xpssh

SSH keys for git providers, done right. One command takes you from nothing to a working git clone over SSH — key generated, ~/.ssh/config wired, agent loaded, public key delivered, connection tested.

Supports GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps, with first-class multi-account support (work + personal on the same machine without the wrong-key headaches).

npm i -g @vancityayush/xpssh   # then the `xpssh` command is available everywhere
xpssh                          # interactive TUI
xpssh setup github -e [email protected]      # or go straight to it

Or run it without installing: npx @vancityayush/xpssh / bunx @vancityayush/xpssh.

Requires Node ≥ 22 (or Bun). Works on macOS and Linux; Windows is best-effort.

What it does

$ xpssh setup github -n work -e [email protected]
· Generate SSH key                ✓ ed25519 key written to ~/.ssh/xpssh_github_work
· Add host entry to ~/.ssh/config ✓ Host github.com-work added
· Load key into ssh-agent         ✓ Key in agent (persisted to Keychain)
· Deliver public key to provider  ✓ copied to clipboard, settings page opened
· Test SSH connection             ✓ Hi you! You've successfully authenticated
✓ Profile github-work ready — clone with [email protected]:<owner>/<repo>.git

Launching xpssh with no arguments opens the TUI: a dashboard of your profiles with status badges, a setup wizard, connection tester, agent manager — plus a Claude-Code-style command bar (/) that accepts every CLI command from anywhere.

Commands

| Command | What it does | |---|---| | xpssh setup <provider> | End-to-end key setup (-n name, -e email, --token API upload, --dir bind a folder, -y non-interactive) | | xpssh list [--json] | All profiles with key/test status and clone prefixes | | xpssh test [<profile>] [--all] | Verify SSH auth actually works | | xpssh copy <profile> [--open] | Public key → clipboard (+ provider settings page) | | xpssh upload <profile> | Push the public key via provider API (token from flag, env, or prompt) | | xpssh agent [list\|add\|remove\|start] | ssh-agent management (macOS Keychain aware) | | xpssh remove <profile> | Clean removal: config block, key files, manifest | | xpssh doctor [--fix] | Detect & repair drift between manifest, ssh config, keys, and perms |

Providers accept aliases: gh, gl, bb, ado.

Multi-account, solved properly

Each key is a named profile (github-work, github-personal). xpssh writes fenced, marker-tracked blocks to ~/.ssh/config — your own content is never touched, and removal restores the file byte-for-byte:

# >>> xpssh:github-work >>>
Host github.com-work
    HostName github.com
    User git
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/xpssh_github_work
    IdentitiesOnly yes        # ← the line that prevents wrong-account auth
    AddKeysToAgent yes
    UseKeychain yes           # macOS only
# <<< xpssh:github-work <<<

• Your first profile per provider claims the bare host ([email protected]:… just works); later ones get aliases ([email protected]:…).
• --dir ~/work binds a directory to a profile via git includeIf: repos under it automatically commit with the right email and the right key, even when cloned with the bare URL.

API token upload

Skip the copy-paste: xpssh setup github --token <PAT> (or xpssh upload github-work) pushes the key via the provider's REST API. Tokens are read from flags, XPSSH_TOKEN_GITHUB / XPSSH_TOKEN_GITLAB / XPSSH_TOKEN_BITBUCKET, or a masked prompt — and are never persisted or logged. Azure DevOps has no key API; xpssh opens the settings page instead.

Safety

• ~/.ssh/config edits are fenced, round-trip byte-exact, backed up to config.xpssh.bak first, and hard-error (never guess) on tampered fences
• Key files and config written with 600, ~/.ssh with 700
• xpssh doctor --fix reconciles everything: missing/orphaned/stale config blocks, loose permissions, shadowed Host entries, missing key files

Development

bun install
bun run dev          # run from source
bun test             # 90+ tests
bun run typecheck
bun run build        # dist/ for npm (runs on plain Node)

License

MIT