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Modernizing SSH client usage
I dare say like many people here I live in SSH. I easily average an hour per day and consistently have far too many open SSH windows.
I've been thinking about alternatives for PuTTy for a while now but all the options have come up short.
What do you swear by?
Personally I was hoping to find something where a file was a connection in VSCode and commit server names (note: not passwords, for god sake it's 2021 use ssh keys and an agent). Unfortunately I didnt find any premade extension.
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CTRL+T
ssh user@remotemachine
Never fails.
MobaXterm.
I recommend https://github.com/electerm/electerm
The connections are synced via gist's created on Github. The Gist's are private by default.
Edit: I like the grouping that they have. Different themes possible (the app is electron based, so the themes are similar to VSCode themes).
A great choice for Windows.
On macOS, the built-in Terminal app works great for me.
And I insist all my ssh sessions are green text on black!
@ramesh_vish a bit buggy it appears. I found multiple bugs (yes, I'll be reporting - but might already be reported vast marjority of bugs are in chinese) in the first 10 minutes of usage.
mremoteng + Google drive sync
BitVise
https://www.bitvise.com/ssh-client-download
WinSSHTerm
https://winsshterm.blogspot.com/
Terminus
https://eugeny.github.io/terminus/
Windows Terminal
Termius -- free if you are a student:
https://termius.com/
I use Royal TS
https://www.royalapps.com/ts/win/features
iterm2 + cli ssh.
Francisco
For windows it's hard to beat mobaxterm.
We have been running it forever now and it saves a lot of time. Wish it could have more sessions open at once however.
Their multiexec works wonderful for some tasks like adding scripts onto systems. Ideally once they're on the box they get pushed from a dist server after this.
SSH keys works well on it.
Interested to see what people use for linux these days. Slowly making our way from using windows.
You can have unlimited sessions...
https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download.html
...just not with the free version.
secureCRT is good,U can try
Remote Desktop Manager. Free cloud syncing so your connection list can be synced on multiple machines. Tons of features.
https://remotedesktopmanager.com/compare?lang=en-ca
MobaXTerm is a good one. Has server usage and saves passwords locally. Good use.
XShell is quite good.
They even have a free version if u wanna test.
Thats really good.
Haha, I also disliked the yellowish monitors and terminals and strongly preferred the green ones.
XShell for Windows
Core Shell for Mac
Remmina for Linux
Damn it I find myself trending back towards PuTTY and/or Windows Terminal
Electerm has no:
a) Support for Windows Snapping; and
b) A very limited tab/window model; and
c) No snapping (has precoded split screen, but no draging of windows to other screens and snapping them at will etc)
Unfortunately these lead to a poor user experience for my typical usage patterns.
Bitvise SSH Client
@SplitIce sorry Electerm didn't work out..
You might want to check Termius https://termius.com/windows I found it the natural progression after 20?!? years of using putty.
WinSSHTerm or Xshell. These solutions are by far superior in terms of lightweight, intuitive usage and just hit the right spot. Personally I use WinSSHTerm with donation option.
Another one is mRemoteNG
https://mremoteng.org/
I've read that light-on-black (and specifically green-on-black) is better for your eyes, while black text on white background is worst. I don't know for sure, but considering I'll have spent 40+ years staring at screens by the time I'm done, I figured even if the effect was small it would add up.
I use Termius - https://termius.com/
Built in session sync is really convenient for when I'm on the go - can create a session on my laptop and then continue it on my smartphone.
Good ol' terminal on Win 10.
And the redacted hundreds of redacted open windows to deal with.
Am I the only one who uses Terminator? One of the first things I do on any new desktop is
apt-get install terminator -y