Minicom

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Minicom

Minicom run in an X11 xterm window
Original author(s)	Miquel van Smoorenburg
Developer(s)	Adam Lackorzynski
Stable release	2.7.1 / April 18, 2017; 4 years ago (2017-04-18)[1]
Repository	salsa.debian.org/minicom-team/minicom
Written in	C
Operating system	Linux, POSIX
Platform	Cross-platform
Type	Terminal emulator
License	GPL
Website	salsa.debian.org/minicom-team/minicom

Minicom running a Windows 2003 EMS prompt

Minicom is a text-based modem control and terminal emulator program for Unix-like operating systems, originally written by , and modeled after the popular MS-DOS program Telix. Minicom includes a dialing directory, ANSI and VT100 emulation, an (external) scripting language, and other features. Minicom is a menu-driven communications program. It also has an auto ZMODEM download.

A common use for Minicom is when setting up a remote serial console, perhaps as a last resort to access a computer if the LAN is down. This can be done using nothing more than a 386 laptop with a Minicom floppy distribution such as or .

See also[]

•  Free and open-source software portal
• tip (Unix utility)

References[]

External links[]

• minicom(1) – Linux User Commands Manual
• Bill McCarty (September 1999). "11.7 Using minicom and seyon". Learning Debian GNU/Linux. O'Reilly & Associates. Retrieved 8 March 2009.

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