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Tera Term Project

The Tera Term Project develops Tera Term, an open-source terminal emulator for Windows, and its TTSSH SSH module as the successor to Tera Term Pro 2.3. The software is released under the 3-clause BSD licence, with some bundled components under other licences.

Licensing at a Glance

  • Open source

  1. Tera Term and its SSH module TTSSH are open source software under the BSD licence, and this version is the officially recognised successor to Tera Term Pro 2.3.[1]

  2. Tera Term, TTSSH, TTProxy, TeraTerm Menu and TTX KanjiMenu are licensed under the 3-clause BSD licence (SPDX BSD-3-Clause).[2]

  3. The bundled CygTerm+ module is licensed under GPL v2, and included libraries use other licences such as the 2-clause BSD, MIT and zlib licences.[3]

  4. Development takes place on GitHub, and releases are code-signed through SignPath.io with a certificate from the SignPath Foundation.[4]

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References

  1. Tera Term Open Source Project · teratermproject.github.io · retrieved 2026-09-27
  2. License and Copyright · teratermproject.github.io · retrieved 2026-09-27
  3. License and Copyright · teratermproject.github.io · retrieved 2026-09-27
  4. Tera Term Open Source Project · teratermproject.github.io · retrieved 2026-09-27
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