XTermium Download

A Royal TS alternative, free and open source.

XTermium is a free, open-source session manager with a terminal: RDP, VNC, SSH, WinRM and BMC consoles in tabs, with shared logins encrypted on disk. Here is what each one is, and how to move over.

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XTermium with four panes in one window: core-switch over telnet, a Grafana dashboard in a web tab, desktop-01 over VNC with a runbook open, and htop on web-01 over SSH; five tabs above them
The window The real app, demo data: a router over telnet, Grafana in a web tab, a VNC desktop and htop over SSH.

What Royal TS is.

From its own site, royalapps.com, read on 4 November 2026:

  • A remote management app for connections and credentials: Royal TS on Windows, Royal TSX on macOS, Royal TSi on iOS and Royal TSD on Android, sharing one document format.
  • Connections: RDP, SSH and telnet, VNC, web, FTP, SFTP and SCP, TeamViewer, VMware, Hyper-V, PowerShell and Windows management tools.
  • A free Lite mode, and a paid licence.

Royal TS and XTermium, side by side.

The same ten questions, asked of both. Each answer is what the tool’s own pages say, with no scores and no prices of theirs.

Side by sideXTermiumRoyal TS
ConnectionsSSH, SFTP, RDP, VNC, telnet, serial, WinRM, BMC consoles and websitesRDP, SSH and telnet, VNC, web, FTP, SFTP and SCP, TeamViewer, VMware, Hyper-V, PowerShell and Windows management tools
SystemsWindows, Linux and macOSWindows (Royal TS), macOS (Royal TSX), iOS (Royal TSi) and Android (Royal TSD)
PriceFree. Pro, for sync and Terminal Co-op: €2.99 a month or €29.99 a year, excluding VATA free Lite edition, up to 10 connections and 10 credentials; a paid licence
LicenceApache-2.0; the sync server is proprietaryNot mentioned on its site
TabsTabs and split panes, with broadcast typingConnection tabs and dock panels, in a customisable workspace
Saved sessionsA folder tree with search, workspaces and shared loginsDocuments of folders, connections and credential objects, the same format on every Royal app
SFTPA file panel beside SSH and VNC tabs, on the same connectionFile transfer over FTP, SFTP and SCP
TunnelsLocal, remote and SOCKS5, with live trafficSSH-based tunnelling, called Secure Gateway
SyncWith Pro, end-to-end encryptedDocuments opened by several people at once, with changes synchronised without a SQL back end
ImportMobaXterm .ini or .mxtsessions, ~/.ssh/config, .xtermium exportsNot listed on its features page; Dynamic Folders and RoyalJSON bring in data from other sources

Royal TS’s column is from its own site, royalapps.com, with its Windows features page, read on 4 November 2026. XTermium’s column comes from its README. “Not mentioned on its site” means the pages read don’t say, not that Royal TS lacks it.

What XTermium is.

If you use Royal TS, XTermium keeps your connections and the logins they need in one place too. RDP, VNC, SSH, telnet, serial, WinRM, websites and BMC consoles open in tabs and split panes, from folders in one sidebar that you search by typing. Shared logins take the place of credential objects: a user, password and key kept once and picked by any number of sessions, jump hosts and tunnels. A login can carry an SSH gateway, which takes RDP, VNC and websites to hosts you can’t reach directly. The same app runs on Windows, Linux and macOS, and all of it is free and open source under the Apache License 2.0; the one paid plan, Pro, adds sync and Terminal Co-op. Everything is encrypted on disk with a key in your OS keychain, sync is end-to-end encrypted, and AI agents can drive it through a local MCP server without seeing a password.

Moving over from Royal TS.

XTermium doesn’t read Royal TS documents, so put your hosts into folders in the sidebar, or import your ~/.ssh/config for the SSH ones. Shared logins take the place of credentials kept beside the connections: a user, password and key kept once, picked by any number of sessions.

Workspaces keep separate sets of sessions and folders, one dropdown away, and Pro syncs them between your computers, end-to-end encrypted; its checkout is in test mode for now.

The session editor picking a shared login and a jump host
One login, every session The session editor picking a shared login and a jump host
The command palette with web typed in, listing sessions, tabs, a tunnel and a layout
Find it by typing The command palette with web typed in, listing sessions, tabs, a tunnel and a layout

When to stay with Royal TS.

Stay with Royal TS if your work runs through the connection types or the team sharing it has. It may fit better when:

  • You open TeamViewer, VMware, Hyper-V or Windows management connections. XTermium has none of them.
  • You want your connections on iOS or Android. XTermium is a desktop app.
  • Your team shares one document of connections without sharing personal credentials. XTermium’s Pro syncs one person’s sessions between their own computers.
  • Your documents pull hosts from other systems through Dynamic Folders or RoyalJSON.

Free and open source.

XTermium is free and open source under the Apache License 2.0: every connection type, on every OS, on any number of machines. Pro, the one paid plan, is the hosted part: end-to-end encrypted sync between your computers, and Terminal Co-op.

Pro costs €2.99 a month or €29.99 a year, excluding VAT, and its checkout is in test mode for now. Pricing.

Questions about moving from Royal TS.

Can XTermium open Royal TS documents?

No. Put your hosts into folders in the sidebar, or import your ~/.ssh/config for the SSH ones. Workspaces keep separate sets of sessions and folders, one dropdown away.

Does XTermium keep credentials apart from connections?

Yes. A shared login is a user, password and key kept once and picked by any number of SSH, RDP, VNC and WinRM sessions, jump hosts and tunnels. It is stored encrypted with the sessions and never written into exports other than the passphrase-protected .xtermium file.

Does XTermium run on Linux?

Yes. Windows 10 and 11 (x64) get an installer, an .msi, a portable .zip or Scoop; Linux gets a .deb, an .rpm or an AppImage; macOS gets one universal .dmg for Apple silicon and Intel, not signed by Apple yet.

Can I share sessions with my team?

Terminal Co-op, part of Pro, shares live tabs with up to two other signed-in people, end-to-end encrypted. Saved sessions sync between your own computers, not across a team.

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Get it for Windows, Linux or macOS.

Free and open source. One command fetches the latest build from GitHub, checks its sha256 and installs it; read install.ps1 or install.sh first. Every file and its checksum, Scoop included, are under Downloads, and the .msi, .exe, .zip, .deb, .rpm, AppImage and .dmg are in the latest release on GitHub. The macOS app is not signed by Apple yet: how to open it the first time.

WindowsWindows 10 and 11

irm https://xtermium.com/install.ps1 | iex

Linuxx64: .deb, .rpm or AppImage

curl -fsSL https://xtermium.com/install.sh | sh

macOSApple silicon and Intel: one universal .dmg

curl -fsSL https://xtermium.com/install.sh | sh