# Install putty with Homebrew

Implementation of Telnet and SSH. Version 0.84 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-22.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:putty
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install putty
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:putty
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.84
- **Source summary:** Implementation of Telnet and SSH
- **Homepage:** <https://putty.software/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-22T13:35:46Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- pageant (alias)
- plink (alias)
- pscp (alias)
- psftp (alias)
- psusan (alias)
- pterm (alias)
- putty (alias)
- puttygen (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.84

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/putty.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/putty.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation