Version 20.3 (2020-07-19)

• New feature: a new keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+SPACE by default) allows you to quickly choose and run a macro directly from the terminal
• New feature: you can now define multiple SSH jump hosts (or SSH "gateways") for SSH, Telnet, VNC and RDP sessions
• Improvement: default syntax highlighting definition for terminals (local or remote) has been greatly improved with enhanced support for shell scripts and network devices
• Improvement: added dark mode to MobaTextEditor
• Improvement: macros are now encrypted using your Master Password, in order to keep sensitive information confidential
• Improvement: added a way to set a named pipe instead of a real COM port in Serial sessions (useful for connecting to virtual COM ports)
• Improvement: added an experimental setting in browser sessions in order to choose "Firefox" or "Chrome" browser engines
• Improvement: improved detection of running MobaXterm sub-processes in order to increase startup speed
• Improvement: decreased embedded resources size by compressing them with a better algorithm
• Improvement: options set in MobaTextEditor are now remembered after MobaXterm restart
• Improvement: added a new syntax for log files in MobaTextEditor
• Improvement: MobaTextEditor window size and position is properly reset if a change in monitors configuration is detected
• Improvement: when recording a macro, if you paste some text, it is now recorded into the macro
• Improvement: better support for "docker" with bash completion, automatic terminal and DISPLAY setting
• Improvement: better support for kubernetes "kubectl" command when run from local terminal
• Improvement: added a link to the "winpty" tool, which allows running commands in "DOS-mode"
• Improvement: the "Use Windows PATH" and "Use icons cache" options are now set by default
• Improvement: added 2 new fun terminal games, soliterm and termwalk
• Improvement: increased speed of shared sessions refresh
• Improvement: improved SCP transfer speed by disabling compression when the file to be transferred is already compressed
• Improvement: increased stored credentials retrieval speed, which leads to faster SSH authentication
• Improvement: added a new setting in "File/folder" sessions in order to add command-line switches to the external program
• Improvement: added some more information to the hint which is displayed when the mouse cursor is over a session
• Improvement: when a SSH connection is made on a disabled tab, automatic switch to this tab after successful SSH connection is now disabled
• Improvement: added more information like stack trace into MobaXterm log file in case of unhandled exception
• Improvement: when you start a Windows command in ZSH (64 bits) shell (e.g. ping or ipconfig), special characters are now properly displayed
• Improvement: you can now start PowerShell 7 from the local terminal by typing the "pwsh" command if you have it in your Windows PATH
• Improvement: in CMD sessions, the Ctrl+C character is no more displayed in the terminal
• Improvement: user keyboard shortcuts are now displayed in terminal right-click menu
• Improvement: removed executable link to the deprecated Windows library "version.dll"
• Improvement: autodetection of buggy SSH servers which send inconsistent ED25519 hostkey signatures and automatically switch to RSA hostkey
• Improvement: changed executable SHA1 signature algorithm to dual signature (SHA1 / SHA256)
• Improvement: improved some icons for better compatibility High-DPI monitors
• Improvement: when you launch PowerShell from within MobaXterm terminal, the keyboard and colors configuration are automatically set
• Bugfix: fixed some connections errors when using an SSH jump host to connect to an IPv6 SSH server
• Bugfix: fixed a potential issue when checking the "Remember me" setting in the Master Password dialog box
• Bugfix: when the "cache icons" setting was enabled, icons colors were not changed when modifying black intensity in dark mode
• Bugfix: syntax highlighting was disabled on the first visible line of the terminal
• Bugfix: free memory earlier after unpacking resources (instead of waiting for the end of the whole unpacking process)
• Bugfix: when you close a popup window using Escape key, the key sequence is no more transferred to the terminal
• Bugfix: fixed issues during folders conversions to "CurrentPath" or "MyDocuments" folders
• Bugfix: the title bar was white when dark mode was activated on latest Windows 10 update of May 2020

Version 20.2 (2020-04-10)

• Improvement: better detection of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) when authentication code is requested before password
• Improvement: the download location of SSH-browser is now remembered after restarting MobaXterm
• Improvement: the screensaver has been updated in order to decrease CPU consumption
• Improvement: the penguins of the screensaver have been updated for HighDPI monitors support
• Improvement: improved compatibility with screen and tmux by specifing a proper default folder for their socket
• Improvement: added a new "Use icons cache" setting in order to improve MobaXterm graphical interface speed
• Bugfix: when upgrading, the MSI installer sometimes deleted old files without installing new ones
• Bugfix: fixed a crash in remote monitoring bar which occured when messages received from remote server were too long
• Bugfix: fixed a leap year bug in FTP/SFTP sessions which occured only on 29th of february
• Bugfix: the dropdown session tree (under the yellow "Sessions" button) was sometimes not updated after a session modification

Version 20.1 (2020-02-28)

• Improvement: fixed some slowness issues when a stored SSH key is located on a network share that no more exists
• Improvement: SSH connections to inconsistent servers that send improper SSH signature are tried in SSHv2 by default
• Improvement: added some more supported screen resolutions for RDP sessions
• Improvement: use a light color by default in Powershell sessions for command line switches, in order to make them more readable
• Bugfix: a master password was requested at each startup when passwords were stored in MobaXterm whereas the option to store passwords was set to "never"
• Bugfix: fixed the display of serial (COM) sessions speed which could be wrong when switching between different sessions with different speeds
• Bugfix: fixed a typo in the master password window ("loose" instead of "lose")
• Bugfix: fixed a connection issue with SSH keys, when inconsistent passphrase was stored into MobaXterm

Version 20.0 (2020-02-15)

• Improvement: by default, MobaXterm autodetects if Windows is in bright or dark mode and adapts its default settings accordingly
• Improvement: increased MobaXterm startup speed and removed splash screen when using an installed version or a persistent slash folder
• Improvement: increased MobaXterm closing speed, by replacing a very slow Windows folder cleanup function by some enhanced code
• Improvement: added an option in the "Display" tab of global settings window in order to choose if you want to round out borders for tabs
• Improvement: MobaXterm now allows you to use a Master Password even on Home Edition
• Improvement: use of Master Password is now mandatory for your stored passwords
• Improvement: added a "Remember me on this computer" option in the Master Password prompt at MobaXterm startup
• Improvement: when setting a graphic theme in the Customizer, the chosen theme is previewed in the Customizer itself
• Improvement: enhanced tabs bar (paint speed, antialiased rendering) and macros sidebar (paint speed, antiflickering)
• Improvement: added a new setting in macros edition in order to select the delay which will be used between each simulated keystroke
• Improvement: when recording a new macro, MobaXterm now tries to detect the command you typed and propose a macro title accordingly
• Improvement: several small improvements in macros edition window: decreased default delay, minified text for INI storage
• Improvement: added a new "apt-get" command which is faster and easier to use
• Improvement: if you type an unknown command in local BASH terminal, MobaXterm detects if it can be installed using apt-get
• Improvement: when dark mode is activated, SFTP and FTP sessions now use dark theme for graphic widgets
• Improvement: added a small border around the terminal in order to ease mouse selection
• Improvement: better detection of minimum window width in order to set the terminal size to 80 columns and 24 lines by default
• Improvement: decreased CPU consumption of terminals, especially when syntax highlighting is turned on
• Improvement: upgraded MoTTY by backporting the latest PuTTY modifications
• Improvement: improved speed of shared sessions refresh, especially when there are many saved sessions
• Improvement: improved speed of new session creation, especially when there are many saved sessions
• Improvement: improved speed of session name change, especially when there are many saved sessions
• Improvement: auto-detection of UTF-8 character set in FTP sessions
• Improvement: prevented some incompatibilities when running MobaXterm from Dropbox or Google Drive folder with multiple accounts
• Improvement: enhanced auto-detection of Cisco/HPE/Comware network devices in order to adjust SSH session settings
• Improvement: default GIT_EDITOR variable has been set to MobaTextEditor (this can be changed in user ".profile" script)
• Improvement: added native support for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on ARM computers
• Bugfix: username of SSH sessions was not properly reset to default after editing a session and selecting saved credentials
• Bugfix: when the prompt for saving passwords was shown and if you hit "RETURN" the prompt dialog was canceled instead of being acknowledged
• Bugfix: fixed an issue which occurred during the "Save terminal text to file", when the file format was TXT
• Bugfix: when typing "tcpdump" or "wireshark" commands in the local terminal, MobaXterm now starts TCPCapture instead
• Bugfix: the "Close" button of MobaXterm embedded SSH agent process does no longer quit the process but hides it instead
• Bugfix: in some cases, passphrases for SSH keys were not saved after starting SSH tunnels or gateways
• Bugfix: fixed a crash error message when a session uses an SSH gateway which does not exist or is unreachable
• Bugfix: fixed an issue with the font selection combobox which was not displayed properly with Asian languages
• Bugfix: properly detect UTF-8 characters encoding when setting terminal tab titles
• Bugfix: in dark mode, the "OpenFile" and "SaveFile" dialog windows can no longer be hidden behind MobaXterm main window
• Bugfix: in dark mode, a memory device context which was used for painting main menu was not properly released after use
• Bugfix: a double-update issue occurred on terminals when switching from/to MultiExec mode
• Bugfix: fixed a dependency issue on the "kinit" local command
• Bugfix: fixed an error in Powershell sessions when several commands and a startup directory with spaces were set
• Information: changed versions numbering to "year . release_number_in_that_year . maintenance_release_for_this_version . build_number"

Version 12.4 (2019-12-01)

• New feature: added a new "dark theme" which is much more reactive than the old skins as it is based on Windows native controls
• Improvement: increased the SSH-browser sorting speed, in order to avoid MobaXterm slowdowns when listing folders contents
• Improvement: color of the "+" button on the tabs bar changes when mouse hovers it
• Improvement: themes can now be applied from the global settings window without restarting MobaXterm
• Improvement: enhanced drawing speed of files and folders icons into SSH-browser
• Improvement: improvements in popup windows for better compatibility with multiple monitors
• Improvement: enhanced graphical controls painting speed when their background is not transparent
• Improvement: better detection of core files which had been created with another account and are not writable
• Improvement: eliminated some flickering effects from the tabs-based graphical components
• Bugfix: prevented SSH-browser to switch to SCP mode when using keyboard-interactive authentication without 2 factor authentication
• Bugfix: prevented some issues when running MobaXterm from OneDrive folder and using it with several different computers or accounts
• Bugfix: when ctrl+clicking on an URL into the terminal, the URL was not properly detected if its last character was a slash

Version 12.3 (2019-10-08)

• Security fix: prohibited the use of URL which do not correspond to a MobaXterm session (fixes CVE-2019-16305)
• Security fix: added a comprehensive warning message when opening a session from an URL. This message contains details about the session to be launched and a warning concerning the URL provider.
• Bugfix: in the password management window, after showing passwords and closing the form, the password fields are now automatically hidden
• Bugfix: RDP size was not calculated properly when launching a remote desktop session while the SSH remote monitoring toolbar was active

Version 12.2 (2019-09-17)

• Improvement: slightly modified foreground text color for ls results in order for the text on green background to be readable
• Improvement: improved speed of command line SCP and SFTP clients
• Improvement: better detection of /tmp folder for SSH random seed temporary file
• Improvement: added a Customizer parameter which allows to disable X11 auto-start feature
• Improvement: added a Customizer parameter which allows to disable X11 server feature completely
• Improvement: improved multi-monitor support with enhanced "save window position" feature
• Improvement: added an error message when a connection through a gateway fails because of network failure between client and gateway
• Improvement: brought back the "backspace sends Ctrl+H" global setting as many users need it when SSHing from local terminal
• Improvement: added some additional checks in order to prevent remote monitoring from being launched several times if SSH connection is too slow
• Bugfix: fixed some SSH agent failures with commandline SSH client and SSH key encryption size greater than 2048 bits
• Bugfix: fixed a potential issue with some antivirus programs when running CMD or POWERSHELL session within MobaXterm terminal
• Bugfix: fixed a bug with RDP sessions, when "HighDPI adaptation" mode and SSH gateway options were set
• Bugfix: fixed a status line length bug with Byobu on Ubuntu 18.04
• Bugfix: removed the limit in paste buffer, huge paste operations are now performed by chunks to prevent pipes overflows
• Bugfix: fixed a potential issue with window closed unexpectedly during Browser sessions
• Bugfix: fixed tunnels auto-reconnection feature which failed after network connection cut
• Bugfix: fixed crash issues with SSH tunnels and gateways, especially after waking up Windows from sleep/hibernate mode
• Bugfix: fixed a connection issue with some Huawei routers which require RSA hostkey first in hostkeys list

Version 12.1 (2019-08-05)

• Bugfix: corrected SSH connection failures caused by hardware accelerated encryption
• Bugfix: in some specific cases, local terminal output was garbled after a commandline SSH connection and a network error during SSH communication
• Bugfix: fixed "ldd" command which was missing some DLLs in its listing
• Bugfix: fixed an issue in Windows colors selection dialog resulting in black color being applied in case of dialog failure
• Bugfix: fixed an issue with the "cmd" command when it was started from a local terminal
• Bugfix: fixed an issue with backslash characters being duplicated in SSH sessions "Execute command" field
• Bugfix: fixed an issue with backslash characters being duplicated in SSH sessions "Username" field

Version 12.0 (2019-07-28)

