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Modernizing SSH client usage

SplitIceSplitIce Member, Host Rep

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.

    Thanked by 4skorous pbx pepa65 boernd
  • DPDP Administrator, The Domain Guy

    @SplitIce said: consistently have far too many open SSH windows

    MobaXterm.

  • abytecuriousabytecurious Member
    edited June 2021

    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).

    Thanked by 2SplitIce coreflux
  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    @thedp said: MobaXterm

    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!

    Thanked by 1doughnet
  • SplitIceSplitIce Member, Host Rep

    @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

    Thanked by 1kalimov622
  • HakimHakim Member

    Windows Terminal

  • lentrolentro Member, Host Rep

    Termius -- free if you are a student:

    https://termius.com/

  • FranciscoFrancisco Top Host, Host Rep, Veteran

    iterm2 + cli ssh.

    Francisco

  • PureVoltagePureVoltage Member, Patron Provider

    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.

    Thanked by 1coreflux
  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    @PureVoltage said: Wish it could have more sessions open at once however.

    You can have unlimited sessions...

    https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download.html

    ...just not with the free version.

    Thanked by 2skorous einverne
  • secureCRT is good,U can try

    Thanked by 1darkimmortal
  • TimboJonesTimboJones Member
    edited June 2021

    @SplitIce said:
    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.

    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

  • aquaaqua Member, Patron Provider

    MobaXTerm is a good one. Has server usage and saves passwords locally. Good use.

    Thanked by 1einverne
  • XiNiXXiNiX Member, Host Rep

    XShell is quite good.
    They even have a free version if u wanna test.

  • XiNiXXiNiX Member, Host Rep

    @ramesh_vish said:
    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).

    Thats really good.

  • jsgjsg Member, Resident Benchmarker
    edited June 2021

    @raindog308 said:
    And I insist all my ssh sessions are green text on black!

    Haha, I also disliked the yellowish monitors and terminals and strongly preferred the green ones.

  • RoldanRoldan Member

    XShell for Windows
    Core Shell for Mac
    Remmina for Linux

  • SplitIceSplitIce Member, Host Rep

    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.

  • webdevwebdev Member

    Bitvise SSH Client

  • @SplitIce sorry Electerm didn't work out..

  • InceptionHostingInceptionHosting Member, Patron Provider
    edited June 2021

    You might want to check Termius https://termius.com/windows I found it the natural progression after 20?!? years of using putty.

  • LeviLevi Member

    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/

  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran
    edited June 2021

    @jsg said: Haha, I also disliked the yellowish monitors and terminals and strongly preferred the green ones.

    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.

    Thanked by 1jsg
  • UnixfyUnixfy Member
    edited June 2021

    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.

  • Shot2Shot2 Member

    Good ol' terminal on Win 10.

    And the redacted hundreds of redacted open windows to deal with.

    Thanked by 1raindog308
  • MannDudeMannDude Host Rep, Veteran

    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

    Thanked by 1emre
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