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Importing sessions from a CSV file

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100

Importing sessions from a CSV file

In MobaXterm you can import a list of sessions using a CSV file.

The import wizard is available from a right click on Users sessions > Import sessions from third-party programs in the sessions panel:

Here is an example of the format to use in the CSV file:

Session type,Remote Host,Username,Port
SSH,host1,user1,port1
SSH,host2,user2,port2

Here is a list of the available options to use in the CSV file:

Folder name
Session name
Session type
Hostname
Username
Port number
Key file
Command
Proxy type
Proxy host
Proxy user
Proxy port
Proxy cmd
Key Cert
Host Cert
Gateway host
Gateway user
Gateway port

MobaXterm will automatically recognize the column type.

If needed you can reallocate the column to the requested parameters.

You can see a list of the supported parameter by expanding the column menu:

Note that, from the “Users sessions > Import sessions from third-party programs” menu, you can also choose to import the sessions saved in the others listed programs:

How to configure the shared sessions

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0100

In MobaXterm you can share sessions between your team members.
Here is a guide showing how to accomplish this.

Share the sessions between the team members:

1. Create a folder with the sessions you want to share with your team

2. Right-click on the folder and select “Share these sessions with my team”

3. In this menu you can select:

4. A .mxtsessions file should be created at the location chosen previously.

5. The next steps have to be done on a computer where you want to access the shared sessions. Open the global settings of MobaXterm and select “Manage my shared sessions”

6. Select “Manage existing shared sessions”

7. You will be able to configure the access to the share session on this computer:

8. You can choose different backend protocols to access your shared session file
(Note: Main options are in “shared folder”)

9. You have diverse options to refresh the shared sessions:

10. Your shared sessions folder should appear in the tree after applying the settings:

Users with different credentials for shared sessions

If you have different users and need to save a different credential for each user you can perform these steps:
1. On the computer where you can edit the shared sessions create a new credential:

2. For the example, we will give it the name of the server we want to access.
If the credential is shared across multiple sessions, it might be useful to set a user-friendly credential so that users know which username to use.

3. Then you can add the credential to the session you want to share.

4. On the computer where the sessions are shared, you should be prompted for the credential username:

MobaXterm new version 23.6

Sat, 30 Dec 2023 20:36:00 +0200

Hi everyone!

We just released a new major version of MobaXterm (23.6)!

MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, WSL, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. MobaXterm provides a basic Unix-like environment for Windows which uses an advanced console and can even run WSL distribution on Windows with full X server support!

In this new version we have updated the SSH and terminal emulator engine with the latest improvements from the PuTTY project to address Terrapin issue.

Additionally we have also updated the command-line SSH client based on OpenSSH to the latest version to address Terrapin issue.

Finaly we have updated OpenSSL in the 64-bit local terminal environment.

Full changelog:

version 23.6:

Improvement: updated the SSH and terminal emulator engine with the latest improvements from the PuTTY project to address Terrapin issue
Improvement: updated the command-line SSH client based on OpenSSH to the latest version to address Terrapin issue
Improvement: updated OpenSSL in the 64-bit local terminal environment
Improvement: the "Publisher name" field is not emp ty anymore in the embedded X11 server
Improvement: after having modified a remote file, the confirmation popup now contains buttons with borders
Improvement: updated some packages available through the "apt" command in the 64-bit local terminal environment

You can download this new release from MobaXterm website.

Thank you again for your precious support, for your tests on Preview versions and for your very positive feedback about MobaXterm. This is very motivating for us, thank you!

We hope you will enjoy working with this new version of MobaXterm!

Import/Export MobaXterm Configuration

Fri, 29 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

Are you aware that MobaXterm enables you to easily export your settings and import them into different machines? To facilitate this, we’ve added a straightforward feature. You can access it by navigating to the ‘Settings’ menu and selecting ‘Export configuration’.

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You can choose the settings you want to export:

'Settings'

'Import configuration'.

During this process, you will have the opportunity to select the specific options you wish to import.

We hope this little guide has been helpful.

Thank you for taking the time to read it!

MobaXterm new version 23.5

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 20:36:00 +0200

Hi everyone!

We just released a new major version of MobaXterm (23.5)!

In this new 23.5 version, we have enhanced the SSH and terminal emulator engine by integrating the latest improvements from PuTTY. Notably, this includes support for the SSH MAC algorithm ‘hmac-sha2-512’.
We have also improved the 64 bit local terminal environment by updating the versions of OpenSSH, OpenSSL, Toybox, and Cygwin.

Additionally, we have added numerous new packages to the apt plugin creation tool. You can create your own plugin in the “MobApt packages manager” available under the “Tools” menu.

Full changelog:

version 23.5:

Improvement: updated the SSH and terminal emulator engine with the latest improvements from the PuTTY project command
Improvement: added support for SSH MAC algorithm "hmac-sha2-512"
Improvement: updated Toybox to the latest version in the 64-bit terminal environment
Improvement: added some new embedded commands in the 64-bit local terminal: file, getopt, hexdump, iconv, sha256sum, sha512sum
Improvement: upgraded OpenSSL to version 3.0 in the 64-bit local terminal environment
Improvement: improved the speed of the "apt" command in the 64-bit local terminal environment
Improvement: updated all the packages available through the "apt" command in the 64-bit local terminal environment
Improvement: the MobApt package manager displays a prompt to allow the local terminal to be switched to 64-bit
Improvement: better detection of small changes in "MobaTextDiff" graphical diff and merge tool
Improvement: added a check for empty file names in the SSH browser, before removing color sequences
Improvement: improved completion of plugin names in the new "apt plugin" command
Improvement: many new packages are now available in the "apt plugin" command
Improvement: improved conversion of Unix to Dos files paths for "ldd" and "open" commands
Improvement: better detection of the proper monitor for terminal popup messages placement
Improvement: updated the embedded X11 server based on Xorg to version 21.1.8
Improvement: added a way to disable SSH, Serial, Browser, Shell, and WSL sessions in the Professional Customizer
Improvement: added syntax highlighting for Cmake files in the MobaTextEditor and MobaTextDiff
Improvement: modified the mechanism used for 64-bit binaries located in a read-only folder
Bugfix: prevented the command line SSH client from breaking the tty when exiting on error
Bugfix: the basic telnet server used to freeze a few seconds during client disconnection

You can download this new release from MobaXterm website.

