homepage: https://deenewcum.github.io/termdetect/
Termdetect is a script that auto-detects which terminal you're using (eg. Putty, Xterm, Konsole). It does its job solely by communicating with the terminal via escape codes, so it's much more reliable than $TERM, and connecting remotely never causes a problem.
Current status: Fingerprints are more brittle than I originally thought they might be; they vary due to terminal version number as well as terminal settings changes. Currently the fingerprints database is manually updated. I'm looking at ways to make this easier.