Secure Shell Manager

Streamline SSH connections with a simple Terminal UI

Scratching my own itch: ssm is an SSH connection manager designed to connect, filter, tag, and much more from a simple terminal interface. Works on top of installed command-line programs and does not require any setup on remote systems.

tl;dr - Install

See HELP for CLI flags.
See CHANGELOG for dev info.

Features

• vim keys: jkhl, ctrl+d/u, g/G
• emacs keys: ctrl+p/n/b/f
• ctrl+r run commands without spawning a TTY
• ctrl+e edit the loaded config
• config will automatically reload on change
• ctrl+v show config next to servers
• filter through all your servers: /
• switch between SSH and MOSH with TAB
• CLI short-flags support e.g. ssm -seo enables --show, --exit, and --order
• group servers using tags e.g. #tag: admin
• show only admin tagged servers ssm admin
• use #tagorder key to prioritize tagged hosts in list-view
• use --theme to change color scheme
• edit themes.go to add more

Keys

<enter↵>       connect to selected host
<ctrl+e>       edit ssh config
<ctrl+v>       show all config params in sideview
<ctrl+r>       run commands on host w/o starting a tty 
<tab>          switch between SSH/MOSH
< / >          filter hosts
<q or esc>     quit

# under development (coming soon)
ctrl+s         sftp upload/download files to/from server 
ctrl+g         port-forwarding UI 
space␣         select multiple hosts to interact with

Quickstart

If you're not accustomed to ssh config start here otherwise skip to Install

• SSH config manual

# backup any existing config
[ -f ~/.ssh/config ] && cp ~/.ssh/config ~/.ssh/config.bak
# create ssh config
cat <<EOF >>~/.ssh/config
# This is an example config for SSH

#tagorder is a key used to prioritize #tag: hosts in list-view

Host hostname1
#tag: tagValue1,tagValue2,tagValueN
    User user
    HostName hello.world
    Port 2222
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Host segfault.net
#tag: research
    User root
    HostName segfault.net

Host terminalcoffee
#tag: shops
    User adam
    HostName terminal.shop
EOF
# file must have 600 perms for security
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/config

Install

Download ssm binary from releases

available for [Linux, MacOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris]
on [x86_64, i386, arm64, arm] architectures, need more? just ask

# verify the binary is signed with my key
gpg --verify ssm_sig ssm

# bash script install for linux|macos|freebsd|netbsd|openbsd|solaris
curl -sSL https://github.com/lfaoro/ssm/raw/main/scripts/get.sh | bash
wget -qO- https://github.com/lfaoro/ssm/raw/main/scripts/get.sh | bash

# we don't pay Apple for a signing key, therefore you might need to run
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ssm # on MacOS

# brew tap for macos/linux
brew install lfaoro/tap/ssm

Build

requires Go

# bootstrap
go install github.com/lfaoro/ssm@latest

# build
git clone https://github.com/lfaoro/ssm.git \
  && cd ssm \
  && make \
  && bin/ssm

# build from sr.ht mirror
git clone https://git.sr.ht/~faoro/ssm \
  && cd ssm \
  && make \
  && bin/ssm

make clean
# clean everything even caches
make distclean

Help

• SSH config example
• message me on Telegram
• tag me on X

Contributors

See all

Pull requests are very welcome and will be merged.
Report a bug or request a new feature, feel free to open a new issue.

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