PrettyGoodTerminal

Short Description:
PGT is a free, mass-scriptin application for Windows supporting Python script hosting. It is an extensible .NET based network configuration utility aimed to mass-configure routers and switches. Allows you to visually create scripts, like a flowchart.

Long Description 1:
Pretty Good Terminal is a free, lightweight, scriptable and extensible configuration utility designed to mass-configure networking devices. PGT excels in its ability to connect to remote devices when direct, routed connection is not available, but jump servers/routers can form a path, hop-by-hop, towards the destination. Also provides an extensible framework for developers to write scripts in Python, C# or VBA using its COM interface.

Long Description 2:
Pretty Good Terminal is much more than just another terminal emulation software. It is a free, lightweight, scriptable and extensible .NET based network configuration utility designed to mass-configure networking devices, such as Cisco routers or switches. PGT excels in its ability to connect to remote devices when direct, routed connection is not available, but jump servers/routers can form a path, hop-by-hop, towards the destination It is very easy to generate a device script or create it in Excel and import it for execution. PGT's modular architecture also supports external class libraries for .NET languages to perform custom actions via a scriptable terminal interface. As a development platform it can also be used as an SSH / Telnet library for applications. And all of this functionality is also provided through a chain of jump servers, not just for direct device connections. For those being more familiar with VBS/WSH/PowerShell scripting, Pretty Good Terminal exposes its functionality through COM objects. Since it was born as a solution to real life challenges, it has already proven its power and efficiency in production, Data Center environments and are tested on more than 50000 devices.