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View 16 business solutionsBrowse free open source SSH software and projects for Linux below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source SSH software by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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SyncTERM
Cross-platform BBS (ANSI) Terminal
A cross-platform ANSI-BBS terminal designed to connect to remote BBSs via telnet, rlogin, or SSH. Supports ANSI music and the IBM charset when possible. Will run from a console, under X11 using XLib, or using SDL. -
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PAC is a Perl/GTK replacement for SecureCRT/Putty/etc (linux ssh/telnet/... gui)... It provides a GUI to configure connections: users, passwords, EXPECT regular expressions, macros, etc. You like 'SecureCRT/SSHMenu'? Check this tool and let me know
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Portable OpenSSH
Complete implementation of the SSH protocol
Portable OpenSSH is a cross-platform implementation of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol that provides encrypted communication and secure remote access over untrusted networks. It originates from the OpenSSH project maintained by the OpenBSD community and adapts the core OpenBSD implementation so it can run on many operating systems including Linux, macOS, and Windows. The software suite enables administrators and developers to securely log into remote systems, transfer files, and create encrypted tunnels for network traffic. By encrypting all communications between client and server, it protects against threats such as eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and data interception. The portable distribution follows the development of the main OpenSSH codebase while adding compatibility layers for multiple operating systems and authentication systems. -
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FileCentipede
File centipede is an internet file download manager
File centipede is an internet file download/upload manager, Torrent client, WebDAV client, FTP client, and SSH client. It's fast, customizable, user-friendly, multi-protocols supported, and free with no ads. It also contains many useful auxiliary tools such as HTTP requester, file merge, and encoders. With the browser integration, you can download audio and videos from websites, even encrypted videos. File centipede makes everything easy and efficient, it's the best internet download manager you can find. -
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HPN-SSH is a series of performance patches for OpenSSH. By addressing network limitations and CPU limitations significant throughput performance can be realized. Gains of close to two orders of magnitude are possible on long fat network paths. The official git repo is now available at http://github.com/rapier1/openssh-portable. The Sourceforge repository should not be seen as the canonical repository for HPN-SSH. We will update it as we can but users should look to github to generate patches We also support Ubuntu packages. Add them to your package manager with `sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rapier1/hpnssh` Fedora RPMs can be added with, `sudo dnf copr enable rapier1/hpnssh`
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Doffen SSH Tunnel
Manage hierarchy of ssh sessions and tunnels
Ssh terminal, file transfer and tunneling tool. The focus is on running tunnels inside tunnels. That one has to jump through several machines. Please see the wiki pages for documentation. https://sourceforge.net/p/doffensshtunnel/wiki/Home/ -
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Russh
Rust SSH client & server library
Russh provides a Rust library for implementing SSH clients and servers with a modern, async-friendly design. It exposes building blocks for authentication, channel management, port forwarding, and key handling, allowing you to embed SSH functionality directly into Rust applications. The API is designed to be explicit and composable, making it possible to implement custom behaviors like reverse tunnels, interactive shells, and service multiplexing. Because performance and safety are central, the code leverages Rust’s type system to reduce classes of runtime errors common in network protocol implementations. The project also includes examples and discussion threads that show how other tools integrate it for web-based clients or gateway services. For teams building terminals, proxies, or embedded management planes, it offers a robust foundation without shelling out to external binaries. -
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Tabby Web
An SSH/Telnet/Serial client in your browser
Tabby Web brings a modern terminal experience to the browser by pairing a web UI with a backend gateway that brokers TCP connections over WebSockets. It aims to deliver an experience similar to the desktop Tabby terminal—sessions, profiles, and rich configuration—while being accessible anywhere through a login. The architecture splits concerns: a Django-based control plane manages users, auth, and configuration, while a gateway service handles network transport so browser clients can reach SSH, Telnet, or serial targets. This separation enables multi-user deployments with persistent settings, role-based access, and storage backends for artifacts. It’s useful for organizations that need managed remote access from within a web portal, without installing a full desktop client on every machine. With its focus on admin ergonomics and end-user UX, Tabby Web turns terminal access into a managed, auditable, and scalable web application. -
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ssh-chat
Chat over SSH
ssh-chat is a custom SSH server written in Go that allows you to chat over SSH connection. When you open your terminal and type in a command, instead of getting a shell you get a chat prompt. With ssh-chat you get a simple chat room over a secure shell connection, where you can send and receive private messages, check any user's public key fingerprint for identification purposes, and more. You can change the color theme of the chat, block or kick users, and chat on just about any platform where an SSH client is available, including on mobile. -
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nxshell
Next Shell
NxShell is a modern, Electron-based terminal emulator that works on all major operating systems out there: Windows, macOS, and Linux. -
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YADE (SOSFTP)
A Batch and API oriented application for managed file transfer.