• New feature: added a new prompt for local terminal with GIT branch and other useful information
• Improvement: added support for ECDSA and ED25519 keys for SSH tunnels and gateways
• Improvement: embedded X server updated to latest Xorg source code
• Improvement: X11 applications have a new default icon which is different from MobaXterm main icon
• Improvement: X server speed has been improved using unused features clean up
• Improvement: embedded terminal has been rebuilt from latest PuTTY source code
• Improvement: new setting allows to set X server DPI or to set it to "stretch mode" on High DPI displays
• Improvement: when pasting multiple lines, a popup window allows you to edit the clipboard content
• Improvement: multiple gateways or tunnels connected to the same host use the same SSH connection transport for single authentication
• Improvement: increased startup speed by deferring creation of "Settings" and "Sessions" windows
• Improvement: when checking "KeepAlive" option, it activates SshKeepAlive but not TCPKeepAlive by default in SSH sessions, tunnels and gateways
• Improvement: improved compatibility of MobaXterm terminal with WSL distributions
• Improvement: added a new X11 DPI setting in order to force X server DPI value (useful for HighDPI monitors)
• Improvement: added YAML syntax coloration in MobaTextEditor
• Improvement: added KDE and GNOME in the list of desktop environments for WSL
• Improvement: auto-detection of any desktop environment you may have installed in WSL (WFCE4, LXDE, MATE, KDE, ...)
• Improvement: added a Customizer setting in order to choose the same folder as application for slash/home directories
• Improvement: WSL distributions can now run even if MobaXterm is started from a USB thumb drive
• Improvement: after installing a package using apt-get, the man pages can now be rendered using the built-in "man" command
• Improvement: improved compatibility of MobaTextEditor with HighDPI monitors
• Improvement: improved terminal support for Powershell and Cmd
• Improvement: improved man pages for tools downloaded using apt-get
• Improvement: better integration of GIT and CURL commands into the local terminal
• Improvement: slightly modified default terminal theme, colors have been softened for a modernized look and feel
• Bugfix: Gnome3 and latest version of KDE now start properly with latest Xserver update
• Bugfix: prevented tunnels from starting twice when pressing "Start all tunnels" while some tunnels have "Connecting" status
• Bugfix: fixed a potential bug which could prevent MobaXterm from stopping when a SSH tunnel is in "not-fully-started" state
• Bugfix: tried to avoid garbled graphics in "Sessions" and "Params" windows and to be robust to potential graphic adapters or graphic drivers failures
• Bugfix: limited paste buffer size to prevent terminal from crashing if the paste buffer is too big
• Bugfix: avoided a potential issue when closing MobaXterm while a Web Browser session is running
• Bugfix: the HTTP or SOCKS proxy type was not properly saved in Telnet sessions
• Bugfix: fixed an issue with tab colors which occured when unselecting a color or duplicating an existing colored tab
• Bugfix: fixed a potential bug which could prevent connecting to FTPS server with TLS enabled
• Bugfix: fixed a potential issue with macros containing "percent" character, when macro was created in "Sessions" window
• Bugfix: in WSL sessions, the "USER" environment variable was incorrectly set to the distribution name instead of the user name
• Bugfix: main window had some random issues with borders being shifted by a few pixels instead of sticking to Windows desktop edges
• Bugfix: fixed a potential issue with a window displayed when no SSH server name or IP address was provided
• Bugfix: fixed a display issue when editing a SSH tunnel with a username containing "@" characters
• Bugfix: fixed the CURL command with https websites
• Bugfix: fixed completion for GIT commands in the ZSH 64-bits package
• Bugfix: you can now select and edit multiple files in the SSH-browser
• Bugfix: fixed an issue with FVWM2 startup and X server
• Security fix: fixed a potential vulnerability with MobaXterm URI handler which could allow to execute some arbitrary commands in MobaXterm when clicking on a URL link (fixes CVE-2019-13475)
• Security fix: fixed a potential issue when a SSH key was used, the SSH key and passphrase could stay in memory during the life of MobaXterm process instead of being deleted immediately (fixes CVE-2019-7690)

Version 11.1 (2019-01-20)

• Improvement: eliminated flickering effects in remote monitoring bar
• Improvement: improved MobaXterm startup speed by decreasing resources size
• Improvement: improved size of main executable by increasing compression of embedded resources
• Improvement: Windows PATH is now appended to the terminal PATH in the dropdown terminal (Ctrl+Alt+M)
• Improvement: you can now manually select COM interface speed for Serial sessions
• Improvement: you can now manually type a path in folder selection dialogs
• Improvement: improved "ShiftFnKeys" terminal type with proper key sequences for Shift+F9 and Shift+F11
• Improvement: in TCPCapture tool, a new interactive console menu allows you to choose which network adapter to use for capture
• Bugfix: fixed a potential issue with AltGr key into RDP sessions
• Bugfix: fixed checkboxes which were not properly painted when using very high DPI (more than 250%)
• Bugfix: typing the first character of a file/folder in SSH-browser now gets you to that file/folder
• Bugfix: files and folders were displayed twice when pressing F5 without releasing the key in SSH-browser (SCP mode)
• Bugfix: fixed a potential freeze issue when trying to connect to a SFTP session and authentication fails 3 times
• Bugfix: middle-click on an SSH-browser element copies full path to the terminal
• Bugfix: fixed setxkbmap command which was not working in local terminal
• Bugfix: prevented MobaXterm for asking twice to close open sessions when closing MobaXterm

Version 11.0 (2018-11-01)

• New feature: native integration of WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) into MobaXterm - run WSL into MobaXterm advanced terminal instead of Windows console and run graphical applications thanks to MobaXterm X server
• New feature: new experimental local terminal package "CygUtils64.plugin" comes with ZSH shell, 64-bit console utilities and improved apt-get packages manager - activate it from global settings, "terminal" tab
• New feature: added a new global setting in order to choose which local shell to use (Bash, ZSH (64-bits), Cmd, Powershell, or one of the Linux WSL distributions)
• Improvement: enhanced the Remote Monitoring bar to display information in red or orange when the values reach critical levels
• Improvement: improved SSH-browser performances, especially when remote folder contains many files/folders
• Improvement: improved sessions tree performances, especially when number of sessions is greater than 100
• Improvement: reworked the global settings window for easier settings identification
• Improvement: improved compatibility of "Follow terminal folder" feature with remote Unix/Linux environments
• Improvement: added a prompt dialog in order to assign right-click action (context menu or paste) the first time you right-click into the terminal
• Improvement: updated OpenSSH client to version 7.5 when the new local terminal package is selected
• Improvement: updated "top", "ps", "ldd", "kill", and other core commands when the new local terminal package is selected
• Improvement: you can now specify the color of each tab by right-clicking on the tab or by specifying a custom tab color for each session
• Improvement: improved MobaXterm startup speed by using lazy loading for resources which may be unused
• Improvement: prevent the remote monitoring bar from disappearing temporarily when switching between tabs
• Improvement: updated icons for files/folders in SSH-browser and (s)FTP sessions
• Improvement: updated tray icon to the new MobaXterm flat logo
• Improvement: after choosing Bash or Zsh terminal in global settings, if you do not have the CygUtils plugin on your computer, a popup window prompts you to download it
• Improvement: updated PuTTY-based SSH engine to the latest version
• Improvement: adapted default settings to Brocade switches on SSH sessions
• Improvement: updated terminal smart selection to better detect URLs and delimiters when using default settings
• Improvement: added 5 manual Ini settings under the "Misc" section in order to control smart selection behavior (ForcedLeftDelimChars, ForcedRightDelimChars, DisabledLeftDelimChars, DisabledRightDelimChars and SmartDelimsForUrls)
• Improvement: with default syntax, URLs are now underlined - remember that you can ctrl+click them to open in default browser
• Improvement: improved size of main executable by removing unused code and optimizing several subfunctions
• Improvement: decreased latency when navigating through tabs, especially for SSH sessions
• Improvement: tooltips in the Remote Monitoring bar are now displayed using fixed font if necessary
• Improvement: disk usage tooltip values are displayed in human-readable format
• Improvement: try to detect Nexus devices and to avoid startin SCP when connecting through SSH
• Improvement: improved SFTP / FTP / S3 sessions performances, especially when remote folder contains many files/folders
• Improvement: after terminal has been paused (Ctrl+S), any key will "unfreeze" it. Many users thought that terminal was frozen after accidentally hitting Ctrl+S
• Bugfix: after setting the graphical interface elements size from global settings, modifications are properly applied at first MobaXterm restart
• Bugfix: fixed detection of disk space in remote monitoring when "df" returns results splitted across multiple lines
• Bugfix: when hitting "R" to reconnect a SSH session, if the gateway had been disconnected, MobaXterm will try to reconnect it first
• Bugfix: fixed some checkboxes placements, elements sizes and placements for High-DPI monitors
• Bugfix: fixed syntax highlighting which was disabled when running systemctl commands
• Bugfix: fixed VNC connections issues through SSH gateway (jump host) when new VNC engine was selected
• Bugfix: fixed an issue with hidden sidebar when it was set to the right and monitor DPI was above 144 pixels per inch
• Bugfix: MobaXterm now handles properly pipes characters in sessions folders names
• Bugfix: MobaXterm now handles properly arobase characters in tunnels usernames
• Bugfix: MobaXterm now handles properly arobase characters in stored passwords usernames
• Bugfix: fixed some visual flickering effects which occured on some buttons when mouse was over them
• Bugfix: the SSH-browser no longer follows the wrong terminal when the same SSH session is connected twice
• Bugfix: removed an unnecessary delay when waiting for the X server to start up
• Bugfix: passwords defined for VNC, telnet or FTP services were sometimes lost after restarting MobaXterm
• Bugfix: fixed some flickering effects which occured into Home tab after MobaXterm startup
• Bugfix: upload of multiple files in SSH-browser no longer gets stuck when "SSH preserve files dates" setting is activated
• Bugfix: fixed remote edition of multiple files in SSH-browser when remote files had the same names
• Bugfix: aligned sessions tree to the left at start up
• Bugfix: fixed some issues with MobApt when downloading old packages
• Bugfix: disabled "Remote monitoring" feature for SSH connections to Cisco routers
• Bugfix: "MobaFoldersDiff" tool has been re-added, after fixing the startup issue
• Bugfix: added "VISUAL" environment variable in order to fix potential issues with "crontab" command

Version 10.9 (2018-08-02)

• Improvement: when SSH-browser is disabled, remote-monitoring feature is now also disabled, in order to avoid issues on Cisco routers
• Improvement: the experimental CygUtils64 plugin can be used with MobaXterm. If you want to test it, you can download it at https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/CygUtils64.plugin
• Bugfix: fixed the "live-unpack" mechanism for local terminal plugins - some plugins were not working properly in "installed mode" or when using "persistent root"
• Bugfix: fixed some issues with X server detection which led to the "X" icon to stay red whereas X11 server was started
• Bugfix: fixed some issues with "Follow terminal folder" when remote monitoring was enabled

Version 10.8 (2018-07-07)

• Bugfix: fixed the error message which occured when running the graphical package manager "MobApt"

Version 10.7 (2018-07-01)

• Improvement: updated "mobapt" package manager with new versions of downloadable tools and a fix for the "package not found" errors
• Improvement: X11 programs are now shown in front of MobaXterm window, you do not need to click on the taskbar button in order to bring these windows to the front
• Improvement: backup of MobaXterm.ini file is now created faster and more securely, write operations are verified to ensure that the file is properly created on disk
• Bugfix: fixed height of elements in SSH keys list in High-DPI mode
• Bugfix: fixed remote inspector elements sizes in High-DPI mode
• Bugfix: backup of MobaXterm.ini file is now compatible with any archiver, even 7-zip

Version 10.6 (2018-05-27)

• New feature: "Remote Monitoring": continuous display of your server resources usage (CPU, RAM, NET, Disk, ...) in a small bar below SSH terminal. This feature is experimental and does not work with any Unix system
• Improvement: enhanced browse-for-folder dialogs and prevent them from freezing
• Improvement: enhanced local folders browsing in FTP/SFTP sessions and prevent them from freezing
• Improvement: new "DisableAccountsLookup" option in MobaXterm.ini file prevents MobaXterm from building Unix-like "/etc/passwd" file at start-up
• Improvement: Pro edition only: added new customizer settings in order to disable Aws S3, Sftp or Mosh sessions
• Improvement: Pro edition only: added new customizer settings in order to disable Iperf or Cron services
• Improvement: new "MacrosDelay" option in MobaXterm.ini file allows to tune delay (in milliseconds) between each keystroke when running macros
• Improvement: added the "-justunpack -quiet" commandline switches which prevent MobaXterm from showing a popup window after unpacking core files
• Improvement: new global setting: "Preserve files dates during SSH-browser transfers"
• Improvement: new setting for SFTP sessions: "Preserve files dates"
• Improvement: better detection of GMT time for files/folders displayed in SSH-browser
• Improvement: show information message if trying to run local terminal while ASLR is forced
• Improvement: the paste confirmation popup now shows the text which is about to be pasted
• Improvement: added "Do not show again" checkbox in the paste confirmation popup message
• Bugfix: when a folder is uploaded through SSH-browser (SCP) over an existing folder with same name, folders contents are now merged

Version 10.5 (2018-01-07)

• Improvement: new experimental embedded VNC engine for VNC sessions with improved rescaling, speed, keyboard and clipboard handling
• Improvement: slightly improved overall speed by removing some regular checks on MobaXterm main interface
• Improvement: added password authentication for the embedded basic telnet server (fixes CVE-2017-15376)
• Improvement: added a popup warning when starting clear-text embedded services such as telnet, ftp, tftp or vnc
• New feature: added a confirmation popup message for each connection on telnet or ftp services
• Improvement: updated documentation with latest features and frequently asked questions
• Improvement: added a workaround for long startup on computers with slow or broken AD users/groups listing
• Improvement: improved documentation generation feature by taking fast screenshots of program windows
• Improvement: improved professional generator tool on computers where MSI packages extraction is disabled
• Improvement: better detection of pre-configured persistent folders on custom version, in order to display a popup when trying to modify them
• Improvement: better detection of network equipments in order to automatically enable/disable supported features in SSH sessions (X11-forwarding, SSH-browser)
• Improvement: improved rendering of icons and buttons, especially with High DPI monitors
• Improvement: added F2 shortcut for quick rename of sessions, but also files and folders in SSH-browser
• Improvement: added a workaround for the "missing wfapi.dll" message at MobaXterm startup which occurs with old Citrix installations
• Bugfix: session edition was disabled when session tree sidebar was on the right side
• Bugfix: removed a bug on drag and drop operations in RDP sessions
• Bugfix: after choosing a skin in the customizer, MobaXterm welcome message is no more broken
• Bugfix: bookmarks saved to .moba files were not started correctly with previous version
• Bugfix: corrected a potential issue with the "grep" command with Windows 2000 and Windows XP
• Bugfix: corrected a potential issue with custom session icons with a resolution lower than 48x48
• Bugfix: if MobaTextEditor last instance was moved to 2nd monitor and you run it again with a single monitor, it will be moved to 1st monitor
• Bugfix: in settings section of customizer program, the main window was blurried in some specific cases when a skin was used
• Bugfix: fixed a potential scroll issue with mouse wheel in SFTP or FTP sessions
• Bugfix: after disabling tools from the customizer program, MobApt is properly disabled

