Tera Term

Tera Term
Original authorTakashi Teranishi
DeveloperTera Term Project
Initial release1994 (1994)
Stable release
5.6.0  / 28 February 2026
Written inC and C++ (originally Pascal)
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeTerminal emulator
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Websiteteratermproject.github.io/index-en.html
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Tera Term (alternatively TeraTerm) is an open-source, free, software implemented, terminal emulator (communications) program. It emulates different types of computer terminals, from DEC VT100 to DEC VT382. It supports Telnet, SSH 1 & 2 and serial port connections. It also has a built-in macro scripting language (supporting Oniguruma regular expressions) and other plugins.