YADE (former SOSFTP) is a batch file transfer solution for FTP, FTPS, SFTP, WebDAV and other protocols. It provides a configurable command line client, an API and a bridge to the SOS JobScheduler. YADE comes with advanced error handling and logging capabilities. YADE is able to create and maintain a transfer history in a central database. Product Knowledge Base at https://kb.sos-berlin.com Change Management System at https://change.sos-berlin.com -
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net2ftp
net2ftp is a web-based FTP client
net2ftp is a web based FTP client. Use it at http://www.net2ftp.com or install it on your own web server (PHP needed, MySQL optional). Features: browse, copy/move/delete files and directories recursively, upload, download, edit, view code with syntax highlighting, zip and unzip. net2ftp now also supports FTP over SSH. -
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Please use https://code.google.com/p/ganymed-ssh-2/ , as this current project is not getting the attention it should and therefore should be considered as 'parked'. Orion SSH for Java is a library which implements the SSH-2 protocol in pure Java. This is the new name, and home, for Trilead SSH (formerly Ganymed SSH2).
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HSSH (Hybrid ssh) is developing to transmit the large size data at high speed on the long distance and wideband infrastructure. It has achieved the fast transfer by changing both ways pipeio transfer of ssh into the UDP (using UDT). cf. HSCP
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Ballast is a tool for balancing user load across SSH servers that supports user-specific policies as well as traditional policies based on metrics such as CPU load. It includes a simple client, a lightweight data server, and a data collection agent.
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secpanel is a ssh gui for unix. Provides a GUI for handling SSH connection profiles. Supports handling of ssh-agents and the generation/distribution of public keys. Integrates SFTP using different file browsers and can use different xterminals.
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Backuso
Backup software for your data to local and remote SSH systems
Backuso – pronounce like the opera singer ‘Caruso’ – is a software for routine and automated backups of your computer to either a local storage or a remote storage on an SSH server, or both. A local storage is anything accessible in the directory structure of your computer. Most of the time this will be a (large) hard drive, mounted at a convenient location. A remote storage is anything which is accessed on your network via the ssh protocol. This could be a NAS (Network Attached Storage) in your local LAN, or a server share on the internet. Backuso is configured with a simple text file. You can start the backups manually or automatically, e.g. using crontab. Backuso is based on Python 3 and uses the software rsync as its core element. Hence it runs on systems where rsync is available (Linux, FreeBSD, Apple). -
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Middleware for Existing SSH Hosts (Mesh)
Fine-grained authorizations and single sign-on for SSH remote commands
Mesh is a secure, lightweight grid middleware that is based on the addition of a single sign-on capability to the built-in public key authentication mechanism of SSH using system call interposition. -
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Manage node sets, node groups and execute commands on cluster nodes in parallel. Provides an event-based Python library to improve administration of large compute clusters or server farms. Command line tools: clush and nodeset included.
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MySecureShell is a sftp-server developing tool which help to make a ftp server like proftpd but very securised with SSH encryption. This software is highly configurable and very easy to install and use. Project has moved to https://github.com/mysecureshell/mysecureshell !
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Bash-Accessible SSH FileSystem (BASSHFS)
SSHFS-like functionality via bash
BASSHFS is similar to the existing SSHFS utility except it is does not require FUSE kernel support. Instead, BASSHFS uses the aliasing and function mechanisms of the bash shell to intercept program invocations and remap those that are supported to its own versions. -
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MurmurSSH
Lightweight, privacy-focused SSH and SFTP client for Linux.
MurmurSSH is an open-source SSH and SFTP client for Linux, designed as a simple, reliable, and fully local alternative to cloud-based or complex tools. It focuses on clarity and usability, offering a minimal interface, fast connection handling, and straightforward file operations. All profiles and configurations are stored locally — no accounts, syncing, or background services. MurmurSSH supports password and SSH key authentication, including passphrase-protected keys. Host key verification is handled transparently, allowing users to manage trust decisions per session or permanently. The integrated SFTP browser enables efficient file management, including upload, download, move, and recursive transfers with multi-file support. A terminal can be launched externally when needed, keeping workflows flexible without forcing an embedded terminal. If you have any suggestions or errors please go to github and let me know. -
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