Version 10.4 (2017-08-24)

• New feature: added support for shared sessions files: you can export some sessions to a file, put it in a shared location, and share it among your team members
• New feature: added import from SuperPuTTY: you can now right-click on the session tree and choose "Import SuperPuTTY sessions"
• New feature: added experimental support for Amazon AWS S3 sessions: you can browse your S3 buckets using this graphical session type
• Known issue: session edition is disabled when session tree sidebar is on the right side. Workaround: move sessions tree to the left and restart MobaXterm
• Improvement: a confirmation message can be displayed before pasting multiple lines to the terminal, in order to avoid unexpected lines execution in interactive shell
• Improvement: if a commandline tool is installed using mobapt and provided by busybox at the same time, MobaXterm shell now chooses the non-busybox tool
• Improvement: added a right-click menu in the password manager in order to copy entry content
• Improvement: modified the embedded FTP server for better compatibility with clients and enhanced transfer speed
• Improvement: improved syntax coloration of standard keywords (OK/warning/error/...)
• Improvement: Windows 10 "Scroll inactive windows when I hover over them" feature is now supported
• Improvement: added host fingerprint to "remote host identity changed" warning message for SSH sessions
• Improvement: added a new setting which allows to validate host identity at first SSH connection
• Improvement: added "SpectrWM" to the list of available remote desktops in SSH sessions
• Improvement: added new setting which allows to hide the popup terminal instead of closing it in order to avoid losing previous terminal commands
• Improvement: a "permission denied" error message is now displayed when modifying a remote file through SCP without proper permissions on file/folder
• Improvement: improved IPv6 support for SSH, SFTP, FTP sessions, and for SSH gateway servers (jump hosts)
• Improvement: improved IPv6 support for SSH tunnels created in MobaSSHTunnel tool
• Improvement: improved fonts rendering and hinting, especially on progress bars
• Improvement: enhanced mouse scroll detection in MobaXterm graphical interface and terminals
• Bugfix: fixed HOME and END keys not working properly in MOSH session
• Bugfix: fixed show/hide hotkey (Ctrl+M) which did not work if another application was displayed on top of screen Z-order
• Bugfix: fixed some dialog windows which were displayed on the wrong screen in multi-monitors mode
• Bugfix: fixed popup console which was displayed on the wrong screen in multi-monitors mode
• Bugfix: fixed taskbar button for MobaXterm application which was displayed on the wrong screen in some specific cases on Windows 10
• Bugfix: fixed shell scripts sourcing in /etc/profile.d folder at shell startup
• Bugfix: fixed a persistent Windows warning message if CapsLock is activated in Master Password popup window
• Bugfix: embedded FTP server does not allow users to retrieve a file outside chosen root directory anymore
• Bugfix: fixed MobaXterm window not starting on 2nd monitor if it was maximized during previous stop
• Bugfix: fixed "Size" and "Last modified" columns which were not resizeable in SFTP sessions
• Bugfix: fixed some missing entries in "ascii" command
• Bugfix: fixed some issues with mobapt postinstall scripts
• Bugfix: fixed keyboard shortcuts "F1" to "F12" which were not working properly
• Bugfix: main window dimensions were not restored when MobaXterm graphical interface was set to "Compact mode"
• Bugfix: fixed a scroll bug with some laptop touchpads

Version 10.2 (2017-03-20)

• Vulnerability fix: embedded TFTP server does not allow users to retrieve a file outside root directory anymore: fixes CVE-2017-6805

Version 10.1 (internal release)

• Improvement: created MobaXterm Generator program for professional edition: it is now easier to generate MSI installer or portable package for Pro users
• Improvement: took professional customization settings out of MobaXterm executable, in order to keep pro executable and MSI installer signed
• Improvement: merged MobaXterm and Customizer executables: the customizer can now be tested from "Help" menu in Home edition
• Bugfix: the manual "check for update" feature was always detecting an outdated version, even when MobaXterm version was up to date
• Bugfix: after zooming/unzooming terminal font, the terminal window was not placed properly
• Bugfix: fixed the "RDP for High-DPI" feature

Version 10.0 (2017-02-18)

• New feature: added new "Flat design" icons theme, for a simple and clear look and feel
• New feature: you can now select one of the 2 icon themes from MobaXterm global settings: "Flat design" (new theme) or "Crystal" (old theme)
• New feature: you can now set your own custom session icons for each entry in the "Saved sessions" tree
• New feature: you can now increase MobaXterm graphical interface elements size from global settings window for better readability
• New feature: easily show/hide MobaXterm using a new keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+M by default): let MobaXterm run hidden and instantly show it when you need it using a single keystroke
• New feature: added a simple semi-transparent popup terminal which can be shown/hidden using a simple keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Alt+M by default), like the great "Guake" top-down console
• Improvement: enhanced transfer speed for SSH-browser, when "SCP (enhanced speed)" setting is chosen in session parameters
• Improvement: added identification of Cisco devices which do not support SSH-browser for automatic override
• Improvement: new global setting under "Terminal" tab allows to log terminal content with a timestamp for each line
• Improvement: enhanced Byobu terminal type support by properly handling Shift+F9, Ctrl+F9, Shift+F11 and Ctrl+F11 sequences
• Improvement: added "Print" feature with syntax coloration for MobaTextEditor
• Improvement: improved graphical interface for advanced terminal settings section, in session editor
• Improvement: when clicking on the "Credentials" button in session settings, the "credentials" section is displayed by default
• Improvement: improved mouse input handling for RDP sessions (move windows and drag/drop operations now work in any session)
• Improvement: improved custom logo drawing when logo file is in PNG format with alpha transparency enabled
• Improvement: added the "GIT_EDITOR" environment variable set to "/bin/vim"
• Improvement: improved interface speed when "Track terminal changes" is enabled
• Improvement: improved overall SSH speed by modifying RX/TX buffers handling
• Improvement: ctrl+end now works properly in "less" program
• Improvement: files containing ":" on remote Linux servers can now be downloaded (":" characters are replaced by "_")
• Improvement: added a new undocumented INI setting "MobaNoAclForDrives": if set to "1", local terminal will not use ACLs under /drives
• Improvement: new setting to allow or disallow multiple MobaXterm instances
• Improvement: added a basic "Ping host" menu entry on sessions
• Improvement: added 230400 speed setting for serial (COM ports) connections
• Improvement: on 64-bit systems, Powershell sessions no longer use 32-bit version of Powershell, but 64-bit version instead
• Improvement: added the "png2ico" terminal tool
• Improvement: improved MobaXterm start up speed
• Improvement: decreased MobaXterm executable size
• Improvement: redesigned MobaXterm logo
• Bugfix: eliminated some potential flickering effects or visual glitches on tabs and buttons when no skin was selected
• Bugfix: at MobaXterm startup focus is set to the master password popup window, even if another window was focused before
• Bugfix: fixed file dates in SSH-browser with SCP protocol enabled: in some specific cases, the year was not displayed properly
• Bugfix: fixed an unexpected error message in SSH-browser, with SCP protocol enabled, when file path length is more than 128 characters
• Bugfix: fixed a potential file corruption when downloading files in ASCII mode from some Unix servers using SFTP protocol
• Bugfix: fixed SSH-browser download of multiple folders, when some sub-folders are hidden
• Bugfix: when session username contained a backslash, session logs were created under a subdirectory
• Bugfix: eliminated a potential freeze after restarting a terminal session
• Bugfix: reconnection message was sometimes displayed even if "Display reconnection message" box was unchecked in the session settings
• Bugfix: removed unexpected error message when cancelling master password after resuming from standby mode
• Bugfix: eliminated some potential flickering effects or visual glitches into VNC sessions when skins were enabled
• Bugfix: fixed a bug with the "Delete all passwords" button: when no username was specified, some passwords were not deleted
• Bugfix: fixed Socks5 proxy connections for FTP sessions which were using SOCKS4 protocol instead of SOCKS5
• Bugfix: fixed some popup windows which sometimes went behind main window
• Bugfix: fixed the "tput" commandline tool which failed when using "tput cup 1" for instance
• Bugfix: in some specific cases, sessions did not start and "New session" window was shown after scrolling down sessions tree and starting the top entry
• Bugfix: fixed display glitch with residual text in the bottom and right margins of terminals after resize
• Bugfix: credentials can no longer be created with "@" character in their names, in order to avoid conflicts
• Bugfix: under Windows XP, checkboxes under the "Terminal" tab of global settings were grey
• Bugfix: replaced ":" character in session log file names for sessions using IPv6
• Bugfix: multi-selection in sessions tree was not properly rendered when a skin was active

Version 9.4 (2016-10-26)

• New feature: MobaXterm supports native Windows GSSAPI authentication in SSH-browser, SSH-Gateway (jump hosts), SSH-tunnels, SSH and SFTP sessions, when GSSAPI is checked in MobaXterm global settings
• New feature: a new button in MobaXterm home page allows you to recover sessions which had been opened in previous instance of MobaXterm
• New feature: it is now possible to assign comments to sessions and to use them in the "Quick connect" field in order to find a session
• Improvement: added support for the third-party "MIT Kerberos" library for GSSAPI authentication in SSH sessions, SSH-browser, SSH-Gateway, SSH-tunnels and SFTP sessions
• New feature: a new button in MobaXterm SSH-browser allows you to switch to "SUDO" mode in the SSH-browser (this button is available only if "Use SCP protocol" is checked in session settings)
• Improvement: improved default keywords, unix and cisco network syntax coloration definitions with many new patterns detected
• Improvement: the "new session" window is now displayed when double-clicking on the "Saved sessions" tree node
• Bugfix: with some specific devices, the port scanner indicated port 5632 as being open whereas it was not
• Improvement: ssh stored passwords now use port number in order to allow different ssh passwords on different network ports
• Improvement: added "curl" commandline tool for client-side url transfers
• Improvement: improved SSH, SSH-browser, SSH-gateway and SFTP compatibility with regard to different server-side GSSAPI implementations
• Bugfix: when starting a session as a detached form, the new window was sometimes created off screen
• Improvement: improved accuracy of tabs drag and drop actions to avoid detaching tab instead of moving it
• Improvement: columns in the SSH-browser can now be sorted in reverse order
• Improvement: sort preferences in the SSH-browser are now saved in MobaXterm preferences
• Improvement: slightly improved startup speed by removing some needless files decompression
• Improvement: choosing "Properties" in the SSH-browser now displays filesizes in Bytes
• Improvement: added a "Stay on top" button for fullscreen windows in order to toggle "window always in foreground" mode
• Improvement: added a new "iperf" daemon in the servers list
• Bugfix: fixed some issues with apt-get on Windows platforms newer than Windows XP
• Improvement: files and folders permissions can now be changed in SFTP sessions by right-clicking on files/folders
• Improvement: it is now possible to disable "MobaSSHTunnel" from the professional "Customizer" program
• Improvement: it is now possible to force users to set up a "Master Password" from the professional "Customizer" program
• Improvement: when you right-click on a folder and start MobaXterm from here, the session opens up in a new tab instead of starting a new MobaXterm instance

Version 9.3 (2016-09-19)

• Bugfix: fixed an issue with SSH sessions using SCP protocol and SSH agent: in some specific cases, sessions were closed just after authentication
• Improvement: added some enhancements to the embedded SSH agent in order to support some newer key algorithms
• Improvement: enhanced SSH-browser transfer speed when using SCP protocol

Version 9.2 (2016-09-18)

• New feature: you can now create your own custom syntax highlighting definitions for the terminal, using the embedded syntax customization tool
• New feature: added line delay option while pasting to the terminal. This gives some time for slow remote systems to handle pasted text properly
• Improvement: enhanced startup speed when many sessions are present
• Improvement: enhanced "network" syntax highlighting
• Improvement: added a graphical editor for files/folders permissions through SSH, SFTP or SCP
• Bugfix: corrected SSH-browser display of "special files" (block device, ...) when SCP protocol is checked
• Improvement: users are now prompted for master password when resuming from a locked screen (for better security)
• Improvement: enhanced SSH-browser display of "parent folder"
• Bugfix: Mosh sessions are forced to IPv4 only (IPv6 is not yet supported by Mosh client/server)
• Improvement: hidden files/folders are now faded out in SSH-browser
• Improvement: added 1920x1200 RDP resolution setting
• Improvement: added "PERL" and "SQL" terminal syntax colorations
• Improvement: added "i3" and "wmii" remote desktops in SSH advanced settings
• Improvement: "Ubuntu Bash 4 Windows" sessions now start in the proper "HOME" folder
• Improvement: backup archive for configuration files now stores the last 16 configurations (instead of 8)
• Bugfix: fixed a potential tabs drag/drop issue when "mouse follows focus" feature was activated in Windows Accessibility settings
• Bugfix: fixed some issues with html web page generation from sessions list
• Improvement: properly support "special" characters in Ubuntu Bash for Windows (WSL): now Home, End, Insert, Delete, F1 - F16 and Ctrl+A - Ctrl+Z keys are properly handled

Version 9.1 (2016-07-01)

