Minicom

For the company by this name, see Minicom Advanced Systems. For the textphone, see Telecommunications device for the deaf.

Minicom

Minicom run in an X11 xterm window
Developer(s)	Adam Lackorzynski, Martin A. Godisch
Stable release	2.6.1 / February 11, 2012 (2012-02-11)
Development status	Active
Written in	C
Operating system	Linux, POSIX
Platform	Cross-platform
Type	Terminal emulator
License	GPL
Website	Website

Minicom is a text-based modem control and terminal emulation program for Unix-like operating systems, originally written by Miquel van Smoorenburg, 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 an old 386 laptop with a minicom floppy distro such as Pitux or Serial Terminal Linux.

Minicom running a Windows 2003 EMS prompt

See also

• picocom
• tip

External links

• minicom(1) – Linux User Commands Manual
• Minicom home page
• Pitux Minicom Floppy
• Linux Serial Console HOWTO
• Paul Virijevich (6 September 2006). "Improving server management with Minicom and conserver". Linux.com. VA Software. Retrieved 8 March 2009. 
• Bill McCarty (September 1999). "11.7 Using minicom and seyon". Learning Debian GNU/Linux. O'Reilly & Associates. Retrieved 8 March 2009.