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MobaXterm new version 23.6

Hi everyone! We just released a new major version of MobaXterm (23.6)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, WSL, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




Import/Export MobaXterm Configuration

Are you aware that MobaXterm enables you to easily export your settings and import them into different machines? To facilitate this, we’ve added a straightforward feature. You can access it by navigating to the ‘Settings’ menu and selecting ‘Export configuration’. This feature allows you to export your desired settings in the .mobaconf format. You can choose the settings you want to export: Following this, you can import these settings into a new machine. Read more »




MobaXterm new version 23.5

Hi everyone! We just released a new major version of MobaXterm (23.5)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, WSL, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




MobaXterm new version 21.0

Hi everyone! We just released a new major version of MobaXterm (21.0)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, WSL, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




MobaXterm new version 20.0

Hi everyone! We just released a new major version of MobaXterm (20.0)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, WSL, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




MobaXterm new version 12.4

Hi everyone! We have just released a new major version of MobaXterm (12.4)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




MobaXterm new version 12.0

Hi everyone! We have just released a new major version of MobaXterm (12.0)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




MobaXterm new version 11.1

Hi everyone! We just released a new version of MobaXterm (11.1)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




MobaXterm new version 11.0

Hi everyone! We just released a new major version of MobaXterm (11.0)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




MobaXterm new version 10.7

Hi everyone! We just released a new version of MobaXterm (10.7)! Edit: Version 10.8 supersedes version 10.7 by adding a bugfix on MobApt graphical interface. MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




MobaXterm new version 10.6

Hi everyone! We just released a new version of MobaXterm (10.6)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




MobaXterm new version 10.5

Hi everyone! We just released a new version of MobaXterm (10.5)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




MobaXterm new version 10.4

Hi everyone! We just released a new version of MobaXterm (10.4)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




New version of MobaXterm (10.2)

Hi everyone! We just released a new version of MobaXterm (10.2)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




MobaMotion free web animation builder

Hi everyone! Today is a very exciting day for us: after some weeks of development, we are proud to announce the first official release of our new freeware MobaMotion! MobaMotion allows you to easily create high-quality animated tutorials, presentation or demonstration for your website or blog. We have already used MobaMotion to create some animated demos of Mobatek products, like MobaXterm demo or MobaMotion demo, and we are now very excited to offer you this new tool! Read more »




New version of MobaXterm (9.4)

Hi everyone! We just released a new version of MobaXterm (9.4)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




New version of MobaXterm (9.3)

Hi everyone! We just released a new version of MobaXterm (9.3)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




New version of MobaXterm (9.2)

Hi everyone! We just released a new version of MobaXterm (9.2)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




New version of MobaXterm (9.1)

Hi everyone! We just released a new version of MobaXterm (9.1)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




New major version of MobaXterm (9.0)

Hi everyone! We just released a new major release of MobaXterm (version 9.0)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




MobaXterm 8.6 has been released

Hi everyone! We just built a new release of MobaXterm (version 8.6)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




SSH tunnels and port forwarding

Hi everyone, Today, we will try to give you a simple explanation of a life-saver feature: SSH tunnels and port-forwarding! There are many cases in which you will find SSH-tunnels very useful: when your remote server is not directly accessible (behind a firewall or in a DMZ) when your remote program only binds to 127.0.0.1 (if you are using a mysql instance only bound to localhost on your web server for instance) when you want to secure a protocol (like VNC or X11) by transporting it through an encrypted SSH channel when you connect to a home computer, NAS or Raspberry Pi from the Internet when you need to get through a network equipment where only SSH protocol is allowed when you open a connection to a remote server and need to easily open a reverse communication channel from the remote server to your local computer In all these situations, you will be able to achieve your goal easily thanks to SSH-tunnels. Read more »




Raspberry Pi without monitor or keyboard

Hi everyone! So you have a new Raspberry Pi device and you just want to unleash its potential, but you do not have any monitor, keyboard and mouse to connect it? In this article, we will show you in 3 simple steps how to set up and control your Raspberry Pi device without any monitor, keyboard or mouse! You will only need to download MobaXterm on your Windows desktop. Step 1: Find my Raspberry Pi IP address We assume you have a Raspberry Pi with a distribution already installed on SD card. Read more »




MobaXterm new release 8.5

Hi everyone! We just built a new release of MobaXterm (version 8.5)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




