Alternative
The free, open-source Termius alternative
Termius is a polished SSH client that syncs your hosts across desktop and mobile. People who outgrow it usually want one of three things: something open source they can audit and self-host, something free without a subscription for sync and mobile, or more than a shell once they're connected.
Pane is free and open source (AGPL-3.0), and it runs on macOS, Windows, Linux and in your phone's browser. Instead of a shell on a remote machine, you get the machine itself: its terminals, files, dev servers and coding agents.
When Termius is the right choice
- You manage many servers you don't control, and SSH is all they offer.
- You need SFTP to and from dozens of hosts, or jump-host chains managed in one place.
- You want a native iOS or Android app with a full SSH keyboard.
When Pane fits better
- Your own machines. A Mac mini, home server, desktop or cloud VM you develop on.
- More than a shell. You want to open files, preview images, and load the machine's dev server in a browser tab, at
localhoston your laptop. - Coding agents. You run Claude Code, Codex or other CLI agents and want to watch and answer them from your phone.
- Open source and free. No account with a vendor, no subscription, no host list in someone else's cloud.
What you get with Pane
| Pane | |
|---|---|
| Price | Free |
| License | Open source, AGPL-3.0 |
| Desktop | macOS, Windows, Linux |
| Mobile | Browser app at runpane.com/app, installs to your home screen |
| Connection | Tailscale by default, or an SSH tunnel |
| On the remote machine | Terminals, file browser and editor, media previews, dev servers (at localhost on a connected desktop, in a browser tab on a phone), coding agents |
| Where your data lives | On your own machine. Nothing is synced through Pane's servers. |
Price
- Pane
- Free
License
- Pane
- Open source, AGPL-3.0
Desktop
- Pane
- macOS, Windows, Linux
Mobile
- Pane
- Browser app at runpane.com/app, installs to your home screen
Connection
- Pane
- Tailscale by default, or an SSH tunnel
On the remote machine
- Pane
- Terminals, file browser and editor, media previews, dev servers (at
localhoston a connected desktop, in a browser tab on a phone), coding agents
Where your data lives
- Pane
- On your own machine. Nothing is synced through Pane's servers.
Switch in five minutes
- Install Pane on the machine you connect to:
curl -fsSL https://runpane.com/install.sh | sh(Mac and Linux) orirm https://runpane.com/install.ps1 | iex(Windows). - Open Settings → Remote Access → Connection codes → Set Up Host and copy the
pane-remote://code. - Paste the code into Pane on your laptop under Settings → Remote Access → Your computers → Add with a Code, or, on a phone signed in to the same Tailscale account, into runpane.com/app.
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Alerte Windows SmartScreenLes téléchargements directs peuvent afficher une alerte SmartScreen tant que Pane n'est pas signé. Pane est entièrement open source. Vous pouvez vérifier le code et le compiler vous-même.1. Cliquez sur Informations complémentaires2. Cliquez sur Exécuter quand même3. Continuez l'installationL'installation PowerShell télécharge directement la version officielle et évite la plupart des blocages du navigateur.installation globale npm
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Par Parsa Khazaeepoul, cofondateur de Pane. .