trzsz-ssh(tssh): Highly OpenSSH-compatible client with extended features

trzsz-ssh ( tssh ) is an ssh client designed as a drop-in replacement for the openssh client. It aims to provide complete compatibility with openssh, mirroring all its features, while also offering additional useful features not found in the openssh client.

trzsz-ssh ( tssh ) with tsshd also supports intermittent connectivity, allows roaming, and can be used on high-latency links such as cellular data connections, unstable Wi-Fi, etc.

Basic Features

trzsz-ssh ( tssh ) works exactly like the openssh client. The following common features have been implemented:

Extra Features

trzsz-ssh ( tssh ) offers additional useful features:

Installation

💡 Note: The package is named trzsz-ssh in Homebrew, while it’s usually named tssh elsewhere.

• Install with scoop / winget / choco on Windows

  scoop install tssh / winget install tssh / choco install tssh

  scoop install tssh
  

  winget install tssh
  

  choco install tssh
  

• Install with Homebrew on MacOS

  brew install trzsz-ssh

  brew install trzsz-ssh
  

• Install with apt on Ubuntu

  sudo apt install tssh

  sudo apt update && sudo apt install software-properties-common
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:trzsz/ppa && sudo apt update
  
  sudo apt install tssh
  

• Install with apt on Debian

  sudo apt install tssh

  sudo apt install curl gpg
  curl -s 'https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x7074ce75da7cc691c1ae1a7c7e51d1ad956055ca' \
    | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/trzsz.gpg
  echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/trzsz.gpg] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/trzsz/ppa/ubuntu jammy main' \
    | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/trzsz.list
  sudo apt update
  
  sudo apt install tssh
  

• Install with dnf on Fedora / CentOS / RHEL

  sudo dnf install tssh

  sudo dnf copr enable @trzsz/trzsz
  sudo dnf install tssh
  

• Install with yum on Legacy CentOS / RHEL

  sudo yum install tssh

  • Install with gemfury repository.

    echo '[trzsz]
    name=Trzsz Repo
    baseurl=https://yum.fury.io/trzsz/
    enabled=1
    gpgcheck=0' | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/trzsz.repo
    
    sudo yum install tssh
    

  • Install with wlnmp repository. It's not necessary to configure the epel repository for tssh.

    curl -fsSL "https://sh.wlnmp.com/wlnmp.sh" | bash
    
    sudo yum install tssh
    

• Install with yay on ArchLinux

  yay -S tssh

  yay -Syu
  yay -S tssh
  

• Install with Chromebrew on ChromeOS

  crew install tssh

  crew install tssh
  

• Install with pixi / conda / mamba from conda-forge

  pixi global install tssh / conda install tssh / mamba install tssh

  pixi global install tssh
  

  conda install -c conda-forge tssh
  

  mamba install -c conda-forge tssh
  

• Install with Go ( Requires go 1.26 or later )

  go install github.com/trzsz/trzsz-ssh/cmd/tssh@latest

  # latest release
  go install github.com/trzsz/trzsz-ssh/cmd/tssh@latest
  
  # latest development version (main branch)
  go install github.com/trzsz/trzsz-ssh/cmd/tssh@main
  

  The binaries are usually located in ~/go/bin/ ( C:\Users\your_name\go\bin\ on Windows ).

• Build from source ( Requires go 1.26 or later )

  sudo make install

  git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/trzsz/trzsz-ssh.git
  cd trzsz-ssh
  make
  sudo make install
  

• Download from the GitHub Releases (or Pre-Release) and install locally

  download and install locally

  sudo apt install /tmp/tssh_*.deb
  
  sudo dpkg -i /tmp/tssh_*.deb
  
  sudo dnf install /tmp/tssh_*.rpm
  
  sudo yum install /tmp/tssh_*.rpm
  
  sudo rpm -i /tmp/tssh_*.rpm
  
  tar zxvf tssh_*.tar.gz && sudo cp tssh_*/tssh /usr/bin/
  

Development

The github.com/trzsz/trzsz-ssh/tssh can be used as a library, for example:

package main

import (
	"log"
	"os"

	"github.com/trzsz/trzsz-ssh/tssh"
)

func main() {
	// Example 1: execute command on remote server
	client, err := tssh.SshLogin(&tssh.SshArgs{Destination: "root@192.168.0.1"})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer client.Close()
	session, err := client.NewSession()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer session.Close()
	output, err := session.CombinedOutput("whoami")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	log.Printf("I'm %s", string(output))

	// Example 2: run the tssh program
	code := tssh.TsshMain([]string{"-t", "root@192.168.0.1", "bash -l"})
	os.Exit(code)
}

Contributing

Welcome and thank you for considering contributing. We appreciate all forms of support, from coding and testing to documentation and CI/CD improvements.

• Fork and clone the repository https://github.com/trzsz/trzsz-ssh.git.

• Make your changes just ensure that the unit tests go test ./tssh pass.

• Build the binary go build -o ./bin/ ./cmd/tssh and test it ./bin/tssh.

• Once you are happy with your changes, please submit a pull request.

Screenshot

Contact

Feel free to email the author lonnywong@qq.com, or create an issue. Welcome to join the QQ group: 318578930.

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