TermiRs is a modern, async SSH terminal client built with Rust and Ratatui.
TermiRs provides a fast, secure, and user-friendly terminal interface for managing SSH connections with advanced features like secure file transfers and encrypted configuration storage.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Async SSH Connections: Built on russh for high-performance, non-blocking SSH operations.
- Multiple Authentication Methods: Support for password, public key, and keyboard-interactive authentication.
- SSH Config Import: Import connection details directly from your ~/.ssh/config file with Ctrl+L.
- Secure Configuration: Encrypted password storage using AES-256-GCM encryption.
- Connection Management: Save, edit, and organize SSH connections with a clean TUI interface.
- Port Forwarding: Create and manage local and remote port forwards with automatic status tracking.
- File Transfer: SFTP support for secure file uploads with progress tracking.
- File Explorer: Dual-pane SFTP browser with copy/paste transfers.
- Terminal Emulation: Full VT100 terminal emulation with color support and scrollback.
- Password Encryption: All passwords are encrypted at rest using AES-256-GCM with system-specific keys.
- Host Key Verification: Server public key validation and storage for connection security.
- No Logging of Secrets: Passwords and keys are never logged or written to disk unencrypted.
- Interactive UI: Modern terminal user interface with keyboard navigation.
- Connection Search: Fast search and filtering of saved connections.
- Progress Indicators: Visual feedback for file transfers and connection operations.
- Error Handling: Comprehensive error messages with helpful context.
- Responsive Design: Non-blocking operations keep the UI responsive at all times.
Website: github.com/caelansar/termirs
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Developer: caelansar
License: MIT License
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