• Improvement: added automatic scrolling of the sessions tree: you can now move a session to a folder which is not reachable without scrolling
• Improvement: added new "Monokai" color scheme for terminal emulator
• Improvement: better detection of non-writeable configuration file
• Bugfix: fixed a focus issue with RDP sessions when switching from another application to MobaXterm
• Bugfix: fixed some small issues when selecting/moving/duplicating sessions from the sessions tree
• Bugfix: fixed default home symbolic links which occured when targets are on a shared folder
• Improvement: added "MATE desktop" to the list of remote desktop managers in SSH session settings
• Improvement: added some more debugging information for INI file detection, localisation and update
• Bugfix: fixed a "freeze" issue which occured when attempting to perform the "ls -al /usr//../" command
• Improvement: added a "-nomultitaskbar" commandline option (in order to force MobaXterm to the first taskbar)
• Bugfix: fixed an issue when starting a new PowerShell or Cmd session in "C:": session did not start in "C:", but in default directory instead
• Bugfix: resized some folder icons in order for all folder icons to have the same size
• Improvement: improved logging information concerning SSH host keys
• Bugfix: MobaXterm used to take SSH hosts keys from PuTTY if available, with some potential issues if a host key was modified in MobaXterm but not in PuTTY
• Improvement: escape sequence sent when pressing alt+arrow keys in terminal are the same as in standard xterm terminal emulator
• Bugfix: in some specific cases, tab titles were displayed in red after disconnection/reconnection
• Bugfix: suppressed a transient visual "glitch" on the top buttons bar when a new session was started
• Improvement: added a new setting in RDP sessions in order to enable or disable Credential Security Support Provider (CredSSP) for authentication
• Improvement: the embedded SSH agent is now launched before SSH tunnels
• Improvement: when MobaXterm starts and a tunnel is slow to connect, startup continues without waiting for tunnel connection to terminate
• Bugfix: function keys now work properly in "MultiExec" mode
• Improvement: SSH-browser with SCP protocol now preserves files permissions after a direct file edition
• Bugfix: fixed an issue with "Store password" window which could be activated twice with RDP session
• Improvement: enhanced macros at sessions start: now macros can be executed simultaneously when you start multiple sessions
• Bugfix: improved SSH tunnels closing function (in some rare cases, some tunnels could leave MobaXterm in a pending state after closing it)
• Improvement: number of terminal lines when printing is limited to the last terminal lines in order to save the environment
• Bugfix: suppressed an incorrect warning concerning host identification verification when SSHing through a gateway server (SSH jump host)
• Improvement: MobaXterm start up speed has been slightly improved
• Bugfix: fixed a maximize/restore issue on Windows 10 when multiple monitors are present and a specific taskbar is affected to each monitor
• Bugfix: fixed a typo in the Home page on "Professional" word (thanks to Dewi for reporting it)

Version 9.0 (2016-05-04)

• New feature: added support for the new "Ubuntu Bash on Windows" feature (introduced in latest Windows 10 builds). In "Shell" sessions, you can choose between native Bash, Cmd, Powershell and "Ubuntu bash"
• New feature: added terminal activity tracking: icon of terminal tab is displayed with a blue dot if some activity is detected
• New feature: added terminal modification tracking: title of inactive terminal tab is displayed using blue color if something occured in the terminal
• New feature: added terminal disconnection tracking: title of inactive terminal tab is displayed using red color if session has been disconnected
• New feature: added a new experimental setting in the "File" session type, which allows you to open any file/folder directly into MobaXterm tabbed interface
• New feature: you can now specify a start up macro for SSH, Telnet, RSH, Mosh, Serial (COM) and Shell sessions
• New feature: you can now specify pattern conditions in macros (wait for a pattern before following up with macro execution)
• New feature: added new browser session setting which allows to emulate older IE versions, from IE7 to IE11
• Improvement: you can now specify the COM port to use for serial connection at session start (useful if you use a USB/COM adapter which can be attached to random COM ports numbers)
• Improvement: enhanced macro editor: you can now type some text directly into the macro editor instead of editing each keystroke
• Improvement: you can now use the following variables in macros: $MobaDisplay and $MobaIP
• Improvement: terminal syntax highlighting feature (a.k.a. keyword coloration) is no more tagged as "experimental"
• Improvement: enhanced terminal speed when syntax highlighting is enabled: the terminal no longer suffer from slower speed when syntax highlighting is active
• Improvement: added a new "Byobu" terminal type in sessions which is compatible with Byobu escape sequences (Ctrl+Fn and Shift+Fn keys)
• Improvement: added "R" programming language in MobaTextEditor syntax list
• Improvement: when you save terminal output to file, the file format you choose (RTF or TXT) is now saved
• Improvement: added /dev/shm directory structure (especially useful in order to use Ansible on Windows with MobaXterm)
• Improvement: added a new "Duplicate macro" feature for existing macros
• Improvement: enhanced saving speed when dealing with huge terminal output
• Improvement: added a new "Hide toolbar" button in detached windows
• Improvement: added a refresh feature for local folders for FTP/SFTP sessions, by pressing "F5" key
• Improvement: implemented 2 undocumented settings "AllowBlinking" and "CtrlAltIsAltGr" ( more info on https://blog.mobatek.net )
• Improvement: MobaXterm is now displayed on the proper taskbar with multiple monitors
• Improvement: when saving huge terminal output, a prompt now allows you to choose whether to limit the number of lines to save
• Improvement: added the iperf3 tool in the CygUtils plugin
• Improvement: updated the "Default (OK/warning/error keywords)" terminal syntax highlighting with new patterns detection
• Improvement: updated the "Unix shell script" terminal syntax highlighting with new patterns detection
• Improvement: added new manual INI setting "AllowLegacyAlgos" under the "SSH" section (set to "0" by default), which allows to activate legacy protocols and keys for SSH client
• Improvement: improved Ctrl+C and arrows handling in Dos and PowerShell sessions
• Improvement: added basic keywords coloration (Ok/warning/error) as default global setting
• Bugfix: TFTP server (embedded TFTP daemon) can now handle folders structure in order to upload/upload files
• Bugfix: corrected typo in syntax highlighting: the keyword "successful" is now properly detected
• Bugfix: added Windows path environment variable to RDP sessions for proper Smartcards authentication
• Bugfix: the "SSH-browser" label in MobaXterm global settings was not displayed entirely
• Bugfix: commandline SSH client was missing support for GSSAPI authentication in previous version
• Bugfix: the /registry symlink was incorrect on some Windows systems
• Bugfix: terminal scrollback was erased when telnet or rlogin sessions were reconnected
• Bugfix: fixed libraries incompatibilities with the "findutils" package downloaded using "apt-get"
• Bugfix: a "reconnection message" was displayed on CMD or POWERSHELL sessions types, even if the setting was unchecked
• Bugfix: "Quick search" menu was displayed in the wrong place when sidebar was docked to the right
• Bugfix: with Pro Edition, the separation line was shown even if it was unchecked in global settings
• Bugfix: corrected a freeze issue in MultiExec mode, when connecting several SSH sessions to the same host and using Keyboard-interactive authentication
• Bugfix: removed an error message when starting a beta version with Compact mode enabled
• Bugfix: removed an error message when starting a Powershell session with a command and no home folder specified
• Bugfix: fixed file access rights issues in HOME folder

Version 8.6 (2016-01-20)

• New feature: added terminal syntax coloration in global and sessions settings
• New feature: added experimental support for Z-modem transfers in MobaXterm terminal if you have the CygUtils plugin installed: you can now transfer files directly through the terminal by launching sz, rz, lsz or lrz on your remote host and choosing "Z-modem send" or "Z-modem receive" in terminal right-click menu
• Bugfix: updated OpenSSH to version 7.1p2 in order to fix CVE-2016-0777 and CVE-2016-0778 bugs. Note that this fix is for manual SSH connections from local terminal commandline only: "normal" MobaXterm SSH sessions are not concerned by the OpenSSH CVE-2016-0777 and CVE-2016-0778 bugs
• Bugfix: corrected the "search" feature which was not properly reset when closed
• Improvement: added another check for master password in passwords management, when showing stored passwords
• Bugfix: terminals in detached windows no longer loose focus when spawning SSH connections
• New feature: added xrdb and setx11dpi tools: useful for retrieving/modifying Xserver settings, especially Xserver DPI value
• Improvement: allowed log files to be written to UNC network paths
• Improvement: added new available keyboard shortcuts combinations: WindowsLogo + F1-F12 and WindowsLogo + 0-9

Version 8.5 (2015-12-19)

• Security fix: in previous releases, when opening a session with a configured SSH gateway (jump host), the gateway connection was bound to any local network adapters. This has been changed in current version by only binding SSH gateway connections to loopback network interface. Thanks to thomas (at) bleier.at for reporting this issue.
• New feature: added basic syntax coloration (right-click on the terminal and choose "Syntax highlighting" sub-menu). Currently 3 syntax types are available: keywords, shell script and Cisco (network configuration)
• Improvement: added automatic detection and fix for buggy Cisco SSH servers which do not properly handle "Winadj" SSH message
• Improvement: added automatic basic import feature for Exceed sessions (xs files)
• Bugfix: some third-party software installed with "MobApt" package manager were unable to start properly
• Bugfix: MobaXterm used to eat a huge amount of CPU while displaying the "reconnection" message and waiting for user input
• Bugfix: when checking the "FlickerFree" setting in "Display" section, MobaXterm displays a prompt message before restarting the application
• Bugfix: bookmarks from the top menu were not ordered and started properly in a border case related to using special characters in sessions
• Bugfix: when saving terminal output to RTF file, text font in the RTF file is set to "Courier New" for proper fixed-width text rendering
• Bugfix: some graphical corrections have been performed for proper High DPI display on 4K (HDPI) monitors.
• Bugfix: fixed an "Assertion failed" error message when connecting to a SSH server with "KexAlgorithms" set to "diffie-hellman-group14-sha1"

Version 8.4 (2015-11-20)

• New feature: added "SCP" protocol for the graphical SSH-browser: MobaXterm can now use SCP in order to browse your remote server content. This experimental feature can be activated from your SSH session settings.
• Improvement: accelerated terminal display even in TrueColors mode
• Improvement: with SCP protocol, SSH-browser does not open a new SSH connection anymore, but makes use of the existing terminal connection instead (SSH multiplexing)
• Improvement: with SCP protocol, SSH-browser is not "connected" anymore and thus it stays alive as long as the terminal SSH connection is enabled
• Improvement: greatly improved SSH-browser transfer speed when using the new SCP protocol
• Improvement: if SSH-browser cannot connect using SFTP protocol, it will try SCP protocol instead
• Improvement: renamed "SFTP browser" to "SSH-browser"
• Improvement: added a "Flicker Free" setting for MobaXterm main window
• Improvement: added color support to "less" and "git" commands
• Improvement: improved detection of running sub-process when starting or stopping MobaXterm
• Improvement: starting a session from a file now opens it in a new tab if an existing instance of MobaXterm already exists
• Improvement: added "OpenIniFile" command which allows to directly open MobaXterm.ini file from local terminal
• Improvement: you can now clear the screen AND the scrollback buffer by using the "Clear scrollback" right-click menu entry on any terminal
• Improvement: using the "newtab" commandline switch now sets MobaXterm running instance to foreground
• Bugfix: fixed a potential issue with open remote files through SSH when multiple instances of MobaXterm were opened and a file with same name is open on 2 different remote servers
• Bugfix: fixed a vulnerability in "MoTTY" PuTTY-based terminal (CVE-2015-5309)
• Bugfix: fixed the filter field in "MobApt" package manager which displays "Filter packages" instead of "Filter sessions"
• Bugfix: fixed log file names which did not properly mention remote hostname in case a SSH gateway has been defined
• Bugfix: fixed fullscreen mode on multi-monitors environment when 2nd monitor coordinates were negative
• Bugfix: fixed bug on "paste" command which did not work properly with Windows files
• Bugfix: fixed a bug with commandline SSH when default SSH username chosen in global settings contains special characters
• Bugfix: fixed an issue in FTP sessions: when removing a folder, MobaXterm tried to perform a CWD in the removed folder after its deletion

Version 8.3 (2015-10-31)

• Security fix: in previous releases, some remote users could spy on X11 connections when Access Control was turned off. This has been changed in current version by activating Access Control by default with an authorization prompt when a remote program requests local display connection (fixes CVE-2015-7244)
• New feature: added full TrueColor (24 bit) support in MobaXterm terminal (can be tested using the "lscolors" command)
• New feature: added a tooltip containing columns / rows values when resizing a terminal
• Improvement: xterm-256color is now properly supported with a proper 256 colors palette
• Improvement: when "User" field is left blank for SSH gateway, MobaXterm will use the default username configured in your global settings
• Improvement: improved focus behaviour with RDP sessions: clicking on RDP session when another window overlaps it should raise MobaXterm
• Improvement: added a new option to leave audio at remote computer in RDP sessions
• Improvement: pressing RETURN key while browsing sessions now starts the selected session
• Improvement: you can now press RETURN key in the "store password" prompt in order to quickly accept
• Improvement: added some more inline information and tooltips
• Improvement: added sessions details in tooltips when hovering nodes in the main sessions tree
• Improvement: disabled automatic completion for DLL libraries
• Improvement: improved resize function in "MultiExec" mode
• Improvement: MobaXterm now detects at startup if another different version of MobaXterm is running and shows a warning in this case
• Bugfix: Alt+Tab now brings focus to MobaXterm even when a modal window is in foreground
• Bugfix: in RDP sessions, the "Disconnect" button now performs a proper RDP disconnection instead of killing RDP session
• Bugfix: paste shortcut was sent to the incorrect terminal when used in a detached form with another tabbed terminal active
• Bugfix: with some specific folder priviledges, Mosh session did not start properly
• Bugfix: some checkbox settings in RDP sessions were overlapped on high DPI monitors
• Bugfix: added a workaround in order to avoid a warning message caused by an old install of "MIT Kerberos" application
• Bugfix: ssh agent forwarding was not properly disabled when "Forward agents" was unchecked in global settings
• Bugfix: bash completion (using tab key) for ssh commands deleted @ character