Thank you again for your precious support, for your tests on Preview versions and for your very positive feedback about MobaXterm. This is very motivating for us, thank you!

We hope you will enjoy working with this new version of MobaXterm!

MobaXterm new version 21.0

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 20:36:00 +0200

Hi everyone!

We just released a new major version of MobaXterm (21.0)!

This release adds many improvements:

Sessions: support of the latest PowerShell 7, support of the latest WSL 2.0 sessions with X11 server automatically configured for graphical applications, improvements in AWS S3 and SFTP sessions
Configuration / customization: this version brings a new feature to import/export settings, the Professional Customizer also comes with several improvements like SSH banner edition or Wine support for Linux/MacOs
Terminal: added many extra glyph symbols in the default font for full support of advanced themes like Powerlevel-10k, Oh-my-zsh and Oh-my-bash, improved default syntax highlighting definition
Graphical interface: imcreased startup speed, improved compatibility with Linux/Max using Wine, enhanced graphical components under dark mode, added some more information especially on X11 server button

In this release, we have tried to focus on our users feedback and implement not only some long-standing requests, but also some new features.
It takes time to develop all these modifications into MobaXterm, and it takes even more time to test them all, so we also wanted to thank all of you, beta-testers and early adopters who downloaded the “Preview” versions, and who shared your feedback with us.
There are many other improvements in this release, so the changelog is huge!

Full changelog:

version 21.0:

New feature: you can now select "PowerShell 7" or "Windows PowerShell" in Shell session settings
New feature: added a new "Import/Export configuration" feature in the "Settings" menu which allows you to backup or share your MobaXterm configuration as a single file
New feature: added a new "Reset configuration" feature in the "Settings" menu which allows you to reset the entire MobaXterm configuration or only reset some specific defaults
Improvement: the Professional Customizer is now compatible with Wine, under Linux and Mac OsX
Improvement: improved several components design in dark mode (checkboxes, comboboxes, ...)
Improvement: many components have been themed for a better look under Wine
Improvement: added support for SSH keys with ED25519 algorithm in SFTP sessions
Improvement: filtered out several useless entries from the remote monitoring "disk space" section
Improvement: the Professional Customizer is now able to embed big plugin files into the generated ZIP archive
Improvement: the Professional Customizer can now extract the main executable properly, even if the Windows installer is disabled by some third-party software
Improvement: the Professional Customizer allows you to edit all the banners of sessions that rely on a terminal (SSH, WSL, local terminal, telnet, rlogin)
Improvement: you can now define the default font charset and select "Use font encoding" as terminal charset (useful for special character encodings)
Improvement: you can now define a specific terminal font charset for each terminal-based session
Improvement: the local terminal prompt is now adapted when the current path is too long to fit into the terminal width
Improvement: the SSH-browser header has been adapted to the dark theme
Improvement: an enhanced tooltip and a right-click menu with a list of listening DISPLAYS have been added to the "X" button in the top toolbar
Improvement: when the X server is off, its DISPLAY is now reserved in order to prevent sessions that have been started with a specific DISPLAY to lose it
Improvement: if the X server is off and an application tries to access it, a popup dialog informs you and allows you to start it
Improvement: better detection of each X server and Remote monitoring instances ownership when MobaXterm is launched in "Multi-instances" mode
Improvement: the detection of running X server instances has been improved in order to prevent MobaXterm from slowing down
Improvement: added a "Start Windows Powershell as admin" menu entry in the "Tools" section
Improvement: added a specific icon for imported PuTTY sessions folder
Improvement: added an entry in the sessions right-click menu which allows to autodetect and import WSL sessions
Improvement: added a right-click menu in the tabs bar which allows to quickly start a specific shell (Bash, Cmd, Powershell, Wsl) or jump to a specific tab
Improvement: a check at MobaXterm startup verifies if the CygUtils plugin is obsolete
Improvement: better detection of the OneDrive folder when its name is in 8.3 format
Improvement: shared sessions with SFTP backend can now use passphrase protected SSH keys
