QuiSHterm

QuiSHterm is a modern, lightweight, and customizable SSH terminal built with Rust, Tauri, and SvelteKit.

Features

• Modern UI: Clean, intuitive interface for managing multiple SSH sessions.
• QuickConnect Sidebar: Right sidebar panel for easy access to saved connections with folder categorization and right-click context menu (Edit/Connect/Remove).
• Agent/Pageant Authentication: Connections automatically try Pageant or the system SSH agent first, then configured keys, then default keys from ~/.ssh, before falling back to password authentication.
• Password Prompt Fallback: If no stored password is available, the terminal prompts for it at connect time with a masked input and reveal toggle.
• Per-Connection Terminal Type: Each saved connection can choose its PTY terminal type such as xterm, xterm-color, xterm-256color, screen, or vt100.
• Config Directory Override: Choose a custom directory for settings.json, profiles.json, and autocomplete.json directly from Settings.
• Customizable Highlights: Color-code terminal output with user-defined regex rules (e.g., green for IP addresses, cyan for timestamps).
• Live Status Tracking: Bottom status bar tracking sent/received (TX/RX) network data over SSH along with connection targets.
• Persistent Storage: Safely manage SSH profiles and settings.
• Persistent Window State: The desktop window restores its last saved size and maximized state on the next launch.
• PTY Resizing: Terminal resize dynamics accurately reflected on the remote server.

Building from source

To easily compile QuiSHterm on any machine (especially Linux hosts building for Windows) without manually installing all the cross-compilation toolchains, we use Docker.

A Dockerfile.builder is included in the root of the project.

Prerequisites

• Docker installed and running.

Build Instructions

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/ssh_terminal.git
   cd ssh_terminal

2. Build the Docker builder image:

   docker build -t tauri-builder -f Dockerfile.builder .

3. Install npm dependencies (Using the builder container):

   docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app tauri-builder npm install

4. Build the application: To build the Windows executable (.exe) via cross-compilation from the Docker container:

   docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app -e PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS=1 -w /app tauri-builder npm run tauri build -- --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu

The build entrypoints automatically synchronize the version from package.json into the Tauri and Cargo metadata before packaging, so the installer and final executable keep the same Semantic Version.

The compiled installer will be located in: src-tauri/target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/bundle/nsis/QuiSHterm_<version>_x64-setup.exe

Technologies Used

• Frontend: Svelte, Vite, xterm.js, lucide-svelte
• Backend: Rust, Tauri, russh/ssh2