I really like Asbru and have been using it for a couple of years. I used Remmina for a little while but never liked its look and feel.
Not too much active development has been going on lately, sadly, but the latest version still works very well.
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I really like Asbru and have been using it for a couple of years. I used Remmina for a little while but never liked its look and feel.
Not too much active development has been going on lately, sadly, but the latest version still works very well.
This looks great - thanks!
I would say, like many others, Remmina.
Putty also has a Linux version, so you can use that as well. Its session management is a bit clunky, but it works and it offers some fairly good functionalities.
But ssh is first and foremost a command line tool. As others have said, invest some time to learn its commands and configuration files.
I use Apache Guacamole, which works great for just about any kind of remote access and has a dead simple to use Docker Container.
It supports folders, copy/paste, uploading/downloading files, multiple open connections at once, and alternative mouse modes for touch screens. Best of all, it's completely free and open source.
Remmina proves a reliable solution for remote desktop access when a graphical interface is required. However, for more streamlined operations, terminal-based SSH access ssh username@remote_host
remains the preferred method. Establishing passwordless authentication is, naturally, a matter of convenience. The command ssh-copy-id username@remote_host
facilitates this process. It’s a rather elegant solution, isn't it? A testament to the power of minimalism.
Not a GUI, but I keep my ~/.ssh/config
clean by splitting my configs into folders, and including them in the main ~/.ssh/config.
I have the folder, ~/.ssh/config.d/
, and here's what it looks like:
~/.ssh/config.d
.
├── work
│ ├── dev.config
│ ├── staging.config
│ └── prod.config
└── server
├── development.config
├── containers.config
├── home.config
├── pis.config
└── server.config
Then my ~/.ssh/config
looks like this:
Include config.d/work/*
Include config.d/server/*
Include config.d/other/*
Cool, I did it with my git
config a couple weeks ago, I didn't know you could do it with ssh
too.
for those interested:
[include]
path = ~/.config/git/shared.ini
path = ~/.config/git/dev-machine.ini
path = ~/.config/git/aliases.ini
path = ~/.config/git/self.ini
Rustdesk? Guacamole?
Use Tabby. It is, by far, the closest to a Linux terminal experience. Likely because it's cross platform. I say this as someone that absolutely despises Windows terminal experiences.
I just install my keys as needed to the machines and then configure aliases for quick connections. For file transfer with SFTP I'm using Filezilla because its queuing functionality and site management are nice.
I think for what you are looking for, both puTTY and Remmina should be capable as well as the other options suggested here
I just use ~/.ssh/config
e.g.
Host website
Hostname some.hostname.foo
User bob
Port 1500
And most secondary apps, e.g. git and sshfs, even Gigolo, recognize these aliases. It's the best.
Uh, I just type ssh
or rsync
into the terminal and that's it. It's a manageable amount of computers/servers I connect to, so I can remeber their names. Regular ssh stores all the keys or custom ports / IPs in its config. What's the advantage of using some manager?
I'll be watching this discussion, as I'm currently using Remmina. It meet the bare minimum of SSH & RDP, but it doesn't have a clear method to organize connections and instead uses a big list. I also find the interface a tad counterintuitive, so maybe I'm just using it wrong.
It also seems to have a bug where it launches twice whenever I start my computer. So I have to close one.
Termius?
It is $120 per year for a single user. And to be fair I didn't specify a budget.
Curious though if you use terminus and think that it's worth it? It looks slick but it costs more than my IDE.
The free tier is pretty decent as is (at least I think there’s a free tier, unless I was grandfathered in or something). I did pay the $120 and it is pretty handy for mobile usage. The iOS app is great. Although, my poor impulse control is not a good measure of value
~~Mobaxterm~~?
Stupid windows only.
I meant for Linux. I am not brave enough to ask for windows app recommendations on Lemmy in the Linux community
I didn't realise it was windows only. I assumed it was like royal TS where they also have a cross platform client.
ssh config? Not sure what you're looking for. Like a list of preconfigured connections?
A graphical interface to store and sort the remote connections. I have 20+ remote systems I need to maintain and apps like this provide tabbed experience like a browser to connect to them.
Both: ssh config AND your fancy gui. Because most secondary and tertiary apps recognize the ssh config aliases. I know first hand Gigolo does.
Or your file manager: enter sth like sftp://user@host_alias/home/user - after success, create a bookmark.
I think I'm starting to see this workflow. I can use git to manage the files, then use bitwarden secrets for the keys if I want them backed up too. And once all the shortcuts are setup it can be made portable by syncing to another place with syncthing. Have to setup each link for each host with each app separately.
Still think it seems like manually managing bookmarks using vim and storing them outside of the web browser.
If you're dead set on a GUI for this, I guess you'd be in the minority which is why you're probably not finding a lot out there.
I think Remmina does this though, and it's solid as an RDP client otherwise.
Yeah seems like Remmina is it. Termius looks nice but the price doesn't make sense.
Surprising that not many Linux sysadmins want a central console with folders for SSH, file copy and remote desktop connections.
I've yet to find anything more efficient than opening my shell and typing ssh
or scp
. Remote desktop is irrelevant to me because none of the systems I administrate will ever have a GUI.
EDIT: tab auto completion also makes things far, far smoother.
You can have multiple ssh config files, with includes, to keep the configurations structured and organized, and not one long dump file, then use any gui terminal app that supports tabs. And tab+auto complete hostnames from the said configs. Some apps also support something like multiple profiles, so you can put there your ssh command, if you want some gui lists. I follow this approach and it is very portable, as the only thing I need to care about are my config files.
I dunno. The folders keep things sorted between work and home. And within work each client. And within there the prod and staging systems are separated. I guess I could make separate scripts for each host but that's kind of what I want the manager for. Also not sure how this covers the right click, copy files workflow of scp or sftp.