Improvement: better auto-detection of the default shell for each WSL session
Improvement: better identification of external programs windows that overlap RDP sessions when they are "always on top"
Improvement: added some information concerning the currently active network connections in SSH remote monitoring bar
Improvement: broken text files with UTF-8 BOM header but ANSI encoding are now automatically identified
Improvement: improved the "RemoteMonitoringCompatibleMode" configuration setting which allows the remote monitoring feature to work properly with the Fish shell
Improvement: adapted the width of the multi-execution message to the width of the main window
Improvement: many tooltips have been added in order to display contextual help when your mouse cursor is over a component
Improvement: when you use the search feature of MobaTextEditor and hit the end of the file, searching now continues from the beginning of the file
Improvement: the terminal now supports many more font icons for better compatibility with enhanced shell prompts like oh-my-zsh and Powerlevel10K
Improvement: the TCPCapture tool can now be started with another user account if the current user account is not an administrator
Improvement: better identification of the AltGr key in order to prevent AltGr+Space to be treated as the Ctrl+Space ("Quick macro menu") keyboard shortcut
Improvement: added a new "lsfont" tool which prints the complete font character set into the terminal
Improvement: added some information about apt-get in case you try to start yum, urpmi, or emerge command in the local terminal
Improvement: the "Documents" folder can now be selected under the "Libraries" folder in the file picker
Improvement: better detection of all the partitions with their corresponding sizes in the remote monitoring bar
Improvement: you can now change text files encoding in MobaTextEditor or convert text files encodings
Improvement: the application title is now set after a few milliseconds in order to prevent MobaXterm from being flooded with tab title change requests
Improvement: the %USERNAME% variable is now resolved to the local user name in SSH remote command
Improvement: improved startup speed and removed some small visual glitches in dark mode
Bugfix: fixed the tab order in the global settings and sessions windows
Bugfix: when using the "Quick search" feature and clicking on the blank part under the "New session" icon, the "New session" window was started
Bugfix: in the SSH-browser and FTP/SFTP sessions, when editing a file and simultaneously clicking on another one resulted in a popup asking if you wanted to rename the file
Bugfix: in the global settings window, scrollbars no longer lose their dark theme when switching focus with the "TAB" key
Bugfix: right-clicking on a folder to open MobaXterm terminal in that folder did not work if the default shell was WSL and MobaXterm was already running
Bugfix: the tab titles were sometimes incorrect when extended characters were used in conjunction with a specific Windows language configuration
Bugfix: fixed a tab moving issue when "focus follows mouse" was set in Windows
Bugfix: corrected a slowness issue when browsing for plugins in the Customizer
Bugfix: the "Terminal type" setting was not properly refreshed the first time a session was edited
Bugfix: the Display resolution setting of RDP sessions was not taken into account when starting an RDP session just after MobaXterm startup
Bugfix: fixed a potential redirection ambiguity in the ServersListToMxtSessions.sh script
Bugfix: fixed a potential missing library file in ZSH shell (64 bit) which prevented Cmd or Powershell from starting properly
Bugfix: after having selected a file to upload in the explorer dialog, the parent folder is no longer locked by MobaXterm
Bugfix: fixed a potential issue when reconnecting or duplicating a telnet or rsh session which uses an SSH gateway
Bugfix: when closing several terminals at the same time, sometimes some of them were missing from the prompt dialog list
Bugfix: duplicate tab feature now works properly when you duplicate a WSL tab that uses a localhost connection
Bugfix: removed a small glitch with the "Deep" skin when clicking on the "View" menu item
Bugfix: removed a casual issue with file sizes greater than 4 GB in the SSH-browser when the SSH-browser mode is set to SCP
Bugfix: in "Split mode", when cycling through tabs using a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Alt+arrow or Ctrl+Tab), the focus can no more be assigned to an invisible tab
Bugfix: the Slash directory can now be set to the same folder as the application, even if the CygUtils plugin is disabled
Bugfix: the macros combobox in terminal sessions was out of bounds when Windows DPI setting was at 125%
Bugfix: when selecting several sessions and launching one of them from the "Recent sessions" panel, all the selected sessions were launched

