minissh

A fast, keyboard-first SSH host manager for the terminal.

Installation

go install github.com/drkpkg/minissh/cmd/minissh@latest

Or download a prebuilt binary from the releases page. Linux builds are available for x86_64 (amd64), ARM64 (arm64), and 32-bit ARMv7 (armv7, e.g. Raspberry Pi 2+ on a 32-bit OS).

Debian / Ubuntu

Download the .deb for your architecture from the releases page and install it:

sudo apt install ./minissh_<version>_amd64.deb

Arch Linux

Download the .pkg.tar.zst for your architecture from the releases page and install it:

sudo pacman -U minissh-<version>-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

Or build from source with the PKGBUILD in packaging/aur/:

git clone https://github.com/drkpkg/minissh.git
cd minissh/packaging/aur
makepkg -si

Requires the system ssh client to be installed and on your PATH — minissh shells out to it rather than reimplementing the SSH protocol, so your existing ~/.ssh/config, agent, and known_hosts all just work.

Quick start

minissh                       # launch the dashboard

Keybindings

Key	Action
h / l or tab / shift+tab	Move focus between panels
j / k	Move up/down within the focused panel
enter	Connect (on the host panel) / drill into that group's hosts (on groups)
E	Connect full-screen instead of inline
space	Toggle favorite (hosts) · expand/collapse (groups)
s	Cycle the host table's sort column
a	Add a host
e	Edit the selected host
d	Delete the selected host
i	Import hosts
/	Live fuzzy search (tab cycles which field it matches)
q / ctrl+c	Quit

CLI reference

Command	Description
minissh	Launch the dashboard
minissh add <label> --address <addr> [--port] [--user] [--group] [--key]	Add a host
minissh edit <label> [--address] [--port] [--user] [--group] [--key]	Edit an existing host
minissh rm <label>	Remove a host
minissh ls	List all known hosts
minissh connect <label>	Connect directly by label, without the picker
minissh import <file> [--format csv|json|sshconfig] [--include-secrets]	Import hosts from a file
minissh import-termius	Decrypt and import hosts from a local Termius installation
minissh --version	Print the build version

Building from source

git clone https://github.com/drkpkg/minissh.git
cd minissh
go build -o minissh ./cmd/minissh

Development

go build ./...
go vet ./...
go test ./...