How to keep X11 display after su or sudo

Hi everyone! We receive a lot of emails asking how to keep X11-forwarding working after changing user to root inside a SSH session in MobaXterm. This is by default not allowed on Unix/Linux systems, because the X11 display connection belongs to the user you used to log with when connecting to your remote SSH server. X11-forwarding mechanism does not allow anyone to use the open display. However, in some cases you may need to start a graphical application like nedit or firefox in a sudo or su context. Read more »




MobaXterm new release 8.4

Hi everyone! We just built a new release of MobaXterm (version 8.4)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, SFTP, SCP, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




MobaXterm new release 8.3

Hi everyone! We just built a new release of MobaXterm (version 8.3)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




MobaXterm new release 8.2

Hi everyone! We just built a new release of MobaXterm (version 8.2)! MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. MobaXterm provides all the important remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, …) to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box. Read more »




MobaXterm new release 8.1

Hi everyone! We just built a new release of MobaXterm (version 8.1)! This new version comes with several new improvements among which: Improved SFTP browser for SSH connections Improved Windows 10 compatibility (no bugs found on Windows 10 final version yet) Improved local terminal and overall startup speed Some bug fixes (duplicate tab, powershell, SSH) MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. Read more »




MobaXterm new release 8.0

Hi everyone! We just built a new release of MobaXterm (version 8.0)! This new version comes with several new improvements among which: Added support for credentials Improved X11 server compatibility with new native X11 server Improved terminal and SSH client (thanks to PuTTY) Improved MobApt package manager and apt-get Added PowerShell support MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. Read more »




MobaXterm configuration settings

If you have to set some configuration options in MobaXterm, you would probably go to the MobaXterm configuration window. However, in order to keep a clean and simple graphical interface, some advanced settings are not displayed in the main configuration window: Some options can be set in MobaXterm Customizer program Some settings can be specified using commandline parameters Some advanced settings can be set manually, directly in MobaXterm configuration file MobaXterm.ini We previously discussed about MobaXterm command-line parameters and MobaXterm Customization capabilities in another post, so we will now introduce some ways to modify MobaXterm settings directly into its “MobaXterm.ini” configuration file. Read more »




MobaXterm new release 7.7

Hi everyone! We just built a new release of MobaXterm (version 7.7)! This new version comes with several new improvements among which: Added support for importing sessions Improved X11 server compatibility Improved MobApt package manager and apt-get MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. Read more »




Secure MobaXterm for your company

When you purchase MobaXterm Pro Edition, you get access to a registered copy of MobaXterm and another program called Customizer. Using MobaXterm Customizer, you will be able to generate customized copies of MobaXterm with your own logo and your default settings. Settings specified in the Customizer will be hard-coded within the generated executable itself. We already discussed about MobaXterm customization in another article. We will now try to explain in details how to secure your MobaXterm installation for your company use. Read more »




How to customize MobaXterm

When you purchase MobaXterm Pro Edition, you get access to a registered copy of MobaXterm and another program called Customizer. Using MobaXterm Customizer, you will be able to generate customized copies of MobaXterm with your own logo and your default settings. Settings specified in the Customizer will be hard-coded within the generated executable itself. In order to perform this operation, just launch MobaXterm_Professional_X.X.exe After having entered your license key, you can select to customize your MobaXterm package. Read more »




MobaXterm commandline parameters

If you use MobaXterm extensively, you may need to know some advanced commandline settings in order to specify how MobaXterm should be started and to specify if it has to perform some automatic actions just after startup. This can be useful in order to automate some repetitive tasks or in order to include MobaXterm in a script. Here is an exhaustive list of commandline parameters you can use: You can run a shell script directly at MobaXterm startup. Read more »




MobaXterm new release 7.6

Hi everyone! We just built a new release of MobaXterm (version 7.6)! This new version comes with several new improvements among which: support for the new technical preview of Windows 10 (6629) full support for HDPI (UHD / 4K / Retina) displays with improved graphics and fonts improved SSH client with updated SSH keys and encryption algorithms MobaXterm is your ultimate toolbox for remote computing: in a single Windows application, it provides loads of functions that are tailored for programmers, webmasters, IT administrators and pretty much all users who need to handle their remote jobs in a more simple fashion. Read more »




Hello world!

Hi everyone, Welcome to this new Mobatek blog! In this website, we will post articles about MobaXterm and other Mobatek software in order to keep you informed about our latest news and to share with you some insights into our products. You may find in this blog some useful tips and tricks for your daily use of MobaXterm, SSH, X server, Unix/Linux tools and remote computing in general. If you want to receive new articles, you can follow us on Twitter or subscribe to the RSS feed. Read more »