You can download this new release from MobaXterm website.

Thank you again for your precious support, for your tests on Preview versions and for your very positive feedback about MobaXterm. This is very motivating for us, thank you!

We hope you will enjoy working with this new version of MobaXterm!

MobaXterm new version 20.0

Sat, 15 Feb 2020 12:42:36 +0200

Hi everyone!

We just released a new major version of MobaXterm (20.0)!

This release adds many improvements as the instant startup mode: we even removed the splash screen if you are using a persistent slash directory as startup takes now less than 2 seconds. We also brought some security improvements by using a Master Password for better passwords encryption.
We have tried to focus on compatibility with various environments: SSH to network routers or switches has been improved to auto-detect available features and fix connections issues. The CPU consumption of terminals has been greatly decreased, and many adjustments have been brought to the graphical interface in order to speed it up.
There are many other improvements: better macros management, graphical interface enhancements, faster “apt-get” feature, … The full changelog is below.

Full changelog:

version 20.0:

Improvement: by default, MobaXterm autodetects if Windows is in bright or dark mode and adapts its default settings accordingly
Improvement: increased MobaXterm startup speed and removed splash screen when using an installed version or a persistent slash folder
Improvement: increased MobaXterm closing speed, by replacing a very slow Windows folder cleanup function by some enhanced code
Improvement: added an option in the "Display" tab of global settings window in order to choose if you want to round out borders for tabs
Improvement: MobaXterm now allows you to use a Master Password even on Home Edition
Improvement: use of Master Password is now mandatory for your stored passwords
Improvement: added a "Remember me on this computer" option in the Master Password prompt at MobaXterm startup
Improvement: when setting a graphic theme in the Customizer, the chosen theme is previewed in the Customizer itself
Improvement: enhanced tabs bar (paint speed, antialiased rendering) and macros sidebar (paint speed, antiflickering)
Improvement: added a new setting in macros edition in order to select the delay which will be used between each simulated keystroke
Improvement: when recording a new macro, MobaXterm now tries to detect the command you typed and propose a macro title accordingly
Improvement: several small improvements in macros edition window: decreased default delay, minified text for INI storage
Improvement: added a new "apt-get" command which is faster and easier to use
Improvement: if you type an unknown command in local BASH terminal, MobaXterm detects if it can be installed using apt-get
Improvement: when dark mode is activated, SFTP and FTP sessions now use dark theme for graphic widgets
Improvement: added a small border around the terminal in order to ease mouse selection
Improvement: better detection of minimum window width in order to set the terminal size to 80 columns and 24 lines by default
Improvement: decreased CPU consumption of terminals, especially when syntax highlighting is turned on
Improvement: upgraded MoTTY by backporting the latest PuTTY modifications
Improvement: improved speed of shared sessions refresh, especially when there are many saved sessions
Improvement: improved speed of new session creation, especially when there are many saved sessions
Improvement: improved speed of session name change, especially when there are many saved sessions
Improvement: auto-detection of UTF-8 character set in FTP sessions
Improvement: prevented some incompatibilities when running MobaXterm from Dropbox or Google Drive folder with multiple accounts
Improvement: enhanced auto-detection of Cisco/HPE/Comware network devices in order to adjust SSH session settings
Improvement: default GIT_EDITOR variable has been set to MobaTextEditor (this can be changed in user ".profile" script)
Improvement: added native support for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on ARM computers
Bugfix: username of SSH sessions was not properly reset to default after editing a session and selecting saved credentials
Bugfix: when the prompt for saving passwords was shown and if you hit "RETURN" the prompt dialog was canceled instead of being acknowledged
Bugfix: fixed an issue which occurred during the "Save terminal text to file", when the file format was TXT
Bugfix: when typing "tcpdump" or "wireshark" commands in the local terminal, MobaXterm now starts TCPCapture instead
Bugfix: the "Close" button of MobaXterm embedded SSH agent process does no longer quit the process but hides it instead
Bugfix: in some cases, passphrases for SSH keys were not saved after starting SSH tunnels or gateways
Bugfix: fixed a crash error message when a session uses an SSH gateway which does not exist or is unreachable
Bugfix: fixed an issue with the font selection combobox which was not displayed properly with Asian languages
Bugfix: properly detect UTF-8 characters encoding when setting terminal tab titles
Bugfix: in dark mode, the "OpenFile" and "SaveFile" dialog windows can no longer be hidden behind MobaXterm main window
Bugfix: in dark mode, a memory device context which was used for painting main menu was not properly released after use
Bugfix: a double-update issue occurred on terminals when switching from/to MultiExec mode
Bugfix: fixed a dependency issue on the "kinit" local command
Bugfix: fixed an error in Powershell sessions when several commands and a startup directory with spaces were set
Information: changed versions numbering to "year . release_number_in_that_year . maintenance_release_for_this_version . build_number"

You can download this new release from MobaXterm website.

We want to thank you all for your precious support. We realize that many of you love working with MobaXterm and we are proud to receive many emails with such positive feedback. This is very motivating for us, thank you!

We hope you will enjoy working with this new version of MobaXterm!

MobaXterm new version 12.4

Sun, 01 Dec 2019 15:42:36 +0200

Hi everyone!

We have just released a new major version of MobaXterm (12.4)!

MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box.

This release comes with a new dark theme feature. Don’t wait and enable it from the general settings window of MobaXterm. We hope you will enjoy this new theme!

Besides these additions and improvements we have fixed several bugs that you have reported. As usual, your feedback is greatly appreciated!

Full changelog:

version 12.4:

New feature: added a new "dark theme" which is much more reactive than the old skins as it is based on Windows native controls
Improvement: increased the SSH-browser sorting speed, in order to avoid MobaXterm slowdowns when listing folders contents
Improvement: color of the "+" button on the tabs bar changes when mouse hovers it
Improvement: themes can now be applied from the global settings window without restarting MobaXterm
Improvement: enhanced drawing speed of files and folders icons into SSH-browser
Improvement: improvements in popup windows for better compatibility with multiple monitors
Improvement: enhanced graphical controls painting speed when their background is not transparent
Improvement: better detection of core files which had been created with another account and are not writable
Improvement: eliminated some flickering effects from the tabs-based graphical components
Bugfix: prevented SSH-browser to switch to SCP mode when using keyboard-interactive authentication without 2 factor authentication
Bugfix: prevented some issues when running MobaXterm from OneDrive folder and using it with several different computers or accounts
Bugfix: when ctrl+clicking on an URL into the terminal, the URL was not properly detected if its last character was a slash

You can download this new release from MobaXterm website.

We wanted to say a big thanks to you all. We realize that many of you love working with MobaXterm and we are proud to receive many emails with such positive feedback. This is very motivating for us, thank you!

We hope you will enjoy working with this new version of MobaXterm!

MobaXterm new version 12.0

Sun, 28 Jul 2019 12:42:36 +0200

Hi everyone!

We have just released a new major version of MobaXterm (12.0)!

MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box.

This release comes with a new local terminal based on the latest PuTTY version, with many SSH improvements and an enhanced look and feel. A new prompt has been developed for better readability and improved GIT support.

The embedded X server has also been upgraded by using the latest X.org version. It is now faster and can handle much more protocols. Its DPI can be set in MobaXterm global configuration window and it is fully compatible with the latest Window managers.

As usual, we have improved startup speed: this is a continuous fight in every version of MobaXterm, in order to give you the best user experience possible with a fast and small executable.

We also added some new settings for professional users in order to simply choose the Ini configuration file, the Home and Slash folders location.

Besides these additions and improvements we have fixed several bugs that you have reported. As usual, your feedback is greatly appreciated!

