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Telnet Applications

A wide variety of telnet apps for different operating systems

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Cross Platform / Web / Flash / Java

Windows 95/98/NT/2000/etc

Mac OS 9 and prior

Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, etc.

If you’re using a UNIX-like operating system, then the telnet client may be installed already. Just open a terminal application and try typing “telnet” at the command prompt. If not, try installing as noted below.

Max OS X:

Try using brew to install telnet on newer OS X
$ brew install telnet

Ubuntu:

Install telnet with apt
$ apt-get install telnet

CentOS/RedHat/Fedora:

# Install telnet with yum
$ yum install telnet

# Other unix like variants:

  • See your package manager for details

Other clients or details?

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