Official distribution channels; putty.org is not official
Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited
- Kind
- Policy
- Statement
- FAQ A.9.1-A.9.5 and A.8.4: the official site has always been www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/; putty.software was registered in August 2025 as a second official landing page; release files are hosted on the.earth.li; the free PuTTY app in the Microsoft Store (first published at 0.76) is published by the developers. putty.org is not, and never has been, the developers' site, and other store copies were uploaded by other people. (FAQ undated; as published on 2026-09-27)
- Applies when
- Approving a download source for PuTTY or checking the provenance of discovered copies.
- Applies to
- Sources of PuTTY installers and executables
- Aliases
- putty.org; putty.software; the.earth.li; Microsoft Store