTY/KiTTY is not set to the original binary

new version 2.7.0 released

Changelog

• WinSSHTerm is now freeware!
• Added support for HTTP/SOCKS proxy
• Variables are now globally supported (Script Runner, Cluster Mode, Script Buttons)

new version 2.6.3 released

Changelog

• X-Server: added a possibility to manipulate the arguments, which are passed to the VcXsrv binary (e.g. to add fonts) under File->Preferences->X-Server
• it is now possible to temporarily rename the tab of an open session

new version 2.6.2 released

Please note: If you want to use the new feature "Trust host keys" please read point 23 in the FAQ section.

Changelog

• Script Runner: New button "Trust host keys", that automatically adds the host keys to the registry and outputs the fingerprints of all added host keys

new version 2.6.1 released

Changelog

• bug fixes
• minor changes to the GUI
• the features 'connections in menu bar' and 'use a custom PuTTY/KiTTY session' are now free

new version 2.6.0 released

Changelog

• New feature "Quick-Connect"
• New shortcuts (Navigation->Shortcuts)
• Bug fix: Allow whitespaces in passwords (jump server)

new version 2.5.2 released

Changelog

• Showing PuTTY's context menu on right click instead of a custom menu (if File->Preferences->Terminal->Copy&Paste->"display context menu" is selected)
• Bug fix: Wrong error message was shown in some cases if plink/klink binary was not found