Full changelog:

version 12.0:

New feature: added a new prompt for local terminal with GIT branch and other useful information
Improvement: added support for ECDSA and ED25519 keys for SSH tunnels and gateways
Improvement: embedded X server updated to latest Xorg source code
Improvement: X11 applications have a new default icon which is different from MobaXterm main icon
Improvement: X server speed has been improved using unused features clean up
Improvement: embedded terminal has been rebuilt from latest PuTTY source code
Improvement: new setting allows to set X server DPI or to set it to "stretch mode" on High DPI displays
Improvement: when pasting multiple lines, a popup window allows you to edit the clipboard content
Improvement: multiple gateways or tunnels connected to the same host use the same SSH connection transport for single authentication
Improvement: increased startup speed by deferring creation of "Settings" and "Sessions" windows
Improvement: when checking "KeepAlive" option, it activates SshKeepAlive but not TCPKeepAlive by default in SSH sessions, tunnels and gateways
Improvement: improved compatibility of MobaXterm terminal with WSL distributions
Improvement: added a new X11 DPI setting in order to force X server DPI value (useful for HighDPI monitors)
Improvement: added YAML syntax coloration in MobaTextEditor
Improvement: added KDE and GNOME in the list of desktop environments for WSL
Improvement: auto-detection of any desktop environment you may have installed in WSL (WFCE4, LXDE, MATE, KDE, ...)
Improvement: added a Customizer setting in order to choose the same folder as application for slash/home directories
Improvement: WSL distributions can now run even if MobaXterm is started from a USB thumb drive
Improvement: after installing a package using apt-get, the man pages can now be rendered using the built-in "man" command
Improvement: improved compatibility of MobaTextEditor with HighDPI monitors
Improvement: improved terminal support for Powershell and Cmd
Improvement: improved man pages for tools downloaded using apt-get
Improvement: better integration of GIT and CURL commands into the local terminal
Improvement: slightly modified default terminal theme, colors have been softened for a modernized look and feel
Bugfix: Gnome3 and latest version of KDE now start properly with latest Xserver update
Bugfix: prevented tunnels from starting twice when pressing "Start all tunnels" while some tunnels have "Connecting" status
Bugfix: fixed a potential bug which could prevent MobaXterm from stopping when a SSH tunnel is in "not-fully-started" state
Bugfix: tried to avoid garbled graphics in "Sessions" and "Params" windows and to be robust to potential graphic adapters or graphic drivers failures
Bugfix: limited paste buffer size to prevent terminal from crashing if the paste buffer is too big
Bugfix: avoided a potential issue when closing MobaXterm while a Web Browser session is running
Bugfix: the HTTP or SOCKS proxy type was not properly saved in Telnet sessions
Bugfix: fixed an issue with tab colors which occured when unselecting a color or duplicating an existing colored tab
Bugfix: fixed a potential bug which could prevent connecting to FTPS server with TLS enabled
Bugfix: fixed a potential issue with macros containing "percent" character, when macro was created in "Sessions" window
Bugfix: in WSL sessions, the "USER" environment variable was incorrectly set to the distribution name instead of the user name
Bugfix: main window had some random issues with borders being shifted by a few pixels instead of sticking to Windows desktop edges
Bugfix: fixed a potential issue with a window displayed when no SSH server name or IP address was provided
Bugfix: fixed a display issue when editing a SSH tunnel with a username containing "@" characters
Bugfix: fixed the CURL command with https websites
Bugfix: fixed completion for GIT commands in the ZSH 64-bits package
Bugfix: you can now select and edit multiple files in the SSH-browser
Bugfix: fixed an issue with FVWM2 startup and X server

You can download this new release from MobaXterm website.

We hope you will enjoy working with this new version of MobaXterm!

MobaXterm new version 11.1

Sun, 20 Jan 2019 20:42:36 +0200

Hi everyone!

We just released a new version of MobaXterm (11.1)!

MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. MobaXterm provides a basic Unix-like environment for Windows which uses an advanced console and can even run WSL distribution on Windows with full X server support!

This release improves the native integration of WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux, a.k.a. “Bash for Windows”): your WSL distribution runs with a full X server and can display graphical applications or entire desktops.

Following the previous major version (11.0), we have improved the software base on your feedbacks: manual selection of the COM port speed, overall speed and GUI performances.
This release also brings bugfixes such as AltGr in RDP session, keyboard handling in SSH browser and GUI flickering issues.
The full list of improvements is in the changelog below.

Demonstration of WSL integration in MobaXterm

Full changelog:

version 11.1:

Improvement: eliminated flickering effects in remote monitoring bar
Improvement: improved MobaXterm startup speed by decreasing resources size
Improvement: improved size of main executable by increasing compression of embedded resources
Improvement: Windows PATH is now appended to the terminal PATH in the dropdown terminal (Ctrl+Alt+M)
Improvement: you can now manually select COM interface speed for Serial sessions
Improvement: you can now manually type a path in folder selection dialogs
Improvement: improved "ShiftFnKeys" terminal type with proper key sequences for Shift+F9 and Shift+F11
Improvement: in TCPCapture tool, a new interactive console menu allows you to choose which network adapter to use for capture
Bugfix: fixed a potential issue with AltGr key into RDP sessions
Bugfix: fixed checkboxes which were not properly painted when using very high DPI (more than 250%)
Bugfix: typing the first character of a file/folder in SSH-browser now gets you to that file/folder
Bugfix: files and folders were displayed twice when pressing F5 without releasing the key in SSH-browser (SCP mode)
Bugfix: fixed a potential freeze issue when trying to connect to a SFTP session and authentication fails 3 times
Bugfix: middle-click on an SSH-browser element copies full path to the terminal
Bugfix: fixed setxkbmap command which was not working in local terminal
Bugfix: prevented MobaXterm for asking twice to close open sessions when closing MobaXterm

You can download this new release from MobaXterm website.

We hope you will enjoy working with this new version of MobaXterm!

MobaXterm new version 11.0

Thu, 01 Nov 2018 20:42:36 +0200

Hi everyone!

We just released a new major version of MobaXterm (11.0)!

MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. MobaXterm provides a basic Unix-like environment for Windows which uses an advanced console and can even run WSL distribution on Windows with full X server support!

