Enhanced terminal with X11 server, tabbed SSH client and network tools

MobaXterm

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MobaXterm 12.0

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  • Latest Version

    MobaXterm 24.0

  • Operating System

    Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Mobatek / External Link

  • Filename

    MobaXterm_Installer_v12.0.zip

  • MD5 Checksum

    ed9e5c121a5cb43c257177fe18960d14

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system. Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of MobaXterm 12.0.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of MobaXterm or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

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

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