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SecureCRT to SuperPutty – Migrate Your Sessions with One Python Script

Byfryadmin

If you’ve ever had to move a large session library from SecureCRT to SuperPutty, you know the pain — there’s no built-in migration path, and manually re-entering dozens (or hundreds) of sessions is a miserable afternoon. I wrote SCRT_2_SPUTTY to handle it automatically. Point it at your SecureCRT XML export, and it spits out a ready-to-import SuperPutty XML file. No third-party libraries, no configuration files — just Python and a single command.

What It Does

SecureCRT can export your entire session list as an XML file (Tools → Export Settings → Sessions → XML). SCRT_2_SPUTTY reads that file, walks the nested folder structure, maps each session to its SuperPutty equivalent, and writes a clean XML file you can import directly into SuperPutty.

It handles all the details you’d have to sort out manually:

  • Protocol mapping (SSH2, Telnet, RDP, SFTP → their SuperPutty equivalents)
  • Folder hierarchy — SecureCRT’s nested groups get flattened into path-prefixed names like Datacenter/Core Switches/sw-core-01
  • Port resolution — reads the protocol-specific port field and falls back to the standard default if none is set
  • Skips template stubs (Default, Default_RDP, etc.) and unsupported protocols like Serial and Local Shell
  • Warns on sessions with no hostname rather than silently writing a broken entry

Requirements

Python 3.6 or later. No third-party packages — it uses only the standard library (xml, argparse, sys).

Exporting from SecureCRT

  1. Open SecureCRT
  2. Go to Tools → Export Settings…
  3. Select Sessions and choose XML as the format
  4. Save the file (e.g. SecureCRT_Sessions.xml)

Usage

# Use the default output filename (SuperPutty_Sessions.xml)
python SCRT_2_SPUTTY.py SecureCRT_Sessions.xml

# Specify a custom output path
python SCRT_2_SPUTTY.py SecureCRT_Sessions.xml C:\Users\jeff\SuperPutty_Import.xml

Sample output:

Reading  : SecureCRT_Sessions.xml
Converted: 42 session(s)
Written  : SuperPutty_Sessions.xml

Importing into SuperPutty

  1. Open SuperPutty
  2. Go to File → Import Sessions → From XML File…
  3. Select the generated XML file
  4. Your sessions will appear in the session list

Protocol Mapping

Not every SecureCRT protocol has a SuperPutty equivalent. Here’s how they map:

SecureCRT ProtocolSuperPutty Protocol
SSH2SSH
SSH1SSH
TelnetTelnet
TelnetSSLTelnet
RDPRDP
SFTPSSH
Serialskipped
Local Shellskipped
TAPIskipped
Rawskipped

Skipped sessions are reported to the console so you know exactly what didn’t make the trip.

Get It on GitHub

The script is up on GitHub — grab it, fork it, or open an issue if your SecureCRT export has something unusual in it:

https://github.com/FryguyPA/SecureCRT-Sessions-to-Super-Putty

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