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Update confidence: High
Latest release 3.3.0Several positive signals and no warning.
- Released days ago: 19.
- No newer version was withdrawn.
- Every file has a checksum published by the publisher.
- Signatures could not be checked.
- No open report about this release.
- No vulnerability feed for this software.
- Based on stored facts about this release; it is a guide, not a guarantee.
- Latest
- 3.3.0
- Licence
- Open source
- Verification
- SHA-256
- Platforms
- Windows
About tether
and files copied to the clipboard upload over SSH and the remote path lands
on your clipboard, ready to paste into Claude Code, Codex, or any SSH
session. It also supervises SSH port forwards with keep-alive and automatic
reconnection, shares local Android (adb) devices with a server, and fetches
files a server drops in an outbox directory back to the local clipboard.
Requires the built-in Windows OpenSSH client and key-based auth.
- Platforms
- Windows
- Licence
- Open source (MIT) — source code is public under an open-source licence; free to use, study and share.
- Links
- Official website
Official downloads
· via the WinGet repository
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Windows · any · PORTABLE
Best for you
tether.exe — github.com
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cf1d0ff3f7123bc9a9c7bafd1fa21e40c864d2f5df2337fb209a82c0534a1014
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Clicking “Download” takes you straight to the file on the publisher's official server. Verify the SHA-256 before running it: on Windows «Get-FileHash file», on macOS / Linux «shasum -a 256 file».
Install guide
The best way to install, update and remove this program on your system, from the official source.
winget install --id thxnlo.tether --exact --source wingetwinget upgrade --id thxnlo.tether --exact --source wingetwinget uninstall --id thxnlo.tether --exactchoco install tether -ychoco upgrade tether -ychoco uninstall tether -yChocolatey community packages are maintained by volunteers; WinGet is preferred when available.
The command is copied without the prompt sign.
Security & project health
Security
67How trustworthy the source and files are: verified publisher, checksums, HTTPS, official host, signature, scan, links and known vulnerabilities.
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Verified publisher0/20
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SHA-256 checksums15/15
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HTTPS downloads10/10
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Official download host10/10
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Code signature5/10
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File scan7/15
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Working links5/5
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No open vulnerabilities15/15
Health
77Is the project alive? Release recency and cadence, community, maintenance status and data completeness.
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Recent release35/35
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Releases in the last 12 months10/20
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Community10/20
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Actively maintained15/15
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Complete information7/10
Known vulnerabilities
Vulnerability tracking is not configured for this program yet.
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tether
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