Version 8.2 (2015-09-12)

• New feature: added a new "inline search" feature which allows you to highlight search terms directly into the terminal itself
• New feature: added an internal SSH agent "MobAgent" which allows you to automatically load SSH keys at MobaXterm startup and to forward them
• Improvement: the keyboard shortcut for "Paste inside terminal" can now be modified (default: Shift+INSERT). Remember that there is no shortcut for "COPY" as copying is performed automatically when you select some text.
• Improvement: you can now scroll in Tmux using Shift+MouseWheel if you have the "set-window-option -g mode-mouse on" feature enabled in your ".tmux.conf" file
• Improvement: enhanced compatibility with Emacs in terminal mode (better scrolling, better selection using shift+arrows, better home/end/arrows keys handling, better Ctrl+Alt shortcuts handling)
• Improvement: added "Pageant" support for SSH tunnels and SSH gateways
• Improvement: if you use a laptop and sometimes connect it to an external monitor, MobaXterm will automatically store 2 independant graphical configuration profiles (window position/size, sidebar visibility) for each configuration.
• Improvement: you can now select terminals for writing in "MultiExec" mode
• Improvement: you can now force terminal font antialiasing even if ClearType is disabled in your Windows configuration
• Improvement: better URL detection for Ctrl+click on the terminal
• Improvement: improved GSSAPI authentication for the SFTP browser
• Improvement: added a new global setting which allows to disable SSH banner
• Improvement: the terminal popup menu can be displayed using Ctrl+right-click or Shift+right-click when using right-click to paste
• Improvement: enhanced compatibility with Byobu (Ctrl+function keys)
• Improvement: telnet escape sequence was not handled correctly on German and French keyboards
• Improvement: when using "-newtab" command with MobaXterm minimized, the application is properly restored
• Improvement: you can now navigate in the SFTP browser using arrows, return and back keys
• Improvement: added some more debugging information in log for failed SFTP connection attempts
• Improvement: HOME and END keys now work properly in "less" command
• Bugfix: main window size/position were not automatically saved after MobaXterm was closed with some particular Windows configuration
• Bugfix: Sidebar visibility and "compact mode" were not automatically saved after MobaXterm was closed with some particular Windows configuration
• Bugfix: corrected some issues when pasting to all terminals (in MultiExec mode): some terminals were not updated in some specific conditions
• Bugfix: corrected a "freeze" issue when closing SSH tab with SFTP browser and "follow SSH path" checked, in some particular cases
• Bugfix: corrected a "freeze" issue when resizing MobaXterm while a CMD or POWERSHELL session is running on Windows 10
• Bugfix: corrected some issues with flashing taskbar or focus loss at terminal startup
• Bugfix: disabled GSSAPI authentication attempt when it is unchecked in global settings
• Bugfix: corrected the erroneous "closewhendone" mention in the documentation (the correct commandline parameter is "exitwhendone")
• Bugfix: the "newtab" command was not starting a new tab properly for ssh commands
• Bugfix: fixed "Decrease font size" menu entry which resized the terminal window instead of changing columns/rows number
• Bugfix: you can now extend selection using Shift+left-click
• Bugfix: HOME and END keys did not send correct key codes in some applications
• Bugfix: Shift+Arrow keys did not work properly in some applications

Version 8.1 (2015-08-03)

• Bugfix: corrected the SFTP browser which was not displayed if you used a private SSH key with no passphrase
• Bugfix: advanced terminal settings were not accessible for telnet sessions
• Bugfix: corrected an issue with Powershell and Cmd sessions when a startup folder was specified
• Bugfix: the "duplicate tab" feature did not work in previous version
• Bugfix: SSH keys in a shared folder with UNC path were not handled correctly
• Bugfix: terminal resize was not handled correctly when asked by "screen", "tmux" or "reset" programs
• Bugfix: corrected the SFTP browser which did not work with GSSAPI SSH connections
• Bugfix: corrected an issue with "ascii" command which exited without displaying ascii table
• Bugfix: removed some code which made some antivirus detect games executable as false-positive
• Bugfix: the "-exec" feature was not working correctly with ssh commands in previous version
• Improvement: improved the KeepAlive function by enabling/disabling the application-level keepalive feature AND the TCP keepalive feature simultaneously
• Improvement: added some debugging information for MoTTY connections (right-click on the terminal and choose "Event log" to show it)
• Improvement: popup windows for fatal connection errors are now printed to the terminal output
• Improvement: display SSH banner before the remote server banner for better readibility
• Improvement: replaced Ctrl+Insert shortcut by Ctrl+Shift+Insert for pasting in the terminal
• Improvement: added Ctrl+0 shortcut for resetting fonts size to default
• Improvement: added the Ctrl+Left_arrow / Ctrl+Right_arrow keyboard shortcuts for "forward-word" / "backward-word" in terminal
• Improvement: increased startup speed especially if you have many sessions folders
• Improvement: you can now save your SSH keys passphrases the same way as you save passwords if you activate the setting in "Manage passwords" window
• Improvement: a middle-click on a SFTP browser item copies the item path to the SSH session
• Improvement: added the VAGRANT_DETECTED_OS environment variable which allows Vagrant to work correctly inside MobaXterm
• Improvement: if SFTP browser does not work because your remote server echoes some text, an explicit warning message is displayed in MobaXterm log file
• Improvement: added a new script which allows to create MobaXterm sessions from a plain text list of servers: "ServersListToMxtSessions.sh"

Version 8.0 (2015-07-20)

• New feature: MobaXterm is now able to create shared credentials for multiple sessions
• Improvement: SSH, telnet, rlogin and serial sessions are now powered by a faster native Windows engine based on the efficient PuTTY tool by Simon Tatham
• New feature: Added "MobaKeyGen": a graphical SSH keys generator based on the great "PuTTYgen" tool by Simon Tatham
• Improvement: Default X server is now a native Windows port of Xorg with no wrapper (compiled using MinGW)
• Improvement: The embedded terminal is now based on a plain PuTTY engine
• Improvement: Re-organized session settings for better usability
• Improvement: MobaXterm is now able to retrieve/store SSH password, even in "keyboard-interactive" mode
• New feature: Dragging using Alt+drag performs a rectangular selection
• New feature: Right-click menu now allows to reconfigure many options on the current terminal for the current running session
• New feature: Added a "home page" at MobaXterm startup with recent sessions, a quick search bar and a button to start a new terminal. You can disable this home page from the global settings and choose to start a local terminal instead.
• Improvement: New keyboard configurations added
• Improvement: SFTP browser now works in keyboard interactive mode
• Improvement: Double-click selection in the terminal is now smarter when determining if a character is a separator or not
• Improvement: Local Unix utilities based on Cygwin are now in a separate plugin file. If you only need basic MobaXterm features like SSH, X11, Rlogin, Telnet, Serial or RDP, you do not need this plugin
• Improvement: MobaXterm startup speed has been improved
• Improvement: Banner message is now adapted to the session you launched. For SSH sessions, it displays some useful information about X11-forwarding, DISPLAY, SFTP browser and compression features
• Improvement: Added new proxy settings for SSH connections
• Improvement: Added some new charsets for remote sessions
• Improvement: Better SSH keys support (OpenSSH / PuTTY / SSH.com types are seamlessly managed)
• New feature: Added some cool puzzle games from Simon Tatham
• New feature: You can now select a terminal size (number of rows/columns) and keep it while resizing MobaXterm by increasing/decreasing font size
• Improvement: Added new SSH KEX algorithms for the SFTP browser (DH_GROUP_EXCHANGE256, RSA1024_SHA1, RSA2048_SHA256, GSS_GROUP_EXCHANGE, GSS_GROUP, GSS_GROUP_14)
• New feature: Added uptime, shred, truncate, nl, link, free, factor, compress, count, paste, nc (netcat) and host tools (thanks to Toybox: https://landley.net/toybox/ )
• Improvement: Log file name is now automatically based on the session protocol, remote host, username and date/time
• New feature: You can now choose disable completely OpenGL rendering support in X11 server
• Improvement: Updated Cygwin version to version 2.0.4 in CygUtils plugin
• Bugfix: Corrected a bug with libopenssl, grep and bash update from apt-get
• Bugfix: Prevented Windows taskbar from being raised with fullscreen VNC sessions
• Improvement: Improved CMD sessions by using the "winpty" tool: Ctrl+C and TAB completion should work on any environment now
• New feature: Added Powershell to the "Local terminal" session type (experimental)
• New feature: Added TWM window manager as an option for X11 sessions
• Improvement: Added a Paste button on the MultiExec top toolbar
• New feature: Added a new tool entry in order to start a CMD window as admin
• Improvement: Added an explanation message when sub processes fail to start because of a group policy
• Bugfix: Corrected some issues when MobaXterm is installed in a Windows path containing unicode characters
• Bugfix: Corrected an issue with tab integration of XDMCP sessions
• Bugfix: Corrected an issue with tabs numbering when a VNC session was started but the remote host did not exist
• Bugfix: Prevented Windows taskbar from being raised with fullscreen RDP sessions
• Bugfix: Desktop shortcuts did not work on some Windows version because of truncated command line
• Bugfix: fixed a bug with PuTTY sessions import at first start
• Bugfix: Prevented MobaXterm slash directory from being set to the root of a drive or to a directory with other programs already present
• Bugfix: Corrected some focus issues in RDP sessions

Version 7.7 (2015-03-31)

• Bugfix: apt-get (MobApt) has been updated for compatibility with the new Cygwin checksums
• Improvement: MobaXterm is now compatible with Windows 10 build 10041
• Improvement: MobaXterm can now import PuTTY Connection Manager (PuttyCM) sessions
• Improvement: MobaXterm now keeps folders structure when importing Mremote, PuTTY and SCRT sessions
• Improvement: You can now choose between X11 server version 1.16.3 and 1.14.5 for better compatibility with your environment
• Improvement: Recompiled Xorg version 1.16.3 with latest OpenGL libraries
• Improvement: Selected a more compatible list of ciphers by default for SSH
• Improvement: Added CP1251 (Cyrillic) codepage to terminal sessions
• Bugfix: the "bc" command was not working correcly when launched from interactive shell in version 7.6
• Bugfix: the "List running process" tool was not working when launched from the sidebar button
• Bugfix: some users were shown an "Unknown+user" prompt instead of their standard username
• Improvement: Protocols which have been disabled from the customizer are no longer available in interactive terminals
• Bugfix: The main menu bar is now correctly repainted after maximizing the main window with a skin

Version 7.6 (2015-02-16)

• Improvement: Updated "ssh-copy-id" tool in order to handle new SSH keys (ed25519)
• Bugfix: SSH connections with a SSH gateway were not working correctly in v7.5
• Bugfix: SSH user config files were not correctly handled in v7.5

Version 7.5 (2015-02-15)

• Improvement: MobaXterm is now compatible with Windows 10 Technical Preview build 9926
• Improvement: Upgraded OpenSSH to version 6.7 with new ed25519 (curve25519) SSH keys support
• Improvement: MobaXterm is now compatible with 4K (Ultra-HD / High-DPI) monitors. Native HDPI mode has been added
• Improvement: Added a new RDP setting in order to automatically adapt the remote desktop size to the current DPI size of the screen
• Improvement: Increased font size for X server on 4K (UHD) screens
• Improvement: You can now select the scaling factor of MobaXterm interface using the "-dpi" command line parameter
• Improvement: Switched from Heimdal to MIT implementation of Kerberos for SSH
• Bugfix: Terminal lines were truncated after minimizing MobaXterm terminal
• Bugfix: TAB key was not correctly recorded in macros
• Bugfix: SFTP sessions through a web or socks proxy did not work with some proxy configurations
• Bugfix: In the SFTP browser, setting an empty file name is not allowed anymore
• Bugfix: With some skins, the "Quick connect" button was not displayed correctly
• Improvement: Added a tooltip with the full tab title when mouse hovers a tab with shrinked title
• Improvement: Added a setting in the "Terminal" section for hiding terminal scrollbar
• Improvement: Added a setting in the "Terminal" section for hiding the separation line between each command in local terminal
• Bugfix: The "X11 compatible keyboard" setting is now applied without restarting MobaXterm
• Bugfix: In compact mode, main window state (maximized or normal) is now correctly applied at MobaXterm startup
• Improvement: It is now possible to leave the "remote user" field blank in order to use the default SSH user in MobaSSHTunnel
• Improvement: Added new shortcuts for increasing/decreasing font sizes: Ctrl+Minus_Key and Ctrl+Plus_Key
• Improvement: Added "Toggle scrollbar" option to the right-click menu on a terminal
• Improvement: Added "Flip screen" option to the right-click menu on a terminal which allows toggling primary/alternate screens (useful when using VIM in order to display underlying shell output)
• Improvement: Improved the "apt-get" feature (a.k.a. "MobApt") in order to allow downloads using default Windows internet connection settings
• Improvement: Added beep (bell feature) to MobaXterm terminal as a new setting under the "Terminal section" in global configuration
• Improvement: Added "beep" terminal command for use in shell scripts
• Improvement: Updated X server to version 1.16.3 (enhanced OpenGL support)
• Bugfix: X server sets a default keyboard layout when no keyboard has been automatically detected
• Improvement: The "Auto-reconnect" button now allows SSH tunnels to reconnect even after a network failure
• Bugfix: Using web browser sessions, on some websites, the return key was not handled correctly

Version 7.4 (2015-01-01)

