Getting started

Add your hosts

The quickest start is to import what you already have. If you use ~/.ssh/config, Home shows the hosts there that you haven’t saved yet, with Review & import. Other sources (CSV, Excel, MobaXterm, Remmina, PuTTY, Ansible, .rdp files) are under Import; see Importing hosts.

To add one by hand, use New host. A host can have a group, tags, a jump host (ProxyJump), an identity file and, optionally, its operating system. Hosts without a saved user ask for one when you connect, with an option to save it.

Connect

• Double-click a host, or press Ctrl K and type part of its name. You can also type user@host:port there.
• TuxShell runs your system’s ssh, so keys, agents, ~/.ssh/config and jump hosts work as they do in a terminal.
• New panes, splits and the file browser reuse the open connection, so you log in once.

Tabs and splits

• A tab holds up to four panes. Merge tabs into a split, move a pane out to its own tab, maximize a pane, drag dividers to resize.
• Open tabs are listed in the left panel above your hosts; drag to reorder them. Prefer the classic tab strip? Preferences → General → Open tabs.
• Right-click a tab → Save tab as layout to open the same set again later, from Home or Ctrl+K.

Shortcuts to learn first

More in Shortcuts. On macOS, ⌘ replaces Ctrl.