It's incredible to me that this tool is still needed.

Using putty as my daily driver was definitely part of my coming-of-age story as a windows sysadmin way back when.

layer8 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

It’s not needed on modern Windows strictly speaking, but many users still prefer it.

	▲	accrual 5 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yeah, I use Windows Terminal for a lot of day-to-day stuff, but PuTTY is still my go-to for older systems, serial stuff, SSH tunnels, and anything needing more detailed control over the session.
	▲	account42 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It's still needed for some use cases.

I'm pretty sure PuTTY is no longer needed needed except possibly as a user mode pageant.

	▲	accrual 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		As far as I know it's still one of the best ways to handle serial connections on Windows, and a surprising amount stuff still supports or defaults to serial. Great for managing headless OpenBSD systems.