Saltbush Terminal is a tabbed terminal for Windows and Linux with saved sessions in folders and split panes. Version 1.6.1 connects over SSH2 (built-in engine or the OpenSSH client), SFTP, Telnet, RLogin, raw TCP, serial ports and local shells, and has a two-pane SFTP browser and an SSH agent window. It calls BBSes with a proper DOS screen, the VGA font, Zmodem, Ymodem, Xmodem and Kermit, and runs Python and Lua scripts. It tells you when a new version is out and can install it for you. Scripts written for Lantern Terminal and the SyncTERM-Lua fork run unchanged.

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1. Install Saltbush Terminal and start it.
2. Choose File → New Session…, pick a protocol, enter the details and give the session a name and folder. For a BBS choose Tools → New BBS Session….
3. Double-click the session in the Session Manager to connect.
4. For SSH, check a new server's fingerprint before typing yes, then answer the password or passphrase question in the terminal.

File → Quick Connect… (Ctrl+Shift+Q) connects without saving first, and File → Open Local Shell (Ctrl+Shift+T) opens a shell on this computer.

• Installing, updates and troubleshooting
• Sessions, SSH and options
• SFTP browser and SSH agent
• BBSes, file transfers and the SyncTERM list
• Python and Lua scripting
• Building from source
• Version history

Saltbush's own shortcuts use Ctrl+Shift, so Ctrl+C, Ctrl+D, Ctrl+W and the other Ctrl keys reach the program in the terminal.

Session Options → Input can make plain Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V copy and paste instead. Right-click in the terminal for Copy and Paste, and middle-click also pastes.

Help → Check for Updates… looks for a new version (see Updates).

The Windows version has been tested under Wine but not yet on a physical Windows PC. The full list is in LIMITATIONS.md.

Questions and bug reports: slaterm@theiguru.au