tabby-ssh-config-import

An AI-generated Tabby terminal plugin for bulk importing SSH profiles from ~/.ssh/config into Tabby's profile list.

Features

• Reads hosts from Tabby's built-in SSH config importer (~/.ssh/config)
• Shows only hosts that are not yet saved as Tabby profiles (deduplication by host address)
• Editable Hostname and IP/Host fields per row before importing
• Group selector with option to create a new group inline
• Icon picker with recently used icons, manual name input, and a full FontAwesome Free gallery with search
• Color picker with rainbow presets, black & white, and custom HEX input
• Checkboxes for selecting individual hosts; Add selected and Add all buttons
• After import, imported rows are removed from the list and a success message is shown

Screenshots

The plugin adds a new SSH Config Import entry to the Settings sidebar (under Profiles & connections).

Installation

From dist (pre-built)

1. Create the plugin directory:

   %APPDATA%\tabby\plugins\node_modules\tabby-ssh-config-import\

2. Copy dist\ folder and package.json into it.
3. Restart Tabby.

From npm (when published)

Open Tabby → Settings → Plugins, search for tabby-ssh-config-import and install.

Building from source

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• npm 9+

Steps

# 1. Clone or download the source
cd tabby-ssh-config-import

# 2. Install dependencies
#    --legacy-peer-deps is required because tabby-settings pulls in Angular 15
#    peer deps that conflict with the locally resolved TypeScript version.
#    This is safe: all Tabby packages are externals and are not bundled.
npm install --legacy-peer-deps

# 3. Build
npm run build

The output will be in dist/index.js.

Project structure

tabby-ssh-config-import/
├── src/
│   ├── index.ts             # NgModule — registers the settings tab provider
│   ├── settingsTab.ts       # SettingsTabProvider — adds the sidebar entry
│   ├── importComponent.ts   # Main Angular component with all UI logic
│   └── faIcons.ts           # FontAwesome Free 6 icon name list (~230 icons)
├── dist/                    # Build output (generated)
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
└── webpack.config.js

How it works

Tabby already parses ~/.ssh/config via its built-in OpenSSHImporter and exposes the hosts as builtin profiles in the group "Imported from .ssh/config". This plugin reads those profiles via ProfilesService.getProfiles({ includeBuiltin: true }), filters out any whose options.host is already present among saved (non-builtin) SSH profiles, and presents the remainder in an editable table for bulk import.

All Tabby packages (tabby-core, tabby-settings, @angular/*) are declared as webpack externals and are not bundled — they are provided at runtime by the host Tabby application.

License

MIT