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Products that do what Hej Shell does

Modern SSH client with AI command assistance

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   ShellMate▲97

   The SSH workspace you'll actually enjoy using

   Jul 2026 · shellmate.net

2. 2
   ShellMate AI▲345

   A Mac terminal productivity tool powered by OpenAI

   2024

3. 3
   ShellMate▲126

   Manage SSH servers, credentials, and teams in one place

   Jun 2026 · shellmate.net

4. 4
   CtrlOps▲244

   Deploy, Debug & Manage Linux Servers with AI.

   May 2026 · ctrlops.io

5. 5WS
   Welder – set up your Linux server with plain shell scripts▲158

   2017 · github.com

6. 6SA
   Shell AI – My Aggressively Minimal Open Source Assistant▲36

   2023 · github.com

7. 7VA
   Vet – A tool for safely running remote shell scripts▲89

   2025 · getvet.sh

8. 8
   Shell Sage▲106

   Ai-powered terminal assistant

   2025

9. 9
   APX Terminal▲99

   Encrypted terminal and SSH client with built‑in AI assistant

   Jan 2026 · apxterminal.com

10. 10SC
    Shellvault – Cloud SSH terminal accessible from any browser▲114

    2019 · shellvault.io

11. 11YA
    Yubikey-agent – an easy to use Go ssh-agent for YubiKeys▲152

    2020 · github.com

12. 12
    jebi▲140

    A supercharged terminal for Mac with built-in local AI

    Jun 2026 · jebi.sh

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    RSSH▲7

    RSSH — An SSH Client Born to be an AI Ops Assistant

    Jul 2026 · rssh.ofcoder.com

14. 14
    AISH▲3

    Your Linux shell, with AI help when you need it

    Jun 2026 · github.com

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    termique▲90

    SSH without the usual friction

    Jun 2026 · termique.app

16. 16SA
    S – a tool for ssh like z for cd▲35

    2015 · github.com

17. 17
    Mosh▲92

    SSH. Reinvented by MIT. Allows roaming, and much more.

    2014

18. 18PS
    Pu.sh – a full coding-agent harness in 400 lines of shell▲92

    I originally was just messing with pi-autoresearch. Gave it a sample task to build the most portable coding agent. First cut was 6 KB of shell. Great for one-shots, unusable interactively. I was shocked it actually worked. Started building up -- adding features — but with a self-imposed rule: no new dependencies, and sub 500 LOC. This thing had to be truly portable. Just sh, curl, awk. System primitives only. Which means I did some genuinely disgusting things in awk, including JSON parsing and the OpenAI Responses tool loop with reasoning items carried across turns. It's now ~400 lines. In…

    Apr 2026 · pu.dev

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    Pluto Door▲86

    Secure MacOS SSH with AI editor, file browser, drag-drop

    Mar 2026 · plutodoor.com

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    Shellpoint▲7

    Web-based ssh client with modern ui and advanced features

    Oct 2025

21. 21PA
    Posixcube, a shell script automation framework alternative to Ansible▲53

    2017 · github.com

22. 22
    Thread Nimbus▲3

    AI-Powered SSH Client for Modern DevOps ⭐

    23d ago · nimbus.threadlane.in

23. 23SA
    SHAI – a (yet another) open-source, terminal-native AI coding assistant▲16

    Since I mostly work within the terminal, I wanted an AI coding assistant that integrates seamlessly with it. Something I could call from SSH, integrate into scripts or just invoke quickly without leaving the shell. Most existing tools (at the time) were either closed, required various dependencies, or tied to a specific vendor. I wanted a free, open-source alternative that: - installs with a single binary (useful on bare servers) - talks to any LLM endpoint and especially self-hosted open weight model - could run headless, composable, and Unix-like SHAI stands for SHell AI! Along the way I…

    Oct 2025 · github.com

24. 24AS
    A SSH client and connection manager in your favorite terminal▲6

    2019 · github.com

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