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When comparing hyper vs SmarTTY, the Slant community recommends hyper for most people. In the question“What are the best SSH clients for Windows?” hyper is ranked 22nd while SmarTTY is ranked 24th. The most important reason people chose hyper is:
Although not Windows-friendly. But nobody uses Windows terminal anyway.
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Pros
Pro Cross-platform due to electron browser-based foundation
Although not Windows-friendly. But nobody uses Windows terminal anyway.
Pro Built on electron, supports split panels and plugins
Pro Multi-tabbed with SFTP
Supports telnet and serial port as well.
Pro Free
Pro Smart Terminal
Open and edit remote files with Windows Explorer - similar experience.
Cons
Con Made with Electron
It uses a considerable amount of resources, compared to other offerings.
Con Not as cross platform as advertised
Most features only work on Mac OS.
Con Incorrect rendering
Terminal window has visual artifacts.
Con No configuration UI; all options must be set via JSON
Con Still maturing as of December 2016
Folks noticed some issues in the 1.0 release cited here.
Con Difficult to find information about it, because of the confusion with hyperterminal
Con Unintuitive (alien) smart command-line mode
And shortcuts.
