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Preview version 26.0_Preview1 (2025-12-10) changelog:

  • New feature: the "livesession" command allows you to launch a session from the local terminal or from a script
  • New feature: the "createsession" command allows you to create and save a session from the local terminal or from a script
  • New feature: you can launch a live session directly from the "Quick connect" bar (e.g. you can type "ssh user@server")
  • Improvement: added a way to import RDM sessions by right-clicking on the "User sessions" folder and choosing "Import sessions from third-party programs"
  • Improvement: added a way to import sessions from generic CSV files by right-clicking on the "User sessions" folder and choosing "Import sessions from a CSV file"
  • Improvement: you can now automate MobaXterm by using the "-exec" command line parameter with a live session
  • Improvement: the network scanner now shows a new entry for MAC addresses that you can click to look up the MAC vendor
  • Improvement: you can type "Help" in the "Quick connect" bar for complete documentation with all the available options listed
  • Improvement: removed the "Specify username" checkbox in the SSH session definition
  • Improvement: increased the session creation and session launch speed
  • Improvement: added some contextual hints on many graphical interface elements
  • Improvement: added a contextual completion menu in the "Quick connect" bar
  • Improvement: in the SSH-browser, the size of the file to download is calculated immediately before the download begins
  • Improvement: in SFTP sessions, the size of the file to download is calculated immediately before the download begins
  • Improvement: added a new "DirectDraw" option in the X11 global settings, to enable/disable DirectDraw rendering of X11 windows
  • Improvement: increased the speed of SSH tunnels list creation and SSH tunnels list display
  • Improvement: you can now change the SSH tunnels sequence order by dragging the "grip" button on the right of each tunnel entry
  • Improvement: if the "Follow SSH path" is activated, the SSH-browser follows the path even if it has been changed via a macro
  • Improvement: improved the SSH-browser directory listing speed for folders containing many files
  • Improvement: log events sent after having closed SSH gateways are still written into the MobaXterm log file
  • Improvement: eliminated some flickering effects on the sessions tree in dark mode under Windows 11
  • Bugfix: corrected a glitch in the "Quick connect" bar when focusing it at MobaXterm startup
  • Bugfix: corrected the "lscolors" script that was not properly printing the color bar
  • Bugfix: corrected the number of CPU cores identification in "MobaHwInfo"
  • Bugfix: downloading symlinks in the SSH-browser or in SFTP sessions sometimes resulted in truncated files
  • Bugfix: the SSH-browser folder was empty when the directory listing and "Follow SSH path" features were triggered at the same time
  • Bugfix: when using the same gateway for different sessions, after exiting some sessions, the remaining ones were sometimes disconnected
  • Bugfix: corrected a bug with tab icons on old Windows versions (XP and Seven)