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PuTTY

free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application
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Summary

PuTTY is an application software[1]. PuTTY has Wikipedia articles in 35 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: terminal emulator[3], SSH client[4], terminal client[5], free and open-source software[6]
  • Developer: Simon Tatham[7]
  • Copyright license: MIT License[8]
  • Programmed in: C[9]
  • Operating system: Microsoft Windows[10], Windows Mobile[11], macOS[12], Symbian[13], BSD[14], GNU/Linux[15], Unix-like operating system[16]
  • Software version identifier: 0.63[17], 0.64[18], 0.65[19], 0.66[20], 0.67[21], 0.68[22], 0.69[23], 0.70[24], 0.71[25], 0.72[26], 0.73[27], 0.74[28], 0.75[29], 0.76[30]
  • Has use: SSH client[31], terminal client[32], terminal emulator[33]
  • Commons category: PuTTY[34]
  • Distribution format: digital download[35]
  • Input device: pointing device[36]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[37]
  • Publication date: November 19, 1998[38]
  • Distributed by: Microsoft Store[39], Flathub[40]
  • Official website: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/[41], https://putty.software[42]
  • Topic's main category: Category:PuTTY[43]
  • Commons gallery: PuTTY[44]
  • Web feed URL: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/releases.rss[45]
  • Readable file format: PuTTY Private Key (generic)[46], PuTTY Private Key (v2)[47]
  • Writable file format: PuTTY Private Key (generic)[48], PuTTY Private Key (v2)[49]
  • Source code repository URL: https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/putty.git[50], git://git.tartarus.org/simon/putty.git[51], https://git.tartarus.org/simon/putty.git[52]

Why It Matters

PuTTY is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Retrieved . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Retrieved . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Retrieved . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Retrieved . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Retrieved . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Retrieved . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Retrieved . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Retrieved . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . git.tartarus.org. Retrieved . git.tartarus.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . lists.tartarus.org. Retrieved . lists.tartarus.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . lists.tartarus.org. Retrieved . lists.tartarus.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . lists.tartarus.org. Retrieved . lists.tartarus.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . lists.tartarus.org. lists.tartarus.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . lists.tartarus.org. Retrieved . lists.tartarus.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . lists.tartarus.org. Retrieved . lists.tartarus.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . lists.tartarus.org. Retrieved . lists.tartarus.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . lists.tartarus.org. Retrieved . lists.tartarus.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . lists.tartarus.org. Retrieved . lists.tartarus.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . lists.tartarus.org. Retrieved . lists.tartarus.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . lists.tartarus.org. Retrieved . lists.tartarus.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . lists.tartarus.org. Retrieved . lists.tartarus.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . lists.tartarus.org. Retrieved . lists.tartarus.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Retrieved . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Retrieved . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Retrieved . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Retrieved . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Retrieved . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . theregister.com. theregister.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . hachyderm.io. hachyderm.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Retrieved . chiark.greenend.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . git.tartarus.org. git.tartarus.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Moretti · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'f
    Sitelink count → 35
    Distributed by → Microsoft Store, Flathub
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Distributed by: Flathub"
  2. 27d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Web feed url → https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/releases.
    Flathub id → uk.org.greenend.chiark.sgtatham.putty
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Flathub id: uk.org.greenend.chiark.sgtatham.putty, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/323442898|PuTTY (#323442898)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8"
  3. 9w ago · JTN · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.63, 0.64, 0.65 +21
    Developer → Simon Tatham
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 0.85"
  4. 17w ago · Shyam222004 · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → Simon Tatham
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Developer: Siva"
  5. 21w ago · JTN · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebsd port → security/putty-gtk2, security/putty-nogtk, security/putty
    Mailing list archive url → https://lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce/
    Windows package manager community package id → PuTTY.PuTTY
    Commons category → PuTTY
    + 57 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 0.84"
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