[Plugin] Tabby Profile Share — Export, Import & Share SSH Profiles Safely

[gugahartmann]

Hi everyone! 👋

I'd like to introduce Tabby Profile Share, a free and open-source plugin I've been developing for Tabby Terminal.

Share Tabby SSH profiles, not SSH credentials.

The idea came from managing large numbers of SSH connections across different devices and environments. Sharing or migrating profiles between Tabby installations can be tedious, especially when you need to preserve folder structures without exposing sensitive authentication information.

Tabby Profile Share aims to make this process easier.

✨ Features

• Selective export: Choose specific SSH profiles, folders, or entire folder hierarchies.
• Preserve folder structure: Keep nested folders organized when exporting and importing.
• Username sharing control: SSH usernames are excluded by default unless explicitly selected.
• Credential-safe exports: Passwords, private keys, key paths, login scripts, and proxy commands are excluded.
• Non-destructive import: Imported profiles and folders are created as new entries, without overwriting existing configurations.
• Missing username handling: Prompt for an SSH username when imported profiles don't have one.
• Portable JSON: Export profiles to a versioned .tabby-profiles.json file.

📸 Screenshots

Export profiles and select which SSH usernames to share

Import profiles without overwriting existing ones

Assign usernames to imported devices

📦 Installation

The plugin is available through Tabby's built-in plugin manager:

1. Open Settings → Plugins → Available.
2. Search for profile-share.
3. Find and install tabby-profile-share.
4. Open Settings → Profile Sharing.

⚠️ Important — Plugin visibility

Since Tabby Profile Share is a newly published plugin, it may appear at the very bottom of the available plugins list, even when searching for its exact name.

If you don't see it immediately, scroll all the way down to the end of the results. The plugin is published on npm and can be installed normally through Tabby's plugin manager.

🔗 Links

• GitHub: https://github.com/gugahartmann/Tabby_Profile_Share
• npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/tabby-profile-share
• Latest GitHub release: https://github.com/gugahartmann/Tabby_Profile_Share/releases

🔒 Security note

Although authentication credentials are excluded, exported files may still contain sensitive network information such as hostnames, IP addresses, device names, and explicitly selected usernames. Please review exported files before sharing them.

🛠 Compatibility and feedback

The plugin was tested with Tabby 1.0.235 on Windows, including installation alongside legacy plugins.

It's still an early-stage community project, and broader compatibility and import workflows would benefit from additional testing.

I'd really appreciate feedback, bug reports, feature suggestions, and contributions!

If you manage many SSH connections in Tabby, I'd love to hear whether this plugin would be useful in your workflow.

Thanks to the Tabby maintainers and community for building such a great open-source terminal! 🚀

This is an independent community plugin, not an official Tabby project.