tether keeps your Windows machine tethered to your SSH hosts. Screenshots 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.
Yes. tether is free and open-source software released under the MIT license.
What is the latest version of tether?
The latest version is 3.3.0, released on Oct 25, 2026.
Is it safe to download tether?
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with cf1d0ff3f7123bc9a9c7bafd1fa21e40c864d2f5df2337fb209a82c0534a1014.
Which Windows versions does tether support?
tether runs on Windows and is available for any architecture systems.
How do I uninstall tether?
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find tether and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=thxnlo.tether -e.
