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Termphin vs ConnectBot

ConnectBot is the long-running open-source SSH client, free and actively maintained, with over five million installs. Termphin is also free, and is built around one thing: the shell keeps running on the server when the connection drops.

TermphinFree
ConnectBotFree, open source
Connection
Session survives a dropped connection
Agent on the server keeps the shell, on by default
Mosh
SSH
Yes
Yes
Mosh
No
Yes
Telnet
No
Yes
Local shell
No
Yes
Jump hosts
Included, chains too
Yes
Agent forwarding
No
Yes
Files and forwarding
SFTP
Browser with code editor and image preview
No
Port forwarding
Local and remote
Local, remote and dynamic
SOCKS proxy
No
SOCKS4 and SOCKS5
Keys and security
Key types
Ed25519 and RSA, ECDSA on import
Ed25519, ECDSA, RSA, DSA
Working in the terminal
Tabs
Tabs and split view
Multiple sessions
Snippets
With run history
No
Price and source
Price
Free, nothing to buy
Free
Open source
Server agent and terminal renderer
Apache 2.0
Sync
Soon
No
Included Partly, or on a paid plan Not available Soon In progress

Last reviewed , against the sources listed at the end of this page.

Which one is for you

Pick Termphin if you want

  • Files

    Termphin has an SFTP browser with a code editor, image preview and uploads. ConnectBot has no file transfer.

  • Persistence without mosh-server

    Termphin uploads a small open-source agent itself, so a closed app or a lost signal leaves the shell running and you reattach to it.

  • A terminal built for a phone

    An editable key toolbar, snippets with run history, autocomplete from your shell, and local echo on a slow link.

Pick ConnectBot if you want

  • Fully open source

    The whole app is Apache 2.0, from the terminal to its own SSH library. Termphin opens its server agent and terminal renderer, not the app.

  • More protocols and tunnels

    Mosh, Telnet, a local shell, agent forwarding and dynamic SOCKS forwarding. Termphin does SSH with local and remote forwarding.

  • More key types

    ConnectBot still accepts DSA keys, for old hosts that need them.

Moving from ConnectBot

  1. Keep ConnectBot for now

    Nothing has to go. Try Termphin on the hosts you use most.

  2. Export your key

    ConnectBot can export a private key. Import it into Termphin, or generate a new one.

  3. Add your hosts

    Each host is a profile with address, user, key and an optional jump host.

Try Termphin

A free SSH client whose sessions survive a dropped connection.

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Sources

Every ConnectBot fact on this page comes from these, checked on . Plans change - if something here is out of date, tell us at [email protected].