sshtui

SSH session manager with persistent sessions and scrollback.

Features

• Multiple SSH sessions in parallel
• Detach/resume with Ctrl+Space
• 1MB scrollback buffer per session (searchable)
• Parses ~/.ssh/config
• One dependency: creack/pty

Install

go build -o sshtui

Usage

./sshtui

Menu:

• [1] - Connect to host #1
• [!1] - Resume session #1
• v - View scrollback
• m - Multi-host command
• f - Port forward info
• x - Close session
• q - Quit

In session:

• Ctrl+Space - Detach

Scrollback viewer:

• /term - Search
• n/N - Next/prev match
• j/k - Scroll
• g/G - Top/bottom
• q - Quit

Multi-host:

• Select hosts with checkbox
• Execute command on multiple hosts
• Live streaming or collected results

Port forwarding:

• Configure in ~/.ssh/config
• LocalForward, RemoteForward, DynamicForward supported
• Automatically applied to sessions

SSH Agent

Multi-host commands require ssh-agent for passphrase-protected keys:

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Security

Input (passwords, passphrases) goes directly to SSH - never logged. Only output is captured.

License

GNU General Public License v3.0