• Improvement: MobaXterm is now compatible with Windows 10 "Technical Preview"
• Improvement: upgraded X server to version 1.16.2
• Improvement: upgraded bash to version 4.1.17
• Improvement: added a "Reconnect" button for SFTP (allows you to reconnect the SFTP browser in case of a network failure or a firewall disconnection)
• Bugfix: when exiting "Compact mode" on professional edition, the "Unregistered" bar is not displayed anymore
• Improvement: improved "Compact mode" (settings and menus improvements)
• Improvement: improved scrolling in the left sidebar using mouse wheel, even when the focus is set to the terminal
• Improvement: The main window title and the taskbar title are automatically changed to the active tab name
• Improvement: MobaXterm can now import mRemoteNG sessions
• Bugfix: corrected a bug in "Nimesweeper" (arrow keys were not working correctly)
• Improvement: improved main window for high DPI monitors
• Improvement: improved OpenGL support in X server
• Improvement: added a new setting in VNC and RDP sessions in order to disable the settings bar
• Improvement: Added a "ASCII" button in the SFTP browser in order to toggle ASCII/Binary mode for file transfers
• Improvement: Added a new button in the SFTP browser in order to toggle show/hide hidden files
• Bugfix: in some cases, the "Ctrl" key was incorrectly detected as pressed after using the "New tab" shortcut
• Improvement: COM ports are detected automatically each time you go to the "Serial" session manager (not only at MobaXterm startup)
• Improvement: MobApt is now able to force the installation of Cygwin tools
• Bugfix: Corrected a recurrent issue with private SSH keys rights
• Improvement: Added a graphical warning when the remote host identification has changed with a tool to reset the alarm
• Improvement: Added keyboard interactive authentication type for SSH gateway
• Bugfix: corrected a graphical bug in the graphical SSH tunnels tool: start buttons were not drawn correctly in skinned mode
• Improvement: Added an automatic detection of any deleted file in the temp folder during execution
• Improvement: Added the "showkey" tool
• Improvement: Added the "killX" tool
• Improvement: MobaTextEditor can now indent/unindent blocks with Tab/Shift+Tab
• Improvement: Updated documentation with new features
• Improvement: Added the "glxgears" and "glxinfo" tools for Xserver OpenGL tests
• Improvement: Added a new "AutoReconnect" setting in MobaSSHTunnel which automatically reconnects SSH tunnels after a network failure
• Improvement: Improved the way MobaXterm is started in order to avoid issues with sandboxes
• Improvement: Added some warnings when using a non-persistent HOME directory and using ssh-keygen

Version 7.3 (2014-09-28)

• Bugfix: updated bash to version 4.1.13 to fix "shellshock" vulnerability (CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169)
• Improvement: added a "compact mode" in the "View" menu in order to save screen real estate
• Bugfix: on German and French keyboards, the AltGr+] escape sequence was not working correctly
• Bugfix: if Persistent Root folder has been set to a network share, a FAT16 or ExFAT filesystem, an error message was displayed at X server startup
• Bugfix: on Windows 2000 and XP, MobaXterm logo background was not transparent
• Bugfix: with persistent root folder, new customizations were sometimes not applied correctly
• Improvement: the embedded browser now emulates the most recent engine available
• Improvement: added a "tweet" button in the "About" window (please send a tweet about MobaXterm if you like it)
• Improvement: added the "xauth" command for the embedded X server
• Bugfix: MobaSwInfo now lists install software correctly on Windows 8/8.1 64 bit
• Bugfix: Corrected the "Shift+Tab" shortcut in OpenSuse "Yast" installer
• Improvement: improved the way symlinks are handled via SSH or SFTP
• Bugfix: Corrected the Gnome session environment which did not start correctly through SSH when remote user had TCSH as default shell
• Bugfix: fixed a potential indexing issue when deleting a SSH tunnel
• Improvement: added a new telnet setting which prevents MobaXterm from closing when a telnet session is active
• Bugfix: corrected resizing issues with RDP sessions
• Improvement: added a new commandline setting in order to allow MobApt to work with local Cygwin repositories (e.g. MobApt -l /drives/c/MyCygwinRepository)
• Bugfix: corrected an issue with tar and hardlink decompression
• Improvement: added 2 more sections to the embedded documentation with detailed explanations about global settings and sessions settings
• Improvement: added a lot of new questions/answers in the FaQ section

Version 7.2 (2014-08-04)

• New feature: Added "MobApt", a new package manager based on the great "apt-cyg" tool, for automatic installation of Cygwin utilities through internet.
• New feature: Added CRON service and "crontab" tool
• New feature: You can now specify a persistent root folder ("/"). This is especially useful if you want to install packages using "MobApt" and you want to keep them across MobaXterm restarts.
• New feature: You can now specify an INI file using the "-i" commandline parameter. You can use a local path (C:\some\place\MobaXterm.ini), a network share (\\MyServer\shared\MobaXterm.ini) or an URL (https://mywebserver/MyConfigFile.ini)
• Improvement: Multi-selection is now enabled in sessions tree.
• Bugfix: Reconnection message window height has been increased
• Bugfix: the clipboard is no longer flushed when trying to find text in the terminal
• Improvement: Added RDP gateway feature in RDP sessions
• Improvement: Cygwin library has been updated to latest version (1.7.31)
• Improvement: Default tab size has been increased for high-DPI monitors
• Bugfix: Tab title was not correctly updated when connecting to SSH with the SFTP browser disabled
• Improvement: New variables are now available for folders selection (for logs folder, home directory, INI file folder, ...): %CurrentFolder%, %CurrentDrive%, %UserDir%, %UserName%, %ComputerName%, %TempDir%, %DesktopDir%, %ProfileDir%.
• Bugfix: SSH tunnels are now started one by one to prevent compatibility issues between tunnels
• Improvement: Configuration settings have been sorted by categories
• Improvement: FTP is now automatically reconnected after server disconnection or timeout
• Improvement: You can now specify the persistent HOME (/home/mobaxterm) and SLASH (/) folder paths in MobaXterm customizer
• Improvement: You can now specify the default text editor in MobaXterm customizer
• Improvement: Updated busybox to version 1.22.1
• Bugfix: the "pipe" key was not recorded into macros with French and German keyboards
• Improvement: Tried to implement a workaround for the GbpSv rootkit which kills MobaXterm randomly on Brazilian computers
• Improvement: Added the "sshpass" tool for ssh sessions automation
• Improvement: Hitting "Esc" now closes dialog boxes
• Improvement: SFTP browser now follows symbolic links
• Bugfix: the "new folder", "new file" and "rename" dialog windows were sometimes hidden behind main MobaXterm window
• Improvement: Telnet sessions can now be tunneled through SSH

Version 7.1 (2014-04-12)

• Feature addition: Added a new (experimental) MOSH session type
• Feature addition: Added a new (experimental) BROWSER session type
• Security fix: Updated OpenSSL library to 1.0.1g (for "Heartbleed Bug" correction)
• Improvement: Added a SSH setting in order to prevent "connection reset by peer" error with old SSH servers
• Improvement: Added SOCKS/WEB proxy support in SSH tunnels
• Improvement: It is now possible to hide the "Quick connect" bar when sidebar is disabled
• Improvement: "SSH keepalive" setting has been disabled by default
• Improvement: RDP connection resolution is no longer cropped in order to fit into the terminal
• Bugfix: SSH using Kerberos authentication did not work correctly when SFTP browser was enabled
• Bugfix: XDMCP sessions were sometimes not closed correctly
• Bugfix: MobaTextEditor now remembers correctly its main window size and position
• Bugfix: "grep" command was sometimes not working when invoked from a script after MobaXterm startup
• Bugfix: sorting by dates in FTP sessions now works correctly
• Improvement: SSH ECDSA keys are now correctly handled by MobaXterm
• Bugfix: Dialog windows can no more be hidden behind MobaXterm main window
• Bugfix: MobaXterm now handles correctly Windows usernames with SPACE characters
• Bugfix: Files owners and groups are now correctly displayed in FTP sessions
• Bugfix: In some particular environments, sessions were not correctly ordered in main menu
• Bugfix: X server had troubles starting with some keyboard models
• Bugfix: a problem with an increasing number of GDI handles has been fixed
• Improvement: when sessions edition is disabled in the Customizer, PuTTY and SCRT sessions are not imported anymore
• Bugfix: in some particular environments, an exception was raised when closing the last tab of MobaXterm
• Improvement: sidebar has now a minimum width
• Bugfix: in FTP sessions, hitting "Cancel" during a file transfer does not disconnect the FTP session anymore
• Bugfix: Escape sequence for telnet should now be handled by MobaXterm
• Improvement: MobaXterm font size is now adjusted automatically on high resolution monitors
• Improvement: Each time MobaXterm configuration file is updated, a backup file is now created in the "MobaXterm backup.zip" archive. This can be disabled in MobaXterm settings window.

Version 7.0 (2014-02-18)

• Improvement: MobaXterm graphical interface has been reworked (removed useless widgets, re-organized functions) in order to make it cleaner and easier to use
• Improvement: Chinese, Japanese and Korean keyboard are now fully managed using Input Method Editor (IME)
• Feature addition: The left sidebar can now be automatically shown/hidden by overlapping terminal, without resizing it
• Feature addition: A new "network scanner" tool allows you to search for computers in your network with listening services (can be disabled in PRO edition)
• Feature addition: A new "ports scanner" tool allows you to scan a computer in order to list open ports (can be disabled in PRO edition)
• Bugfix: Permission problems on SSH keys on Windows 8/8.1 have been fixed
• Feature addition: You can now specify terminal colors in global settings or per session
• Bugfix: Removed unwanted delay when changing from a tab to another one with an active SSH session and inactive SFTP
• Improvement: Changed terminal default charset to UTF-8 for better compatibility (you can change back to ISO-8859-1 in order to restore old charset behavior)
• Improvement: You can now specify a default login name for SSH sessions
• Improvement: SFTP upload speed is now 8 times faster on recent OpenSSH servers
• Feature addition: you can now specify a local folder for FTP and SFTP sessions
• Improvement: Updated X server to version 1.14.5 (some small fixes, especially for copy/paste operations)
• Bugfix: in SSH sessions, when a command was specified and the SFTP browser was enabled, it was not displayed
• Feature addition: A new "Quick connect" bar has been added in order to launch your saved sessions easily
• Bugfix: corrected a terminal problem on Windows 8.1 which resulted in a hidden cursor after resizing window
• Improvement: FTP passwords can now be saved
• Bugfix: Using FTP session, some files were incorrectly detected as "character devices" and thus were not editable
• Bugfix: Using FTP or SFTP sessions, some files were incorrectly detected as DOS/UNIX/MAC format in MobaTextEditor
• Improvement: After performing a "find" command in the terminal, the clipboard is now flushed
• Bugfix: In some very particular cases, the master password was asked although no master password was set
• Improvement: On the SFTP browser frame, the tooltip is now displayed after a short delay
• Bugfix: When password saving function had been disabled in the customizer (PRO edition), SSH gateway was not working correctly
• Improvement: COM ports are no longer tested at startup in order to increase startup speed
• Feature addition: 3 new X server modes available: these modes allow you to launch a transparent X server with window borders from fvwm, or even the full fvwm desktop
• Bugfix: The "follow SSH folder" feature did not work on old Solaris remote connections
• Bugfix: On German keyboard, AltGr+A now works correctly
• Improvement: Automatically set the correct charset for DOS commands (ipconfig, ping, ...)
• Improvement: Automatically set the correct charset for CMD sessions
• Improvement: Changed default sessions name

Version 6.6 (2013-11-11)

• Improved SFTP browser (increased performance, added new CTR cipher, automatic reconnection on session lost)
• Improved RDP sessions by putting each RDP tab in a separate process
• Added Pageant support (Settings --> Configuration --> SSH tab --> Use Pageant)
• Added dynamic SSH tunnels (this allows you to easily run SOCKS proxy!)
• When session logs are enabled, 2 files are now created: "<filename>.log" will contain everything that was typed into the terminal (including special characters and escape sequences) and "<filename>.txt" will contain only printable output
• Improved SSH gateway connections (increased performances, added new CTR cipher, automatic reconnection on session lost)
• Improved SSH tunnel connections (increased performances, added new CTR cipher, automatic reconnection on session lost)
• Corrected some small RDP focus bugs (especially with RDP sessions contained in detached windows)
• SFTP operations have been made asynchronous in order not to block other MobaXterm features when establishing SFTP connection, downloading file or changing directory
• Improved MobaTextEditor sessions by putting each MobaTextEditor tab in a separate process
• SFTP file dates are now displayed using local time and not GMT time
• Added ASCII mode support for SFTP sessions
• Corrected a bug: ssh-agent and ssh-pageant were not correctly restarted if MobaXterm process was killed before
• Added keyboard interactive authentication for SFTP browser
• Disabled "Follow SSH path" feature when SFTP browser is inactive
• MobaXterm now preserves directory structure when importing Scrt sessions
• Corrected a bug: when closing a tab with confirmation message disabled, in some cases the close button did not work at first time
• Removed user name from MobaXterm temp directory so that firewall rules for X11 server could be set up easily (in order to allow X11 server, add program "%tempfolder%\MobaXterm%Version%\bin\XWin.exe" to the firewall whitelist)
• Improved ergonomics of settings tabs
• SFTP browser now displays useful hints when mouse cursor is over a remote file
• Corrected a bug: when downloading files using the SFTP browser, empty directory were not downloaded
• Auto-detect FVWM2 version (if you are using FVWM2 plugin, this version is automatically selected)
• Added commandline parameter "-noX" for disabling X server at startup
• Added "Connect as..." right-click option on sessions
• Modified default shortcuts for "Find" (Ctrl+Alt+F) and "Find next" (Ctrl+F3)
• Updated documentation (New articles added in the FAQ section)
• Added "disable tools" setting in the customizer
• Added "disable macros" setting in the customizer
• Added "force access control" setting in the customizer
• Added macros import/export feature
• Added names for SSH tunnels
• Added new setting for X11 clipboard "disable copy-on-select": this setting prevents X11 clipboard from crashing when displaying some buggy applications
• Added new menu entry "Take a screenshot"
• Added new menu entry "View log file"
• Added new RDP setting "enable/disable clipboard redirection"
• Added private key setting for SFTP sessions
• Several cosmetic bugs corrected
• Added sorting feature for local browser in SFTP and FTP sessions
• Added a new option for saving a session to a file. Double-clicking on this file on another computer will allow you to launch the session.
• Added ASCII mode support for FTP sessions
• Added proxy support for FTP sessions
• Added FTPS support (FTP over SSL) for FTP sessions
• Updated Nc and Connect tools in order to allow SSH connections over SOCKS/HTTP proxies
• Added SOCKS/HTTP/Telnet proxy capabilities for SSH sessions (with SFTP browser!)

