Importing from other tools

Importing from other tools

This page lists what Cablebag can import from other programs and files, and what comes along from each.

How to import

Import sessions... in the + menu next to the tabs, or type Import sessions in the search box (Ctrl+K). The tree also offers Import sessions while it is empty, and the Web view Import bookmarks.

The window lists every source, with how many sessions were found on this PC, or "none on this PC". File sources have a Choose button. Pick a source and click Import from ....

Each source gets its own folder in the tree. Importing again updates those sessions instead of adding copies, and the other program is not changed. The report afterwards says how many sessions were new, how many were updated, and how many of each type.

The sources

Source	Where Cablebag looks	What comes along
MobaXterm	MobaXterm.ini in %APPDATA%\MobaXterm or Documents\MobaXterm, found by itself; or choose a .mxtsessions export (or another .ini)	Sessions with their folders: SSH (user, port, key file, command, compression, one jump host, and X11 when it was switched on there; see [[X11
PuTTY	Saved sessions in the registry	SSH, Telnet and serial sessions with host, port, user name, key file, compression and remote command. Raw and rlogin sessions are left out
KiTTY	Saved sessions in the registry	The same as PuTTY
WinSCP	The registry, or WinSCP.ini next to the program or in %APPDATA%	Sites with their folders: SFTP, SCP (as SFTP) and FTP, with host, port, user name and the FTP encryption choice
OpenSSH config	~/.ssh/config	The Host entries with HostName, User, Port, IdentityFile and the first ProxyJump as a jump host. Entries with wildcards are skipped
Remote Desktop files	One or more .rdp files you choose	One RDP session per file, named after the file, with the address, port and user name
Chrome bookmarks, Edge bookmarks	The bookmarks of every Chrome or Edge profile on this PC, including the ones Chrome keeps with your Google account	Web sessions (http and https addresses) in their bookmark folders; with more than one browser profile, a folder per profile. In the Web view, Chrome's own "Bookmarks bar" level is left out. See [[Web tabs
Firefox bookmarks	places.sqlite of every Firefox profile, read from a copy so Firefox can stay open	The same as Chrome

What does not come along

• Passwords. Cablebag does not decode passwords out of other programs' files or registry entries. It finds them in your credential sources when a login matches, or asks once and can remember the answer on this PC. See Credential sources.
• Settings the session editor has no place for yet. For MobaXterm, everything a session line said is kept with the session, so nothing is lost when a later version can use it.