Connect to routers, servers, firewalls, industrial control and IoT devices with ease.
See every byte received in raw hex format allowing you to work with devices lacking a text-based interface. A new send panel allows you transmit data in hex format too.
Serial is now a full featured SSH client with a comprehensive built-in identity manager and the ability to organize and group your favorite hosts.
Serial now includes comprehensive support for Telnet, including the RFC2217 extension for remote serial port control supported by many serial device servers. Serial supports raw TCP sockets as well.
Serial is a full-featured terminal emulator supporting Xterm, VT102, and ANSI terminal controls. This allows you to navigate the menu-driven interfaces found in many routers, firewalls and switches and use text based programs including emacs, vi, and nano as if you were connected over the network.
Serial includes built-in, reliable support for almost every serial device on the market, sparing you the hassle of finding, installing, and updating drivers.
Exactly what you need
I am a network engineer, and electronics hobbyist on the side. This does exactly what you need it to do, and not much more (which is a breath of fresh air.) It's just an app you can count on when you need to access a device via a serial connection. Drivers included for popular chipsets and Bluetooth. I never have to worry about whether my USB adapter is supported, I just plug it in, launch the app, do what I need to do, and get on with my life. It's absolutely perfect - don't change a thing. — SirNickity
Amazing Tool
I frequently access Cisco equipment, and I used to use ZTerm all the time. But, since it no longer works on modern version of MacOS, I had to find something different. Glad I stumbled across this gem - it's much simpler to use than ZTerm, and I haven't had a single issue. Thanks! — Pale0phyte
Mandatory tool to any network engineer
I am a network engineer who's been working for a manufaturers for the past 25yrs.
Serial is my goto program when I have no choice but hit the console port of those boxes in our lab.
It is perfect when coupled with an FTDI usb-serial adapter and provides the nice bells and whistles that come with a GUI.
Whether you end up needing VT100/220 Xterm etc. all those needed emulations are here. Tha't quite appreciated when you work on headless CPE VM hosts...
All-in-all, excellent piece of software. Thanks! — Hal06
Supports devices from FTDI, Silicon Labs, Prolific, TI, Microchip, and many more.
Save time by storing frequently used settings for use with multiple devices.
Capture timestamps for received data.
Reliable break support enables password recovery, Cisco ROM monitor mode and more.
Supports XMODEM, YMODEM, ZMODEM and Kermit for file transfers and firmware uploads.
Manual or automatic logging for auditing or debugging purposes.
Access non-standard baud rates.
Connect to Bluetooth Serial (SPP) and some Bluetooth Smart devices.
Version 2.0.18 — 23 MB — Release Notes
Free demo is fully functional for 7 days.
Requires macOS El Capitan (10.11) or later.
Compatible with macOS Tahoe (26.0) and runs natively on both Apple and Intel Processors.