Sshx

A modern terminal SSH manager for managing SSH vaults, hosts, and interactive sessions from a keyboard-driven TUI.

Features

• Interactive terminal UI for browsing and connecting to SSH hosts.
• Add, edit, delete, duplicate, rename, and favorite connections.
• Realtime search from the TUI with /.
• Recent connection tracking.
• Import hosts from ~/.ssh/config.
• Import connections from Sshx JSON/YAML export files.
• Export connections to JSON or YAML.
• Interactive SSH sessions through node-pty.
• Secure password storage:
  • macOS: Keychain
  • Linux: Secret Service via secret-tool
  • Windows: DPAPI for the current user
• Log viewer for Sshx runtime logs.

Install

npm install -g @ahmdrv/sshx
sshx

For a local production-style install from this repository:

bun install
bun run build
npm pack
npm install -g ./ahmdrv-sshx-0.3.1.tgz
sshx

During development:

bun install
bun run dev

Usage

Open the TUI:

sshx

Show help:

sshx --help

Show version:

sshx --version

TUI Shortcuts

Enter  connect to selected host
/      search, or type /add to add from search mode
a      add connection
e      edit selected connection
Ctrl+S save immediately while adding/editing
d      delete selected connection with confirmation
f      toggle favorite
Esc    cancel current mode
q      quit

Commands

sshx add [options] <name>       Add a new SSH connection
sshx edit [options] <id>        Edit an SSH connection by id
sshx list [options]             List configured SSH connections
sshx delete <id>                Delete an SSH connection by id
sshx duplicate <id>             Duplicate an SSH connection by id
sshx rename <id> <name>         Rename an SSH connection by id
sshx favorite <id>              Toggle favorite status by id
sshx import [options]           Import connections from ~/.ssh/config or Sshx JSON/YAML export
sshx export [options] <file>    Export connections to JSON or YAML
sshx connect <target>           Connect by id or exact name
sshx ssh <target>               Alias for connect
sshx logs [options]             Show Sshx log file

Examples

Add a password-based connection:

export SSHX_PASSWORD='server-password'
sshx add "Production" \
  --host 1.2.3.4 \
  --username root \
  --port 22 \
  --group Production \
  --tags Laravel,Ubuntu \
  --password-env SSHX_PASSWORD
unset SSHX_PASSWORD

Add a key-based connection:

sshx add "Web-01" \
  --host 1.2.3.4 \
  --username root \
  --identity-file ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 \
  --group Production

List connections:

sshx list

Search from the CLI:

sshx list --search prod

Connect:

sshx connect "Production"

Import from OpenSSH config:

sshx import

Import from Sshx export:

sshx import --file connections.json
sshx import --file connections.yaml
sshx import --file backup.txt --format json

Export:

sshx export connections.json --format json
sshx export connections.yaml --format yaml

View logs:

sshx logs
sshx logs -n 200
sshx logs --path

Configuration

Configuration is stored at:

~/.config/sshx/config.json

Example:

{
  "connections": [
    {
      "id": "uuid",
      "name": "Production",
      "host": "1.2.3.4",
      "port": 22,
      "username": "root",
      "identityFile": "~/.ssh/id_ed25519",
      "group": "Production",
      "tags": ["Laravel", "Ubuntu"],
      "color": "red",
      "favorite": true,
      "createdAt": "2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "recentConnectionIds": []
}

Passwords are not stored in config.json. Sshx stores only a secret reference and keeps the password in the OS credential store.

Requirements

• Node.js 20 or newer.
• OpenSSH client available on PATH.
• Bun is only required for development and release builds.

On Linux, install secret-tool first. For example, Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt install libsecret-tools

Development

bun install
bun run dev
bun run check

Release

bun run check
npm pack --dry-run
npm publish --access public

The published package includes only dist, scripts, README.md, and LICENSE.