The Kermit Project
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Now hosted by
Panix.com
New York City USA
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kermit@kermitproject.org
…since
1981
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Home | C-Kermit | E-Kermit | Kermit 95 | Scripts | Timeline | About | Archive |
Frank da Cruz
fdc@kermitproject.org
Page created: 1 July 2011
Most recent update: Wed Sep 11 13:32:21 2024
25 October 2022
But you can still use FTP the old-fashioned way: ftp
ftp.kermitproject.org, user: anonymous, password: anything, cd kermit
(and at this point you might have to give the "passive" command depending on
the FTP client) and then (for example) cd test/tar to download ("get")
C-Kermit Beta-test tarballs. For best results
use C-Kermit's built-in FTP client.
Kermit is a robust and portable platform-and-transport-independent file-transfer protocol and a large collection of software programs that implement it on a wide variety of platforms. In addition to file transfer, many of these programs also make network, dialed, and/or serial-port connections and also offer features such as terminal emulation, character-set conversion, and scripting for automation of any communication or file-management task. The Kermit Project originated at Columbia University in New York City in 1981 and remained there for 30 years. Since 2011 it is independent. CLICK HERE for more about the Kermit Project, protocol, and software.
All of these are written in the C programming language, with source code available.
Program | Operating systems |
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C-Kermit | Unix, VMS |
Terminal sessions, file transfer, character-set conversion,
scripting. Makes serial and TCP/IP network connections, including
secure ones. Unix is the operating system family that includes Linux,
Mac OS, Android, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and hundreds of
others. C-Kermit 9.0 and later has an Open-Source
BSD
license.
Prebuilt C-Kermit binarires for over 700 platforms 1985-2011 are
archived
at the Columbia University Kermit
website. As of 2023, C-Kermit 10.0
is in Beta test.
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G-Kermit | Unix |
File transfer only, does not make connections*.
GNU Public License.
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E-Kermit | None/Any |
For embedding in devices that might not have an operating system.
File transfer only. Programming is required for adaptation to a given device.
Extremely small and compact.
BSD license.
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Kermit 95 | Windows, OS/2 |
Terminal emulation, file transfer, character-set conversion,
scripting. Makes serial and TCP/IP network connections, including
secure ones. The new Open Source version is now in Beta Test (Windows only so far,
maybe OS/2 later).
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* | “Does not make connections” means that this Kermit program is used only on the "far end" of a data connection. For example, if you have a PC on your desk with Windows and Kermit 95, or with Linux and C-Kermit, you can make a connection (direct serial, or dialed with a modem, or Telnet, or SSH) to another (remote) computer, and you can use G-Kermit or E-Kermit (or C-Kermit) on the remote computer to transfer a file with your local computer (the PC in this case) using Kermit protocol [see diagram]. |
The historical Kermit software archive — the one that contains all the Kermit programs and files from 1981 to August 2011 — is at Columbia University: about 150 different programs, covering thousands of hardware-OS-version combinations, in 36 different programming languages and many more dialects. The archive page indicated just below links mostly to Columbia, but also links to some newer items that are here at the new site:
Kermit Software Archive 1981-2023:
http://kermitproject.org/archive.html
My thanks to Panix Public Access Networks Corporation on behalf of the open source community and Kermit software users and developers for hosting this site since 2011. —Frank da Cruz, fdc@kermitproject.org
Language | Link | Date | Translator | Organization |
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Albanian | Shqip | 2023-08-17 | Ermira Beqiri | NPI Finder |
Arabic | عربى | 2019-02-04 | Anonymous | 3 Piece Wall Art |
Belarusian | Беларускі | 2023-08-17 | Vladyslav Byshuk | Владислав Бишук | skyclinic.ua |
Catalan | Català | 2024-05-31 | Carlos García | Picture with Words |
Chinese |
中文 | 2018-06-04 | Danie Huang | furnitureok.com.au |
Chinese (T) | 繁體字 | 2019-08-03 | Austin Cole | MattressMoz.com |
Czech | Český | 2024-09-11 | Alena Piksaeva (Алёна Пиксаева) | Allekredittkort.org |
Danish | Dansk | 2023/08/19 | Kersten Schmidt | writemypaper4me.org |
Dutch | Nederlands | 2017-12-20 | Anonymous | BedsOnline.com.au |
Farsi | فارسی | 2019-02-04 | Anonymous | 3 Piece Wall Art |
Finnish | Suomalainen | 2017-12-20 | Anonymous | blackmango.com.au |
French | Français | 2018-02-13 | Martin | koddos.net |
German | Deutsch | 2017-12-20 | Anonymous | gstore.com.au |
Greek | Ελληνική | 2023-08-19 | Kersten Schmidt | ProThesisWriter |
Hebrew | עִברִית | 2017-03-08 | CSH team | CustomerServiceHelpline.co.uk |
Hebrew | עִברִית | 2017-12-20 | Anonymous | focusonfurniture.com.au/ |
Hindi | हिंदी | 2017-12-20 | Anonymous | codecamp.com.au/ |
Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia | 2016-12-29 | Jordan Silaen | chameleonjohn.com/ |
Italian | Italiano | 2017-12-20 | Anonymous | directartaustralia.com.au/ |
Korean | 한국어 | 2019-02-04 | Anonymous | Word Art America |
Norwegian | Norsk Bokmål | 2018-12-07 | Lars Olden | Norwegian Translations |
Norwegian | Norsk Nynorsk | 2022-02-22 | Espen Garman | Forbrukslån på dagen |
Polish | Polski | 2023/08/19 | Kersten Schmidt | justdomyhomework.com |
Portuguese | Português | 2017-03-17 | Anonymous | |
Romanian | Română | 2017-04-14 | Irina Vasilescu | |
Russian | Русский | 2023-08-17 | Vladyslav Byshuk | Владислав Бишук | studybounty.com |
Spanish | Español | 2011-10-01 | Aleida Morel | |
Swedish | Svenska | 2022-08-16 | Cecilie Brekgård | Kredittkortisten |
Tatar | Татар Теле | 2017-04-03 | Timur | myscres.com |
Turkish | Türkçe | 2020-12-31 | Anonymous | |
Ukrainian | Українська | 2023-08-17 | Vladyslav Byshuk | Владислав Бишук | studycrumb.com |
Urdu | اردو | 2019-03-26 | Sharifa | RealMS |
Uzbek | O’zbekcha | 2017-01-15 | Daniyar Nurgaliev | Best Car Team |
[about translations] Note: Translations are hosted at other sites and tend to disappear.
Most recent update: 11 July 2024 |