What's new
This version
Connections
- Every key is tried in turn (the host's, the agent's, those in
~/.ssh); choose the authentication methods and their order per host or group, or offer only the host's key: Authentication - Telnet (
telnet://host) and serial consoles (serial://COM3?baud=115200) from quick connect and the palette: Connecting - Mosh, remote desktop (RDP) and VNC with the system's clients, X11 forwarding, host reachability, Wake-on-LAN and port knocking: Connecting
- Initial directory, environment variables and remote command per host: Connecting
- A command before connecting, with presets for AWS EC2 Instance Connect and Google Cloud OS Login: Jump hosts and proxies
- Connection diagnostics with the handshake of the last attempts, and an anonymized support bundle: Privacy and security
Hosts
- Export a group, with or without its hosts, and import it on another computer: Hosts
- Tags, favorites, recent hosts, duplicate, connect to a whole group, Markdown notes: Hosts
- Import from MobaXterm, SecureCRT, WinSCP, FileZilla, Tabby, mRemoteNG and Termius, besides OpenSSH, PuTTY and KiTTY: Import
- End-to-end encrypted sync between computers through a shared folder, a WebDAV server, a Git repository or an S3 bucket: Sync
Terminal
- Files through the terminal with ZMODEM:
szsaves in Downloads,rzopens the file chooser: Terminal - Move a tab to its own window, sessions still connected: Terminal
- The side panel can be hidden and resized for more room for terminals: Terminal
- A + after the tabs opens a new tab on a local shell, a host (with search) or a typed address: Terminal
- Context menus on tabs, panes, hosts and groups (close others, to the left, to the right, all…), and detached tabs can move back to the main window: Terminal
- An interface size setting for the whole app, separate from the terminal font; shortcuts are shown as ⌘ on macOS: Terminal
- Custom color schemes with an editor and importers (iTerm2, Windows Terminal, Base16, Alacritty, kitty, Ghostty), matched app colors: Terminal
- Desktop notifications from programs (OSC 9/777) and when long commands end, inline images (Sixel), the server's load on its pane: Terminal
- Session logs and recordings with a player, search, maximize, per-pane zoom: Terminal
- A broadcast bar and pane selection by group or tag: Broadcast
- Snippets imported from shell scripts or lists of commands, and exported as a file: Snippets
- Runbooks: steps on many hosts with conditions, confirmations and a results grid: Runbooks
Team
- A team vault: logins and notes shared end-to-end encrypted through a shared folder, WebDAV, Git or S3, used by hosts directly, and shared host groups kept up to date on every member's computer (in the app from shellvane.com)
Plugins
- Hosts from AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, Proxmox and NetBox, refreshed into a group, tokens in the vault; Docker, systemd and logs panels on connected hosts; install only what you need, from the store or a file, or write your own; logins from HashiCorp Vault, Teleport and Boundary: Plugins
Files and tunnels
- Preview files, compare and sync folders, resume transfers, edit on this computer: Files
- Ports listening on the server, forwarded in one click, and tunnels to Unix sockets: Tunnels
Keys and vault
- Keys on hardware tokens (YubiKey, smart cards, HSMs) through PKCS#11, with the PIN asked at login: SSH keys
- Where each key is used, export (OpenSSH, PuTTY), rotation on every host, Shellvane's SSH agent for other programs: SSH keys
- Vault recovery key, auto-lock and unlock with the system keychain, confirmed with Touch ID or Windows Hello: Vault
Getting started
- A first-run tour sets up the vault and imports your hosts: Getting started
Integration
shellvane-cli,ssh://andsftp://links, portable mode, a tray icon: Integration- Signed updates installed in place, also on macOS; installers for Windows, macOS and Linux (.deb, .rpm, AppImage): Integration