Differences from 2.3

Overview of difference between Teraterm 2.3 (original version) by Takashi Teranishi and Tera Term 4 and Tera Term 5.

Feature Differences

Content Tera Term Pro 2.3 Tera Term 4 Tera Term 5
Source code Opened Opened Opened
License Proprietary*1 Modified BSD license*2 Modified BSD license
Development tool Visual C++ 5.0 / Watcom C/C++ 11.0 Visual Studio 2005 Visual Studio 2019
Icon Tera Term*3 Tera Term*3 Tera Term*3
Maximum COM port 16 4096 4096
Serial speed from 110 to 115200 from 110 to 921600, and editable from 110 to 921600, and editable
Japanese character code EUC-JP/Shift_JIS/JIS EUC-JP/Shift_JIS/JIS/UTF-8/UTF-8 MAC EUC-JP/Shift_JIS/JIS/UTF-8
Unicode support Not supported Support single language*4 Support multi language
IPv6 support No Yes Yes
i18n support No Yes*5 Yes
Linked library
  • Oniguruma
  • SFMT
  • Oniguruma
  • SFMT
*6
 
TTSSH icon TTSSH TTSSH*3 TTSSH*3
supported SSH version SSH 1.5 SSH 1.5 and 2 SSH 1.5 and 2
supported SSH feature shell, port-forwarding, X11 forwarding shell, port-forwarding, X11 forwarding, SCP shell, port-forwarding, X11 forwarding, SCP
Pageant*7 collaboration No Yes Yes
Linked library
  • SSLeay
  • zlib
  • OpenSSL
    used as the encryption library, but not used as TLS
  • zlib
  • PuTTY
    used for cooperation with Pageant, but not used for communication and terminal emulation
  • argon2
  • LibreSSL
    used as the encryption library, but not used as TLS
  • zlib
  • PuTTY
    used for cooperation with Pageant, but not used for communication and terminal emulation
  • argon2
*6
 
Proxy No Yes*8 (HTTP, TELNET, SOCKS4, SOCKS5) Yes (HTTP, TELNET, SOCKS4, SOCKS5)