• TeraTerm is a Very Fine SSH Client for general professional use. The main weakness is lacking the ability to save your sessions as you go. There is a Very lame "menu" companion app that I was never able to get working so I decided to create my own session manager. It is somewhat limited in that it only works for SSH2 sessions, but that is all I needed.

  Now the Obsolete original SSHTTSM On Steroids

• 3-Way Client Session Manager

  ** New International friendly Session names are now possible as of version 3.0 release.

  3-Way Client Session Manager is a Windows utility for managing and launching SSH/SFTP sessions using Tera Term, PuTTY, or WinSCP from a single interface.

  It supports saved sessions, optional credential storage, Tera Term macros, and automatic session backups.

  

• Features

• Centralized SSH session list

• Allows Launch Tera Term, PuTTY, or WinSCP

• Optional saved username/password (obfuscated, not plain text)

• Tera Term macro (.ttl) support

• Built-in macro file editor

• Session backup rotation

• Ping test for server reachability and internet connectivity

• Single-instance protection

• Requirements

• 64bit Windows OS (Win 11 Certified)

• 53MB Disk Space

• 50MB RAM (minimum)

• Internet connection

• keyboard

• Mouse (optional)

• 1920 x 1080 display (1400x900 actual)

• One or more of the following installed:

  • Tera Term (mandatory)

  • PuTTY

  • WinSCP

    NOTE: The “TT+3-Way_CSMinstallerX64.exe” Provides all 3 clients as well as the client manager.
    3-Way_CSM automatically searches common install paths for preinstalled clients.
    Local portable copies of PuTTY and Win SCP placed in the application folder will also be supported.

• Installation

  I suggest using the Full package “TT+3-Way_CSMinstallerX64.exe“ as the simplest method. Otherwise...

  1. Installing Tera Term is required for storage of the sessions and optional Macro files.

  2. Copy 3-Way_CSM.exe to a folder of your choice.

  3. (Optional) Place putty.exe and/or WinSCP.exe into the same folder.

  4. Run the application.

  Only one instance may run at a time.

• Creating a Session

  1. Enter the:

  • Session Name (Any Language)

  • IP Address (IPv4)

  • Port (default: 22)

    2. (Optional) Enter a Username and Password (Ascii only)

    3. (Optional) Enable User/Pswd OK to allow credentials to be saved

    4. Click SAVE Session

    Sessions appear in the list on the left.

• Connecting to a Session

  1. Choose the preferred client:

  • Tera Term

    • Select User customized Macro if desired and available
    • (preferred macro will be auto selected if filename begins with exclamation point)

  • PuTTY

  • WinSCP

    2. Select a session from the list

    3. Click CONNECT or press Enter

• Client Selection:

• Tera Term

• PuTTY

• WinSCP

  • Each Use CLI interface for SSH/SFTP connections

• Password Handling

• Passwords are stored in an obfuscated, non-readable form

• To save credentials (New or existing Sessions):

  1. Enter (optional) Username and Password

  2. Enable User/Pswd OK (to allow saving)

  3. Click SAVE Session

• Use Show Password to temporarily reveal credentials

• Tera Term Macros (.ttl)

• Macro files are listed from the teraterm5 (sessions) folder

• Up to 8 macros are displayed in the main window

• Select a macro before connecting to execute it automatically

• Macro filename beginning with exclamation point will be selected automatically as default.

• Macro Editor

• Select macro file if available

• Click [**EDIT] **for the existing macro or to create a new one

• Save or reload macro directly from the built-in editor

• Remrember – Limit of 8 macros are displayed in the main window

  Restart the application for newly added macros to appear in the main window. You might need to delete one to allow your new macro to become available in pick list.

• Session Logging & File Transfers

  A dedicated **C:\XferTemp** folder is used to manage zmodem file transfers. Session log files are also written to this same folder.

• Session Storage & Backups

  Sessions are stored in a rotating backup system:

  File Name	Description
  Sessions	Active sessions file
  Sessions1	Most recent backup
  Sessions2	Older backup
  File Name	Not Rotated
  SessionsBak	Very first Backup

  Each save operation rotates the files 0 1 2 automatically.

• Useful Shortcuts

• Enter – Connect to selected session

• Delete – Remove selected session

• Ctrl+C – Copy IP:Port to clipboard (cursor must be inside ADDRESS field)

• ESC – Close dialogs or editors

• Ping Test

  Click PING to verify:

• Server reach-ability

• Active internet connection

  Uses the native Windows ping.exe application.

• Sessions Folder

  Click [Sessions Folder] button to browse:

• Session files

• Backup files

• Tera Term macro (.ttl) files

• Balloon Tips default** (version 2.2 & higher)**

  Balloon Tips are helpful to Beginners and can become annoying so you have the option of disabling all guiding Popups from your program launch shortcut.

• Right Click your 3-Way_CSM shortcut.

• Click properties

• Append the target line with a space followed by a slash and the word “quiet”, as shown below:

   

• About & Licensing

  This application uses CLI to launch unmodified third-party software:

• Tera Term

• PuTTY

• WinSCP

  All trademarks and licenses belong to their respective authors.
  License, documents, and homepage links are accessible from the About window.

• Disclaimer

  Provided AS-IS, without warranty of any kind.

  Enjoy using 3-Way Client Session Manager

  LATER Direct Download link

  installs TeraTerm & 3-way_SCM PLUS portable copies of PuTTY & WinSCP https://github.com/Randywfl/TeraTerm-SSH2-Session-Manager/raw/refs/heads/main/TT+3-Way_CSMinstallerX64-1.exe