SSH Pilot is a user-friendly SSH and SFTP client for Linux and macOS

_{Connections sidebar with a terminal session}

_{Server dashboard with live resource usage and system details}

_{Dual-pane SFTP file manager}

_{Split view with multiple terminals}

_{Key transfer to a server (ssh-copy-id)}

Features

• Works with your existing ~/.ssh/config
• Integrated terminal with tabbed interface and split view support (works with your favorite terminal apps too)
• Intuitive, minimal UI with keyboard navigation and customizable shortcuts
• Built-in SFTP dual-pane file manager
• SCP download/upload support
• Key transfer to server (ssh-copy-id)
• Known hosts and Authorized keys management (local & remote)
• Graphical Docker container manager
• Support for various secure storage backends (libsecret, Keepass, Bitwarden/Vaultwarden, pass)
• Backup and restore to/from Bitwarden/Vaultwarden, or your own servers (supports app settings, secrets and keys)
• Snippets for quick execution of scripts/commands
• Extensible via plugins

Download

You can download directly from the Releases section, but we recommend adding one of the repositories below for automatic updates:

Ubuntu PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mfat/sshpilot
sudo apt update
sudo apt install sshpilot

Debian APT Repository

1. Add the GPG key:

curl -fsSL https://mfat.github.io/sshpilot-ppa/pubkey.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/sshpilot-ppa.gpg

2. Add the repository:

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sshpilot-ppa.gpg] https://mfat.github.io/sshpilot-ppa any main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sshpilot-ppa.list

3. Update and install:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install sshpilot

For more information, visit: https://mfat.github.io/sshpilot-ppa/

Fedora/RHEL COPR Repository

This repository provides automatic updates for SSH Pilot on RPM-based distributions.

dnf copr enable mahdif62/sshpilot
dnf install sshpilot

Flatpak

Available on Flathub

OR in a terminal type:

flatpak install flathub io.github.mfat.sshpilot

Arch Linux

Arch Linux package via AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/sshpilot

# replace yay with your AUR helper of choice, e.g. paru
yay -S sshpilot

OR

Nightly Arch Linux package via AUR (community maintained): https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/sshpilot-git

# replace yay with your AUR helper of choice, e.g. paru
yay -S sshpilot-git

AppImage (x86-64)

A single self-contained file for any distribution that meets the minimum requirements. It bundles GTK 4, libadwaita, VTE, GtkSourceView, WebKitGTK and Python — so the xterm.js terminal backend and the Host Info tab work the same as in the other packages — and uses the host's ssh. Download sshpilot-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage from the Releases page — there are no automatic updates, so grab a new one when a release lands.

chmod +x sshpilot-*-linux-x86_64.AppImage
./sshpilot-*-linux-x86_64.AppImage

The AppImage mounts itself with FUSE 3, which every supported distribution ships; on a system without it, run the file with --appimage-extract-and-run.

Homebrew (macOS + Linux)

brew tap mfat/sshpilot
brew install sshpilot

More info here: https://github.com/mfat/homebrew-sshpilot

Works on macOS Homebrew and Linuxbrew. The formula is build-from-source; first install pulls the GTK4 stack and compiles a Python virtualenv with the runtime deps. After install, launch sshPilot from a terminal inside an active desktop session (Wayland/X11 + dbus on Linux; native on macOS).

macOS (aarch64 and x86-64)

Download the dmg file from the releases section https://github.com/mfat/sshpilot/releases/

For development on macOS:

brew install gtk4 libadwaita pygobject3 py3cairo vte3 gobject-introspection adwaita-icon-theme pkg-config glib graphene icu4c sshpass gtksourceview5

Note: webkitgtk is Linux-only and not available on macOS via Homebrew. The xterm.js backend is not available on macOS; the application will use the VTE backend instead.

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Minimum Requirements

Operating system

On any other Linux distribution, install the Flatpak — it runs everywhere Flatpak does.

Libraries

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Run from Source

docs/running-from-source.md.

Documentation

• User guide and FAQ: https://github.com/mfat/sshpilot/wiki
• Architecture reference: docs/architecture.md
• Diagnostics & logging: docs/diagnostics.md
• In-repo developer and platform docs: docs/
• Coding-agent setup: SSH Pilot MCP quickstart
• Writing plugins (protocols & UI pages): docs/plugins/

Telegram Channel

https://t.me/sshpilot

Third-Party Libraries

SSH Pilot uses the following third-party libraries:

• xterm.js - The terminal emulator behind the xterm.js terminal backend, with its fit, search and web-links add-ons (MIT License)

License

SSH Pilot is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.

Special Thanks

• Elibugy, Mo Efazati and Sadeq for supporting development
• Behnam Tavakkoli, Chalist and Kalpase, Ramin Najjarbashi, Farid and Narbeh for testing
• Icon designed by Blisterexe

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