Version 6.5 (2013-07-25)

• New (experimental) feature: SFTP browser can now follow SSH terminal PATH: when you perform a "cd /tmp" in your terminal, SFTP browser will list /tmp content
• The buttons toolbar can now be customized
• Added vertical tabs: you can show/hide them by right-clicking on the tab bar and choose "Show/hide vertical tabs"
• Improved terminal speed by copying in TXT format by default (you can still copy with text formatting by using the terminal right-click menu)
• Corrected a fullscreen problem when using 2 monitors
• Added the "Ctrl+Shift+Tab" for reverse-cycling into tabs. As usual, this keyboard shortcut can be modified in the "Settings" window
• Removed "minimize/minimize to tray" menu
• Added more termcap definitions (vt100, vt200, xterm-256colors, etc...)
• Corrected some RDP tab closing bugs with slow RDP servers
• Implemented a more reliable network adapters detection
• Added the "ifconfig" command
• Fullscreen mode now displays the top toolbar for 2 seconds before closing it
• Serial connections can now be made using either minicom or microcom
• Telnet connecitons can now be made using either standard-telnet or busybox-telnet
• Updated Xorg to version 1.14.2 (corrected a bug with keyboard input in recent Java graphical applications)
• Corrected backspace key handling inside terminal when "Unix compatible keyboard" is unchecked
• Improved startup speed and CPU consumption while MobaXterm is running
• Added ssh private key connection mode for graphical tunnels
• Added an option for selecting the local network adapter for SSH tunnels
• Corrected a bug with XDMCP sessions not being started correctly at second launch

Version 6.3 (2013-05-09)

• Added new master password feature (secure passwords saving with strong encryption) - PRO EDITION ONLY
• Added an embedded NFS server
• Added an embedded VNC server
• Added a new option to set default text editor
• Improved serial connections and added some more options by replacing the "microcom" serial client by "minicom"
• MobaXterm speed has been increased by putting configuration (INI) file parsing in memory
• Re-enabled aero "glass" effect in the title bar when using "No skin" mode
• Added new skins
• Increased SFTP browser speed by increasing default buffer size
• Corrected a bug: buttons were not placed correctly in some forms with some graphic adapters
• Added CDE as remote desktop for SSH sessions
• Added "paste" command
• Corrected a bug: tab size after detaching is now the same as it was before detaching
• Corrected some typos in documentation
• Corrected issues when using 2 SFTP browsers with same SSH gateway
• Corrected a repainting problem with multi-desktops applications like VirtuaWin or Dexpot
• Changed embedded telnet client for better compatibility
• Added a way to launch macros at startup or to create desktop shortcuts for macros
• Improved tabs controls
• Added some inline help when mouse hovers components
• Created a "reset master password" tool that can be downloaded in order to reset a master password
• Default X11 font path has been set to take new fonts (from font plugins) into account
• Sessions can now be named using special characters like []
• Fixed persistent home directory detection when home directory has been set in the customizer
• Enabled fullscreen and detached tabs transparency
• Fixed OpenGL acceleration on computers which do not support HW OpenGL: you can uncheck the "HW OpenGL acceleration" from the "Settings" window in order to use safer SW OpenGL acceleration
• Many minor improvements
• Improved documentation

Version 6.2 (2013-02-25)

• Added new advanced tabs with move, detach, pin, rename and scroll features (thanks to the great component TChromeTabs)
• You can now launch MobaXterm sessions from a web page: this allows Sysadmins to publish shortcuts to pre-defined sessions (SSH, XDMCP, telnet, rlogin, SFTP, FTP, ...) on the company intranet
• Improved context-sensitive help by adding many tooltips, especially for SSH, RDP and X11 session settings
• MobaXterm now remembers the last launched session and automatically selects it on startup
• Added the "ttySxx" device name at microcom startup for easy file transfers using lrzsz
• Reverted to the previous way of managing SSH passwords and passphrase: the popup asking for password is now only displayed if MobaXterm is started hidden, or if it is needed for the gateway SSH server
• Added 2 new options for reconnecting or saving session after it stopped
• Added the "balance" load balancer application
• The "newtab" command can now take arguments in order to launch commands in the new tab
• The SFTP browser is no longer launched when using scp, sftp or ssh with a non-interactive command
• Added a button for importing PuTTY and SCRT sessions
• Added a new tab menu entry for going fullscreen on the 2nd monitor
• Corrected Ctrl+Shift+V shortcut for pasting into the terminal
• Corrected some other keyboard shortcuts (especially Alt+character or Ctrl+character)
• Corrected non-printable characters in some man pages
• Corrected a bug: Ssh-agent was not working properly
• Corrected a bug: rsync did not worked correctly with ssh client
• Added a new right-click option in SFTP browser for opening files with the default associated program
• Added new X11 fonts for very big and very small text
• Added a "check for updates" option in the "About" window

Version 6.1 (2013-01-07)

• Added new feature: it is now possible to launch a full remote desktop (Gnome, Kde, Lxde, Fvwm2, Openbox, ...) through a SSH secure connection.
• SSH password prompt is now asked in a popup window in order for SSH connections to work even if MobaXterm is started minimized
• Added a new "Check for updates" menu entry
• Added some speed improvements (at startup and during SSH/SFTP transfers) by optimizing program multi-threading
• Added a simple SSH/SFTP server
• Added a simple telnet server
• You can now use PuTTY private keys (PPK files) in SSH sessions
• Added automatic PuTTY connections importation at MobaXterm startup with automatic conversion of PuTTY private/public key files
• You can now specify a SSH private key for SSH connection
• You can now specify a SSH private key for boucing gateway authentication
• Added GSSAPI (Kerberos5) authentication support (experimental)
• Corrected passwords saving for connections when using SSH bouncing
• Added a dropdown sessions list on the right of the sessions tab bar
• Added a new keyboard shortcut for filtering sessions (Ctrl+S by default)
• Added a short explanation of plugins creation in the documentation
• Added a short tutorial in the documentation explaning how to launch MobaXterm from a BATCH script and use advanced command line parameters
• Added network servers in the "tools" menu
• Network servers can now be started from the terminal (for instance, you can type: "service ssh restart")
• Added new options to the right-click menu of the terminal (Search in terminal, Save terminal output, print terminal output, set terminal title, fullscreen, start new macro)
• Corrected macros hotkeys which did not work in MultiExec mode
• Corrected a bug: renaming a session by left-clicking on it in the left sidebar now works correctly (new session name was not saved in version 6.0)
• Added a timestamp to history commands
• Increased minimum size for tabs
• Corrected passwords retrieving from configuration file when using MobaXterm on another computer
• Added new topics in the HowTo and the embedded documentation
• Corrected a bug: macro recording did not work in MultiExec mode

Version 6.0 (2012-10-11)

• Added a TFTP server (useful for connecting to network equipments such as routers)
• Added a FTP server
• Added a HTTP server with a simple directory browsing feature
• Added macros support: you can now record a macro (all your keystrokes to the terminal are being saved) or play a saved macro. This can be used for interactive scripting, such as telnet/rlogin passwordless login and automation
• Added a new search feature inside terminals
• Fixed a problem with usernames that contain a "." character
• Removed typespeed game that could cause some freezes
• Fixed a problem at startup caused by wrong Windows version detection
• Added a new option for setting terminal type string (vt100, vt220, vt900, xterm, ...)
• Added keyboard shortcuts for playing macros

Version 5.1 (2012-09-11)

• Corrected serial connection issues with incorrect numbering of COM ports
• Corrected fullscreen RDP issues with mouse cursor incorrect positions
• Added quick access settings to the right-click menu on tabs
• Bug correction: modal dialogs were sometimes disapearing behind MobaXterm main window
• Corrected "Access violation" bug at MobaXterm startup
• Corrected ssh-agent bug: when using a domain user, ssh-add was working on 1st tab but not on others
• Added debug information for bug reports
• Bug correction: pasting to multiple terminal at once using Ctrl+Shift+Insert
• Bug correction: session type "local terminal" did not correctly remembered the shell type (bash or cmd)
• It is now possible to launch sessions from command line again

Version 5.0 (2012-07-17)

• Added a graphical port forwarding editor called "MobaSSHTunnel": this tool makes it easy for anyone to create SSH tunnels using a graphical tunnel builder
• Added a quick search field on top of the save sessions list in order to quickly find a session using a short pattern
• Added an option for enabling/disabling the SFTP browser
• Added the FVWM2 window manager in the tools list and as an X11 parameter in the settings window
• Added a new "MobaWMIRequest" commandline tool for executing WMI request and print output into MobaXterm (e.g. you can try to run the following command: MobaWMIRequest "SELECT * FROM Win32_BaseBoard")
• Bug correction: when using the "TCPCapture" packet capture tool, priviledges are automatically detected and TCPCapture asks user for higher priviledges if necessary
• The "Esc" key was incorrectly used for leaving fullscreen mode, even when another shortcut key was defined
• With some screen configuration, MobaXterm default placement was not correctly centered
• Improved settings window with a tabbed interface
• Bug correction: When a modal dialog window was opened (Settings, or Session Settings), Windows did not display MobaXterm in the list of running apps (Alt-Tab)
• Bug correction: Modal dialog boxes were sometimes disappearing under the main window
• Added the "bc" command line calculator
• The default for "multimonitors" option has been set to "checked" in order to avoid issues with X11 programs on 2nd monitor
• The "Cursor type" label was invisible in the Settings section
• Bug correction: an error message was sometimes displayed when closing the application
• Improved the consolesaver performances on slow computers
• Improved startup speed by loading sessions into memory before reading them from the INI file.
• Added an option for enabling/disabling SSH "ServerAlive" setting (this setting is useful for keeping SSH connections persistent)
• Added the ability to use SmartCards authentication with RDP client
• Added an undocumented INI parameter for specifying the TEMP directory for MobaXterm files: "MobaTempDir" (into "Misc" section)
• Added an undocumented commandline parameter for starting MobaXterm in a pre-defined directory: "-openfolder"
• Updated OpenSSL to version 0.9.8x (security issues fixed)
• Updated bash to version 4.1.10 (fixed some random STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION issues)
• Improved embedded documentation and added a helpful F.A.Q. section
• Added a new option in "Settings window", "Misc" which allows you to put a "Start MobaXterm here" entry to the right-click menu of folders inside Windows explorer
• Added UTF-8 printing capabilities in the terminal: you can now configure your chaset to UTF-8 for printing non-English characters (e.g. Korean) and perform the "ls" command: it will show you the correct file names.
• Added new options for enabling/disabling X11 extensions (advanced users only)
• Added a new option for starting the X server in a container window. This can be useful for starting a full desktop in the X server (e.g. ssh myserver "gnome-session")
• Added the "newtab" command for launching a new tab from within terminal
• Added an new option for choosing the screen you want to run X11 server on
• Added a new Ssh option "prompt for username" in order to act like PuTTY by default (prompt for login at ssh connection)
• Improved rxvt/xterm keypad handling: now the keyboard numeric keys are handled correctly inside rxvt
• Bug correction: MobaXterm startup was freezing on some configurations with huge number of users or groups
• Bug corrected with RDP not saving passwords correctly
• SSH connection to Ericsson RedBack Routers has been corrected
• New syntax highlighting language in MobaTextEditor added: Cisco IOS
• It is now possible to set the X11 display offset for opening X11 server on another display than :0

Version 4.5 (2012-05-02)

• New feature added: you can now "detach" any MobaXterm tab to an independant window. This window can be "pinned" in order to stay always on top of all other windows or to be displayed in "real" fullscreen (without displaying the task bar or title bar)
• Improved startup speed when using plugins: first time you start MobaXterm, a plugin index is created (file "MobaXterm.idx"). This speeds up MobaXterm plugins enumeration at startup
• You can now open an X11 tab. This allows X11 windows to be displayed into a single MobaXterm tab instead of being displayed outside MobaXterm, thanks to the powerful DWM window manager. This is also a replacement for the old Openbox feature that had disapeared since v4.0
• XDMCP sessions are now displayed into a MobaXterm tab: XDMCP windows are now managed as a standard MobaXterm tab. If you want to display your Xdmcp sessions outside MobaXterm, you can still "detach" the corresponding tab
• New session settings for starting in normal tab, detached tab, maximized detached tab or fullscreen
• RDP features have been added such as full NLA protocol compliance, an improved toolbar and a new fullscreen mode
• Added tab title "hints" displayed when mouse goes over a tab whose name is truncated
• Corrected a bug when switching to "no skin" mode: in some cases, the new skin setting was not correctly saved
• Corrected a bug with the "chmod" and "chown" commands not setting file access permissions correctly. This also solves an old bug with "ls -al" not displaying the correct permissions on some filesystems.
• Corrected a RDP focus bug
• Added basic SSH command completion (based on known hosts and users list)
• New setting for saving passwords to MobaXterm ini file and transfer previously saved passwords to the INI file (useful for transferring passwords from a computer to another)
• Corrected bugs when connecting to switch and router equipments using SSH
• Corrected a bug with terminal that did not render fonts correctly in some special cases and displayed only pink wide lines with nothing else written (this one was hard to find...)
• Improved fonts detection and choice: now the default MobaXterm font is not unpacked anymore before use, it is mapped in memory
• The X11 server now shows its DISPLAY as a small hint when you put the mouse cursor over the green "X" button
• Corrected a "File access denied" message that was displayed at MobaXterm startup when MobaXterm was previously started with admin priviledges
• Corrected a bug that occured at MobaXterm startup, when program was updated from a version older than v3.2
• Terminal logging can now be configured per session
• New keyboard shortcut for cycling through tabs (Ctrl+TAB by default)
• New "Duplicate tab" option
• Added a new command line option "-exec" for executing a command into MobaXterm bash shell (you can call for instance MobaXterm.exe -exec "date; sleep 1; echo 'This is a test'; echo 'Press any key to exit MobaXterm'; read i")
• PRO EDITION ONLY: Added a new button for showing stored passwords
• PRO EDITION ONLY: Added a new button for exporting stored passwords to a text file

Version 4.4 (2012-03-19)

• Increased start up speed, especially when using an antivirus (start up duration 12s --> 5s on a 4 years old computer)
• Added automatic RDP over SSH capabilities
• Added automatic VNC over SSH capabilities
• Added a new option for working with SSH gateway server (use an intermediate SSH server in order to reach the desired server)
• Added an option for launching a remote command when starting an SSH session without exiting this session when the command finishes
• RDP update for dealing with NLA security protocol (for Windows 2008 server compatibility)
• New RDP option "redirect audio"
• Improved RDP automatic password saving that did not work with very slow connections
• Improved RDP console connections detection on XP SP3 and higher (switched to the "ConnectToAdministerServer" RDP option instead of "ConnectToServerConsole")
• Corrected a bug: when one changed the name of a tab and pressed ENTER, the tab name was effectively changed but the active terminal also interpreted the ENTER command
• New commands: "ssh-copy-id" (copy your SSH public keys to remote servers for passwordless authentication) and "Rainbowizer"
• MobaXterm is now fully compatible with Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Version 4.2 (2012-01-23)

• Plugin libraries are now rebased on-the-fly in order to avoid some occasional errors inside bash
• Focus issues with VNC and RDP have been fixed
• New command added: "clearall" (Clears all screen but also the scrollback buffer)
• Disabled the TTY allocation by default for SSH connections
• Corrected a bug: when saving the output from a terminal in RTF format, the last lines were occasionally missing
• When you double-click on a session bookmark, the keyboard focus is automatically set to the new terminal
• SSH manpage has been corrected (the minus character was missing)
• OpenSSL has been updated to version 0.9.8t (many vulnerabilities fixed)
• MobaXterm log files can now be re-opened using the "more" command, but also inside MobaTextEditor

Version 4.0 (2011-12-15)

General modification:

• New session type: VNC (connect to your remote Windows desktop directly from a MobaXterm tab)
• New session type: RDP (Microsoft Terminal Services: allows you to access your remote Windows desktop directly from a MobaXterm tab)
• New session type: FTP (File Transfer graphical client with a \"remote edit\" function)
• New session type: SFTP (Secure File Transfer graphical client with a \"remote edit\" function)
• New session type: Serial (COM) communication (Administer equipments such as switch/router directly from the MobaXterm terminal)
• New session type: Local Shell (start a local shell with embedded Unix commands (\"bash\") or DOS (\"cmd\") directly in a MobaXterm terminal)
• Sessions can now be created and managed easily from the new session sidebar
• Several sessions can be started at MobaXterm startup or by right clicking on a session folder. This can be useful for restoring a complete environment with many open tabs
• The main window, tabs and icons have been redesigned in order to look better and to be more ergonomic
• You can now set different advanced terminal options for each single session you create (colors, fonts, charsets, ...)
• Added an option for closing all tabs except the current one
• The X11 server (Xorg) has been updated to its latest version
• A lot of X11 server options have been added in order to fine tune the Xorg server at MobaXterm startup (OpenGL support, drawing engine, keyboard type, clipboard integration, ...)
• A lot of XDMCP server options have been added in order to deal with every kind of remote OS (Solaris, HP-Ux, AIX, GNU/Linux, ...)
• You can now export/import your sessions or only some of your sessions to/from a file
• MobaXterm documentation has been updated
• MobaTextEditor can now start instantly for editing your remote files via SFTP or FTP.
• Several instances of MobaXterm can now be launched simultaneously
• MobaXterm is now fully compatible with Windows 8 Developer Preview

Unix Terminal Modifications:

• The ForwardX11Trusted ssh option (SSH X11-forwarding) is now enabled by default: you do not have to specify manually the \"ssh -X\" or \"ssh -Y\" command in order to activate X11-forwarding in MobaXterm
• The Compression ssh option is now enabled by default if the server supports it: you do not have to specify manually the \"ssh -C\" command anymore.
• Added 5 network daemons: telnetd, ftpd, tftpd, httpd and dnsd. These daemons can be started using the \"service start\" command. Be careful: these daemons do not use any authentication at all and allow any user to connect anonymously.
• After each command, a new indicator tells you if the previous command failed (x) or succeeded (v)
• Prompt (PS1) has been updated in order to display the current date, time, folder, user and computer name with colors
• Terminal locale is now autodetected from your Windows environment
• The startup message has been cleaned in order to be more explicit. The DISPLAY variable now uses your IP address instead of your host name.
• If you use a light background colour in your terminal, the fonts colors are darkened
• Added 2 new options in the right-click menu: zoom-in and zoom-out
• Terminal default size is now 80x24 characters
• Matches highlighting has been added in \"grep\"
• Colors (syntax highlighting) have been added in man pages
• A new option allows you to choose whether to paste using middle or right click
• When closing multiple terminals with a running process inside, now only one warning dialog is displayed
• A new option allows you to disable the warning which is displayed when closing a terminal with a running process inside
• You can now directly run a session by typing its name inside a terminal

Professional edition related modifications:

• MobaXterm customization settings are now directly saved into MobaXterm executable
• MobaXterm professional customizer is now licensed on a per-user and per-device basis
• Added new security restriction options for disabling unsafe protocols (RSH, telnet, FTP, XDMCP, VNC), disabling changing settings or disabling saving passwords
• Disabling games now deletes the embedded games from the menus and the MobaXterm executable
• New options and settings for editing your MobaXterm banner
• You can now use pre-defined environment variables such for displaying IP address, computername, username, version and DISPLAY
• The custom profile script is now executed after other necessary profile scripts
• Added new settings: paste using right-click, use Windows path environment, enable/disable SSH compression, ...
• Your custom logo is now displayed on MobaXterm splash screen and in the About window
• Bookmarks are now saved directly into MobaXterm executable file
• You can now import your MobaXterm bookmarks instead of creating them one by one in the customizer
• Several new bookmarks options have been added

Bug fixes:

• Games and screensaver were not correctly disabled in Pro version
• Some terminal characters were lost upon terminal resize/split
• The XDMCP command now includes the \"from\" command switch which can be necessary when you have more than one NIC in your computer
• Tab names are now locked when you renamed them manually
• When editing remote files using MobaTextEditor, the save window sometimes disapeared under terminals
• The \"minimize to tray\" button did not work after changing application skin
• Fixed bugs with MobaXterm X server (Xorg) running in a multi-screens environment
• Correcting some bugs when moving bookmarks to another folder
• Corrected many bugs in the embedded X11 server
• Corrected the black \"I\" mouse cursor when the terminal background is black
• Fixed some bugs with MobaXterm X11 server (Xorg) and Windows 7
• Fixed the warning message \"No xauth data\" when using ssh with X11 Forwarding

Version 3.2 (2011-05-30)

• New options for the Customizer: "Disable games"
• Improved the bookmarks interface (bookmarks folders, better edition, custom icon, ...)
• Added an option to hide/show the SSH graphical browser dynamically
• Added a new button for bookmarking a running SSH session
• Terminal tabs can now be moved using drag n'drop
• Compression has been enabled by default for SSH --> it allows big speed improvements, especially across slow networks or the Internet
• Big improvements on skins (no more flickering or slow effects)
• Corrected some multi-screens bugs
• Big improvements on the graphical interface, especially in "no-skin" mode
• New command available: "ssh-noencryption"
• No more settings are written to the registry so that MobaXterm is now fully portable (thanks to portablefreeware.com)
• There is now no skin by default at first startup
• Corrected the MobaControl[...] tools
• Updated many tools (rsync, etc...)
• Added the Stty tool
• Added the glxgears, glxinfo, glxheads and glxdemo tools
• Added the typespeed tool
• Some improvements in the splash screen
• A double-click on the tab bar now opens a new tab
• Corrected a problem with the SFTP upload progressbar with big files
• MobaTextEditor now remembers its previous window size
• The address bar in the SFTP graphical browser is now editable
• Added a screensaver for Home users that can be disabled by the customizer
• Corrected a problem with Backspace not correctly erasing letters on old Unixes and on some terminal applications
• Corrected a window resizing bug when the sftp browser was closed
• Corrected a tab button placement bug when switching from a SSH tab to a local tab
• Corrected some bugs with the rxvt terminal under Openbox
• Corrected a bug that prevented the terminal from launching in some particular cases
• The "minimize to tray" button is now available, even in "no skin" mode
• You can now specify the sender IP address in the Xdmcp chooser
• Several internationalization issues, especially in X server and in the SSH / SFTP clients
• The SFTP graphical transfers are now non-blocking and multi-threaded
• Added some new plugins (Expect, TCL/TK, Corskrew, ...)

Version 3.0 (2010-08-20)

• Added a very cool graphical browser when connecting to a remote host using ssh or sftp
• Dramatically improved the startup speed (no need to display a progress bar anymore?)
• Dramatically improved the plugins activation
• Added a main menu (you can choose to show only the main menu, only the buttons toolbar or both in the settings window)
• Added a very cool option called "Multi-execution mode": this option allows you to execute a single command on all the opened terminals
• Added customizable keyboard shortcuts
• Added a new "top" implementation that shows many useful information about processes
• Ctrl + Clic on a file name, on a link or on a directory name inside the terminal will open it in the Windows explorer
• Improved greatly Windows interaction
• Added many new customization options
• Corrected many display bugs with Windows
• Added ssh-agent with its options
• Improved the main window design
• Improved the Text Editor toolbar design
• PRO VERSION ONLY: Added a "MSI creator" that allows professional users to create and customize their own MSI installer packages
• PRO VERSION ONLY: Added many new options to the customizer in order to customize deeply MobaXterm
• Added a new option for showing/hiding the main menu
• Added a new option for showing/hiding the buttons toolbar
• Added a new option for creating a shortcut to your bookmark on the desktop
• Added a new "Minimize to tray" option
• Added a fullscreen mode option
• Added a new option for selecting a font path
• New option for sending ^H when pressing the backspace key
• Added UTF-8 support
• Added drag and drop support (you can now drag a file and drop it onto the terminal)
• Updated all tools
• Added Midnight Commander, ncdu, autossh, fdupes, iperf, full vim, rsync
• New accelerated X server (with OpenGL support)

Version 2.2 (2009-10-14)

• Added some new plugins
• Added an HTML documentation in the About window You can also type "help" in the terminal
• Improved the default console font
• Improved copy/paste when pasting to an external program
• Improved startup speed
• Added a great integrated picture viewer called "ShowImage"
• Added a great integrated text editor with development and diff features called "MobaTextEditor"
• Added a port monitoring program
• Added fdupes -a duplicate files finder (and optionally remover)
• When closing a remote ssh/telnet/rlogin/rsh connection, the tab title is set to the original tab title instead of "$HOSTNAME"
• Corrected a bug when in installed mode, the home directory was not correctly mounted
• The MobaConsole default font has been modified in order to better support antialiasing in Windows Vista and Windows Seven
• The default window size is now adapted to your resolution
• Changed the error message when using the "Create shortcut" button in the bookmarks editor without any bookmark selected
• Added FTP capabilities for bookmarks creation
• In the bookmarks creation dialog, there is a little red star for indicating required fields
• The bookmarks are now editable by double-clicking on them
• You can now select your home directory location, even in portable mode, so that you can keep your home files persistent
• You can now use small buttons for the MobaXterm menus
• You can now start an X-Win session with a light Window Manager ("Openbox")

Version 2.1 (2009-07-16)

• Added a "print" button
• When the current tab is over the tab limits, it is now displayed at the middle of the tabs bar. 2 arrow buttons allow users to browse the entire tab bar,even if the tabs are hidden.
• Corrected a bug when using Vista's screenlock feature
• Corrected a bug when resizing a terminal with multiple tabs (the new size values were not kept correctly)
• Enlarged the resize area in the bottom-right corner
• Added an information icon to the balloon tips
• Corrected a bug: in some cases the X server fonts were not completely loaded at startup
• Corrected a bug: in some cases, the Vista firewall was blocking the X server and an error could occur
• When the program is installed, the "Install" button is now disabled in the options window

Version 2.0 (2009-06-08)

• Changed name from "MobaXVT" to "MobaXterm"
• Dramatically speeded-up the startup time, especially when an antivirus is present (up to 420% faster!)
• Completely redesigned the terminal interface using native Windows widgets
• Added a very useful "Multi-Split View" option for displaying 1, 2 or 4 terminals at once (also called "dual-panel view" and "4-panel view")
• Removed the first screen (selection of X session mode)
• Added an option for saving all the terminal output to a text file
• Added an option for choosing your font (name, size, antialiasing, parameters, ...)
• Added an option for choosing the terminal colors
• Added a "clear screen" button
• Added a right-clic menu on the terminal with the following options: Select all, Copy, Paste
• Added a status bar for monitoring the X server and the clipboard
• Added a right-clic menu on tab and an option for closing tab with a middle-clic
• Added some documentation
• Added new unix commands like bzcat, dd, diff, du, ed, expand, ftpget,ftpput, hexdump, ipcrm, killall, lpr, md5sum, mkfifo, nice, nohup, od, patch,printf, renice, sendmail, setsid, sha1sum, strings, sum, sync, tac, tee, telnet,tftp, uname, unzip, uudecode, uuencode, watch, wc, wget, which, zcat
• Added some very light servers like httpd, tftpd, telnetd, dnsd
• Your parameters are now saved to an INI file which makes MobaXterm fully portable

Version 1.0 (2008-04-16)

• Initial release