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24 alternatives to zzh

SSH Client and connection manager in your favorite terminal

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. zzh launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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

   SSH Client and connection manager in your favorite terminal - cuonggt/zzh

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   SecurSSH▲57

   SSH access for developers. Secure, European, done right.

   May 2026 · securssh.com · its alternatives →

3. 3IM
   I made Devzat – It's like Discord but in the terminal, over SSH▲391

   Run `ssh devzat.hackclub.com` to try it out! The repo is here: https://github.com/quackduck/devzat (golang). It has markdown and emoji support, DMs, channels, and it can show images too. You can send code, and it gets syntax highlighted (you can change the theme). You can ping people like so: @user and it sends them a \a, which should play an audible sound if the terminal allows it. There's inbuilt games and rainbow names and a lot of other small things I don't remember right now. You might find the auth system interesting: it's based on a hash of ssh pubkey (bans use…

   2022 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   I made an SSH tunnel manager to learn Go▲213

   The `boring` SSH tunnel manager. Contribute to alebeck/boring development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   zmd▲128

   Access handy utilities in your terminal

   2023 · its alternatives →

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   Sshx, a web-based collaborative terminal▲242

   Fast, collaborative live terminal sharing over the web - ekzhang/sshx

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   webshl▲77

   Easy way to have bash shell on your browser

   2023 · its alternatives →

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   Devzat▲144

   Chat with other devs over SSH in your Terminal

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   A simple SSH VPN client▲113

   SSH-based "VPN for poors". Contribute to ivanilves/xiringuito development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    termique▲90

    A free SSH client for Mac, Windows and Linux. Every host in one place, with end-to-end encrypted sync, SFTP, SSH key management, and an AI terminal assistant.

    Jun 2026 · termique.app · its alternatives →

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    Z shell configuration, zsh startup files, when they load, what they do▲85

    zsh configuration. Contribute to SixArm/zsh-config development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Shellvault – Cloud SSH terminal accessible from any browser▲114

    KeoNhaCai cập nhật tỷ lệ kèo bóng đá trực tuyến, lịch thi đấu, kết quả và thông tin các giải đấu nổi bật, giúp người hâm mộ dễ dàng theo dõi bóng đá hôm nay.

    2019 · shellvault.io · its alternatives →

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    ServerBuddy – GUI SSH client for managing Linux servers from macOS▲42

    Hi HN, I've built an app for macOS that allows performing common SSH operations on Linux servers using a native GUI. The problem: Managing multiple Linux servers usually means juggling terminal windows and copy-pasting snippets/scripts. After dealing with tens of production/staging VPSes at previous jobs, I realized there had to be a better way for common operations I did on a daily basis than my collection of bash snippets. Features: - Quickly switch between different servers. Tag servers with arbitrary key values for easy search. - Real-time dashboard with CPU/memory graphs,…

    2025 · serverbuddy.app · its alternatives →

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    Zync▲8

    Local-first SSH workspace - local shells and remote servers

    Aug 2026 · zync.thesudoer.in · its alternatives →

15. 15
    SSH Client Terminal▲6

    SSH client terminal

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Local Panel▲84

    Local SSH server manager with no subscriptions or installs

    May 2026 · nesdzo.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    Reminal – A zero-config SSH alternative that's also mobile friendly▲13

    Close the lid and walk away — every window, desktop and terminal on your machines, live in any browser. E2E-encrypted, no open ports, no client, no account. - harshalgajjar/Reminal

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Crank – The SSH Terminal Manager for Engineers Who Refuse to Close Tabs▲6

    I've gone full vibe coder, and in doing so I replaced how I used to work with my own (and very buggy) SSH window manager. The world shifted for me, and it's unsettling... I haven't read the code yet, but I'm using it to manage 25 projects all running claude code on a very beefy server. Every single facet of this project was from claude.

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    sshPilot▲12

    Mfat/sshpilot: simple, user-friendly ssh connection manager

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tssh▲6

    A ssh client I wrote in C++ from scratch, reading the RFCs. Any idea, suggestion, error or bug notification is welcome ! https://github.com/gbonacini/tssh

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21ZP
    ZSH plugin every developer should use▲9

    Hey HN, if you are a developer you will probably know the following situation: You are going to a certain project directory and then you are searching for this one command which was specific to this project or you just want to go through the last commands you typed into your shell while you were working in this directory. If you ever had this problem and are using Zsh, you should check out this zsh plugin I wrote: https://github.com/tymm/directory-history Let me know what you think!

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    gwt-zsh – Stupidly simple Git worktree management▲6

    Stupidly simple git worktree management - Smart branch naming, interactive pruning, and automatic config copying for ZSH - aasimsani/gwt-zsh

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Amz-SSH, a little binary to EC2 instance connect via bastion servers▲6

    a tool that replaces aws/aws-ec2-instance-connect-cli. No python and support for ssh tunnels - nodefortytwo/amz-ssh

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I made a CLI that makes it easier to manage multiple Git configs▲14

    CLI to make git, ssh-key config and zsh config management easier - GitHub - aki21j/shellnerd: CLI to make git, ssh-key config and zsh config management easier

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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