ConnectBot
Shares rank 8 of 13 SSH clients by recommenders
Free SSH client that people switch to from JuiceSSH, praised for port forwarding and reliable remote access to home machines.
Free SSH client that people switch to from JuiceSSH, praised for port forwarding and reliable remote access to home machines.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 90%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 9 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Free replacement for JuiceSSH
“Replaced JuiceSSH two years ago with ConnectBot as a "free" alternative. Never looked back.”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back” Port forwarding works well
“ConnectBot worked quite well as an ssh client for me, including port forwarding”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back” Reliable SSH access to home
“I just use ConnectBot to ssh to my house.”
Comment from 6 Jan 2026 in “Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone” Good enough for SSH
“I have found ssh sufficiently good”
Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Claude Code On-the-Go”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Keyboard leaves more to be desired
“its keyboard has always left more to be desired”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back”
Other SSH clients people recommend
The four most recommended other SSH clients, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosh | 61 | 10 | 86% | 12 | — | Approved |
| SSH | 57 | 17 | 77% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Termius | 33 | 16 | 67% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Moshi SSH and Mosh terminal for iOS | 16 | 2 | 89% | 8 | — | Approved |
| ConnectBotThis page | 9 | 1 | 90% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“ConnectBot worked quite well as an ssh client for me, including port forwarding”
“its keyboard has always left more to be desired”
“Replaced JuiceSSH two years ago with ConnectBot as a "free" alternative. Never looked back.”
“I just use ConnectBot to ssh to my house.”
“I have found ssh sufficiently good”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.