Command-line tool

telnet

brew/telnet

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

User interface to the TELNET protocol

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install telnet

macOS

brew install telnet

Telnet to the default port of a host

telnet host

Telnet to a specific port of a host

telnet ip_address port

[Interactive] Exit a telnet session

quit

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