PuTTY Tunnel Manager

PuTTY Tunnel Manager is an open-source utility designed to help you manage PuTTY tunnels from the system tray. It is easy enough to configure, and it enables you to reserve PuTTY for just SSH shell sessions and keep this application for tunneling.

The program is very unobtrusive, as it only runs in the system tray, and it makes it much easier to open tunnels, as everything can be done with just a couple of mouse clicks.

Naturally, PuTTY needs to be installed on your PC in order to use this application. It should be able to detect the executable automatically, but you can also browse to its location if there are any issues.

It is worth noting that it is possible to move tunnels from PuTTY to PuTTY Tunnel Manager. If you want to use the former only for SSH shell sessions, without opening tunnels, this is a very useful feature.

The application enables you to add or remove tunnels from any existing PuTTY session. The process is very simple, and the program can also prevent more than one tunnel from listening on the same port.

When the configuration has been completed, the program will continue to run in the system tray. If you want to open or close a session, you just need to right-lick the tray icon and access the Tunnels menu.

Whenever your PC wakes up from stand-by, the application can reconnect any opened sessions automatically.

On the whole, PuTTY Tunnel Manager is a useful program for PuTTY users who wish to open and close sessions from the system tray. It enables you to keep PuTTY just for SSH shell sessions, and it is easy to configure.