When comparing WinSSHTerm vs Fluent Terminal, the Slant community recommends Fluent Terminal for most people. In the question“What are the best terminal emulators for Windows?” Fluent Terminal is ranked 19th while WinSSHTerm is ranked 26th. The most important reason people chose Fluent Terminal is:
Supports different shells, such as Cmder's clink and powershell.
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Pros
Pro Freeware
WinSSHTerm is free for anyone to use.
Pro Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts are especially valuable for professionals.
Pro Supports X Server
There is easy, automatic integration with X Server and starts/stops can take place with the launch/exit of WinSSHTerm.
Pro Supports file transfer
The user can start a WinSCP session inside WinSSHTerm, without the need to duplicate the session in WinSCP.
Pro Highly portable
The user can run WinSSHTerm from a USB drive on different computers.
Pro Ready for production use
There are no annoying bugs in WinSSHTerm. Navigation tools and keyboard shortcuts are a great time saver, especially if you have to manage multiple connections.
Pro Integration for Cmder and Powershell
Supports different shells, such as Cmder's clink and powershell.
Pro Great looks
Support Microsoft Fluent Design's Acrylic effect for a blurred-behind effect on Windows.
Pro Fast and modern design
Pro Fast
Pro Nice design
Great customized terminal but needs lot of other basic features too like scrollbar.
Cons
Con Not a true terminal emulator
It's a PuTTY interface and it's mostly used to access remote machines through ssh, so it may not be very suitable for working on a local machine.
Con No Scrollbars
Without scrollbar it is very difficult to navigate even the default Microsoft Terminal has a good scrollbar