This release adds a new native integration of WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux, a.k.a. “Bash for Windows”): your WSL distribution runs with a full X server and can display graphical applications or entire desktops.
This release also adds a new 64-bit local terminal environment. This is still an experimental addition, because we are trying to support all the features that are currently available in the 32-bit terminal environment. For the moment, the only shell available is ZSH which is not fully compatible with the current BASH shell of the 32-bit environment. We are planning to add BASH shell soon. However, you can try the new features brought by ZSH. For instance, you can type “ls -<TAB>” to have an inline completion of commandline parameters, you can use “apt-get install n<TAB>” in order to complete any packages beginning with the “n” character, and much more!
There are many other improvements: colored tabs, enhanced startup speed, remote SSH-browser speed, remote monitoring bar, terminal, … The full changelog is below.

Demonstration of WSL integration in MobaXterm

Full changelog:

version 11.0:

New feature: native integration of WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) into MobaXterm - run WSL into MobaXterm advanced terminal instead of Windows console and run graphical applications thanks to MobaXterm X server
New feature: new experimental local terminal package "CygUtils64.plugin" comes with ZSH shell, 64-bit console utilities and improved apt-get packages manager - activate it from global settings, "terminal" tab
New feature: added a new global setting in order to choose which local shell to use (Bash, ZSH (64-bits), Cmd, Powershell, or one of the Linux WSL distributions)
Improvement: enhanced the Remote Monitoring bar to display information in red or orange when the values reach critical levels
Improvement: improved SSH-browser performances, especially when remote folder contains many files/folders
Improvement: improved sessions tree performances, especially when number of sessions is greater than 100
Improvement: reworked the global settings window for easier settings identification
Improvement: improved compatibility of "Follow terminal folder" feature with remote Unix/Linux environments
Improvement: added a prompt dialog in order to assign right-click action (context menu or paste) the first time you right-click into the terminal
Improvement: updated OpenSSH client to version 7.5 when the new local terminal package is selected
Improvement: updated "top", "ps", "ldd", "kill", and other core commands when the new local terminal package is selected
Improvement: you can now specify the color of each tab by right-clicking on the tab or by specifying a custom tab color for each session
Improvement: improved MobaXterm startup speed by using lazy loading for resources which may be unused
Improvement: prevent the remote monitoring bar from disappearing temporarily when switching between tabs
Improvement: updated icons for files/folders in SSH-browser and (s)FTP sessions
Improvement: updated tray icon to the new MobaXterm flat logo
Improvement: after choosing Bash or Zsh terminal in global settings, if you do not have the CygUtils plugin on your computer, a popup window prompts you to download it
Improvement: updated PuTTY-based SSH engine to the latest version
Improvement: adapted default settings to Brocade switches on SSH sessions
Improvement: updated terminal smart selection to better detect URLs and delimiters when using default settings
Improvement: added 5 manual Ini settings under the "Misc" section in order to control smart selection behavior (ForcedLeftDelimChars, ForcedRightDelimChars, DisabledLeftDelimChars, DisabledRightDelimChars and SmartDelimsForUrls)
Improvement: with default syntax, URLs are now underlined - remember that you can ctrl+click them to open in default browser
Improvement: improved size of main executable by removing unused code and optimizing several subfunctions
Improvement: decreased latency when navigating through tabs, especially for SSH sessions
Improvement: tooltips in the Remote Monitoring bar are now displayed using fixed font if necessary
Improvement: disk usage tooltip values are displayed in human-readable format
Improvement: try to detect Nexus devices and to avoid starting SCP when connecting through SSH
Improvement: improved SFTP / FTP / S3 sessions performances, especially when remote folder contains many files/folders
Improvement: after terminal has been paused (Ctrl+S), any key will "unfreeze" it. Many users thought that terminal was frozen after accidentally hitting Ctrl+S
Bugfix: after setting the graphical interface elements size from global settings, modifications are properly applied at first MobaXterm restart
Bugfix: fixed detection of disk space in remote monitoring when "df" returns results split across multiple lines
Bugfix: when hitting "R" to reconnect an SSH session, if the gateway had been disconnected, MobaXterm will try to reconnect it first
Bugfix: fixed some checkboxes placements, elements sizes and placements for High-DPI monitors
Bugfix: fixed syntax highlighting which was disabled when running systemctl commands
Bugfix: fixed VNC connections issues through SSH gateway (jump host) when new VNC engine was selected
Bugfix: fixed an issue with hidden sidebar when it was set to the right and monitor DPI was above 144 pixels per inch
Bugfix: MobaXterm now handles properly pipes characters in sessions folders names
Bugfix: MobaXterm now handles properly arobase characters in tunnels usernames
Bugfix: MobaXterm now handles properly arobase characters in stored passwords usernames
Bugfix: fixed some visual flickering effects which occurred on some buttons when mouse was over them
Bugfix: the SSH-browser no longer follows the wrong terminal when the same SSH session is connected twice
Bugfix: removed an unnecessary delay when waiting for the X server to start up
Bugfix: passwords defined for VNC, telnet or FTP services were sometimes lost after restarting MobaXterm
Bugfix: fixed some flickering effects which occurred into Home tab after MobaXterm startup
Bugfix: upload of multiple files in SSH-browser no longer gets stuck when "SSH preserve files dates" setting is activated
Bugfix: fixed remote edition of multiple files in SSH-browser when remote files had the same names
Bugfix: aligned sessions tree to the left at startup
Bugfix: fixed some issues with MobApt when downloading old packages
Bugfix: disabled "Remote monitoring" feature for SSH connections to Cisco routers
Bugfix: "MobaFoldersDiff" tool has been re-added, after fixing the startup issue
Bugfix: added "VISUAL" environment variable in order to fix potential issues with "crontab" command

You can download this new release from MobaXterm website.

We hope you will enjoy working with this new version of MobaXterm!

MobaXterm new version 10.7

Sun, 01 Jul 2018 14:42:36 +0200

Hi everyone!

We just released a new version of MobaXterm (10.7)!

Edit: Version 10.8 supersedes version 10.7 by adding a bugfix on MobApt graphical interface.

MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box.

This release brings some improvements to the embedded X11 server: now, X11 applications are shown in front of other applications at first launch. The MobApt package manager has also been upgraded in order to avoid “package not found” errors. A new fix also avoids corruptions in the MobaXterm configuration file backup, especially when the computer is shut down before MobaXterm is properly closed.

This release also brings some fixes to MobaXterm, especially for High-DPI monitors.

Full changelog:

version 10.7:

Improvement: updated "mobapt" package manager with new versions of downloadable tools and a fix for the "package not found" errors
Improvement: X11 programs are now shown in front of MobaXterm window: you do not need to click on the taskbar button in order to bring these windows to the front
Improvement: backup of MobaXterm.ini file is now created faster and more securely: write operations are verified to ensure that the file is properly created on disk
Bugfix: fixed height of elements in SSH keys list in High-DPI mode
Bugfix: fixed remote inspector elements sizes in High-DPI mode
Bugfix: backup of MobaXterm.ini file is now compatible with any archiver, even 7-zip

You can download this new release from MobaXterm website.

We hope you will enjoy working with this new version of MobaXterm!

MobaXterm new version 10.6

Tue, 29 May 2018 12:42:36 +0200

Hi everyone!

We just released a new version of MobaXterm (10.6)!

MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box.

This release adds a new experimental feature: remote monitoring. This feature allows you to display a basic resources monitoring bar under your SSH session. It can be useful in order to keep a sharp eye on the resources consumed by your remote server while working on it (CPU, RAM, Network, Disk, …).

In this new version we brought many small improvements, especially in the SSH-browser, macros, SFTP sessions. We also added some new settings for professional users in order to disable some features, like Aws S3, Sftp or Mosh sessions, or Iperf and Cron services.

Besides these additions and improvements we have tried to fix several other limitations and bugs that you reported. As usual, your feedback is greatly appreciated!

Full changelog:

version 10.6:

New feature: "Remote Monitoring": continuous display of your server resources usage (CPU, RAM, NET, Disk, ...) in a small bar below SSH terminal. This feature is experimental and does not work with any Unix system
Improvement: enhanced browse-for-folder dialogs and prevent them from freezing
Improvement: enhanced local folders browsing in FTP/SFTP sessions and prevent them from freezing
Improvement: new "DisableAccountsLookup" option in MobaXterm.ini file prevents MobaXterm from building Unix-like "/etc/passwd" file at start-up
Improvement: Pro edition only: added new customizer settings in order to disable Aws S3, Sftp or Mosh sessions
Improvement: Pro edition only: added new customizer settings in order to disable Iperf or Cron services
Improvement: new "MacrosDelay" option in MobaXterm.ini file allows to tune delay (in milliseconds) between each keystroke when running macros
Improvement: added the "-justunpack -quiet" commandline switches which prevent MobaXterm from showing a popup window after unpacking core files
Improvement: new global setting: "Preserve files dates during SSH-browser transfers"
Improvement: new setting for SFTP sessions: "Preserve files dates"
Improvement: better detection of GMT time for files/folders displayed in SSH-browser
Improvement: show information message if trying to run local terminal while ASLR is forced
Improvement: the paste confirmation popup now shows the text which is about to be pasted
Improvement: added "Do not show again" checkbox in the paste confirmation popup message
Bugfix: when a folder is uploaded through SSH-browser (SCP) over an existing folder with same name, folders contents are now merged

You can download this new release from MobaXterm website.

You can also try the new preview version.

We hope you will enjoy working with this new version of MobaXterm!

MobaXterm new version 10.5

Sun, 07 Jan 2018 20:40:36 +0200

Hi everyone!

We just released a new version of MobaXterm (10.5)!

MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box.

This release adds new experimental VNC engine: this new embedded engine improves rescaling, speed, keyboard and clipboard handling.

We also improved security for telnet and ftp services: added password authentication, added confirmation popup message to allow incomming connections.

Many features that you requested have also been implemented: new F2 shortcut for quick rename of sessions, added smart detection of Citrix hook dll during MobaXterm startup and much more…

We also improved MobaXterm overall speed and fixed issues present into release 10.4 when tree sidebar was on the right side. Besides these additions and improvements we have tried to fix several other limitations and bugs that you reported. As usual, your feedback is greatly appreciated!

Full changelog:

version 10.5:

Improvement: new experimental embedded VNC engine for VNC sessions with improved rescaling, speed, keyboard and clipboard handling
Improvement: slightly improved overall speed by removing some regular checks on MobaXterm main interface
Improvement: added password authentication for the embedded basic telnet server (fixes CVE-2017-15376)
Improvement: added a popup warning when starting clear-text embedded services such as telnet, ftp, tftp or vnc
New feature: added a confirmation popup message for each connection on telnet or ftp services
Improvement: updated documentation with latest features and frequently asked questions
Improvement: added a workaround for long startup on computers with slow or broken AD users/groups listing
Improvement: improved documentation generation feature by taking fast screenshots of program windows
Improvement: improved professional generator tool on computers where MSI packages extraction is disabled
Improvement: better detection of pre-configured persistent folders on custom version, in order to display a popup when trying to modify them
Improvement: better detection of network equipments in order to automatically enable/disable supported features in SSH sessions (X11-forwarding, SSH-browser)
Improvement: improved rendering of icons and buttons, especially with High DPI monitors
Improvement: added F2 shortcut for quick rename of sessions, but also files and folders in SSH-browser
Improvement: added a workaround for the "missing wfapi.dll" message at MobaXterm startup which occurs with old Citrix installations
Bugfix: session edition was disabled when session tree sidebar was on the right side
Bugfix: removed a bug on drag and drop operations in RDP sessions
Bugfix: after choosing a skin in the customizer, MobaXterm welcome message is no more broken
Bugfix: bookmarks saved to .moba files were not started correctly with previous version
Bugfix: corrected a potential issue with the "grep" command with Windows 2000 and Windows XP
Bugfix: corrected a potential issue with custom session icons with a resolution lower than 48x48
Bugfix: if MobaTextEditor last instance was moved to 2nd monitor and you run it again with a single monitor, it will be moved to 1st monitor
Bugfix: in settings section of customizer program, the main window was blurried in some specific cases when a skin was used
Bugfix: fixed a potential scroll issue with mouse wheel in SFTP or FTP sessions
Bugfix: after disabling tools from the customizer program, MobApt is properly disabled

You can download this new release from MobaXterm website.

We hope you will enjoy working with this new version of MobaXterm!

MobaXterm new version 10.4

Wed, 23 Aug 2017 08:16:36 +0200

Hi everyone!

We just released a new version of MobaXterm (10.4)!

MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box.

This release adds support for shared sessions: you can export some sessions to a file, put this file in a shared location (network drive, intranet, FTP or SSH/SFTP server), and share it among your team members who use MobaXterm.

We also tried to add support for AWS S3 sessions: you can browse your S3 buckets using this graphical session type. However, this is still experimental as we have not been able to test it thoroughly on many different kinds of accounts yet.

Many features that you requested have also been implemented: a confirmation message can now be displayed before pasting multiple lines to the terminal, in order to avoid unexpected lines execution in interactive shell. We also improved syntax coloration of standard keywords (OK/warning/error/…), mobapt package manager, we added new setting which allows to hide the popup terminal instead of closing it in order to avoid losing previous terminal commands, and much more…

We also improved MobaXterm behavior and fixed issues with multi-monitors, IPv6 connections, mouse scrolling and keyboard shortcuts. Besides these additions and improvements we have tried to fix several other limitations and bugs that you reported. As usual, your feedback is greatly appreciated!

Full changelog:

version 10.4:

New feature: added support for shared sessions files: you can export some sessions to a file, put it in a shared location, and share it among your team members
New feature: added import from SuperPuTTY: you can now right-click on the session tree and choose "Import SuperPuTTY sessions"
New feature: added experimental support for Amazon AWS S3 sessions: you can browse your S3 buckets using this graphical session type
Improvement: a confirmation message can be displayed before pasting multiple lines to the terminal, in order to avoid unexpected lines execution in interactive shell
Improvement: if a commandline tool is installed using mobapt and provided by busybox at the same time, MobaXterm shell now chooses the non-busybox tool
Improvement: added a right-click menu in the password manager in order to copy entry content
Improvement: modified the embedded FTP server for better compatibility with clients and enhanced transfer speed
Improvement: improved syntax coloration of standard keywords (OK/warning/error/...)
Improvement: Windows 10 "Scroll inactive windows when I hover over them" feature is now supported
Improvement: added host fingerprint to "remote host identity changed" warning message for SSH sessions
Improvement: added a new setting which allows to validate host identity at first SSH connection
Improvement: added "SpectrWM" to the list of available remote desktops in SSH sessions
Improvement: added new setting which allows to hide the popup terminal instead of closing it in order to avoid losing previous terminal commands
Improvement: a "permission denied" error message is now displayed when modifying a remote file through SCP without proper permissions on file/folder
Improvement: improved IPv6 support for SSH, SFTP, FTP sessions, and for SSH gateway servers (jump hosts)
Improvement: improved IPv6 support for SSH tunnels created in MobaSSHTunnel tool
Improvement: improved fonts rendering and hinting, especially on progress bars
Improvement: enhanced mouse scroll detection in MobaXterm graphical interface and terminals
Bugfix: fixed HOME and END keys not working properly in MOSH session
Bugfix: fixed show/hide hotkey (Ctrl+M) which did not work if another application was displayed on top of screen Z-order
Bugfix: fixed some dialog windows which were displayed on the wrong screen in multi-monitors mode
Bugfix: fixed popup console which was displayed on the wrong screen in multi-monitors mode
Bugfix: fixed taskbar button for MobaXterm application which was displayed on the wrong screen in some specific cases on Windows 10
Bugfix: fixed shell scripts sourcing in /etc/profile.d folder at shell startup
Bugfix: fixed a persistent Windows warning message if CapsLock is activated in Master Password popup window
Bugfix: embedded FTP server does not allow users to retrieve a file outside chosen root directory anymore
Bugfix: fixed MobaXterm window not starting on 2nd monitor if it was maximized during previous stop
Bugfix: fixed "Size" and "Last modified" columns which were not resizeable in SFTP sessions
Bugfix: fixed some missing entries in "ascii" command
Bugfix: fixed some issues with mobapt postinstall scripts
Bugfix: fixed keyboard shortcuts "F1" to "F12" which were not working properly
Bugfix: main window dimensions were not restored when MobaXterm graphical interface was set to "Compact mode"
Bugfix: fixed a scroll bug with some laptop touchpads

You can download this new release from MobaXterm website.

We hope you will enjoy working with this new version of MobaXterm!