Netcatty vs Rune
Netcatty and Rune are both terminals software. Netcatty is open source under GPL-3.0, with 7.1k GitHub stars. Rune is open source under GPL-3.0, with 1.5k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Netcatty when
- You manage several servers and want an open-source alternative to Termius with SFTP and AI help in one app.
- Pick Rune when
- You want one native app for editing and terminals that works with coding agents and lets you reach your workstation from a laptop.
Side by side
A desktop SSH client with saved hosts, split terminals, an SFTP browser and a built-in AI agent that can run commands on your servers.
A GPU-accelerated native IDE and terminal multiplexer written in Go, with language intelligence, plugins, a built-in agent and encrypted peer-to-peer access between your machines.
It is under a year old, built on Electron, and letting an AI agent run commands on production hosts carries real risk.
Under three months old, GPL-3.0, and the install is a curl-to-shell script that keeps itself updated.
Usable
Experimental
Desktop app (both)
TypeScript, Electron, React and xterm.js
Go and Starlark
Open source, GPL-3.0 (strong copyleft) (both)
Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license. (both)
7.1k GitHub stars
1.5k GitHub stars
Young: started 11 months ago, latest release v1.1.90.
New: started 1 month ago, latest release v1.3.4.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-06 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.