sshPilot is a user-friendly, lightweight SSH connection manager with an integrated terminal.
No more remembering host aliases or complex SSH commands to manage your machines, copy keys or set up port forwarding.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Tabbed interface.
- Intuitive, minimal UI with keyboard navigation and shortcuts.
- File management in standard file managers using SFTP.
- Organize servers in groups.
- Option to use the built-in terminal or your favorite one.
- Broadcast commands to all open tabs.
- Full support for Local, Remote and Dynamic port forwarding.
- SCP support for quicly uploading a file to remote server.
- Keypair generation and copying to remote servers (ssh-copy-id).
- Support for running remote and local commands upon login.
- Secure storage for credentials via libsecret on Linux; no secret (password or passphrase) is copied to clipboard or saved to plain text.
- Privacy toggle to show/hide ip addresses/hostnames in the main window.
- Light/Dark interface themes.
- Customizable terminal font and color schemes.
- Load/save standard .ssh/config entries (Or use dedicated configuration file).
Website: github.com/mfat/sshpilot
Support:
Developer: Mehdi
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
sshPilot is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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