Sheil
Private remote management with local AI
Sheil launched on August 11, 2026 with 3 votes, #2,940 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.
What it does
Sheil is an open-source, cross-platform tool for managing remote machines and devices with SSH, SFTP, port forwarding, and a local AI command assistant. Built with security and privacy in mind.
Open-source, cross-platform tool for managing remote and device connections with an embedded local AI engine for command generation and auto-completion.
Open-source, cross-platform SSH client with an embedded local AI engine for command generation and auto-completion. Secure connections with key and password authentication, organized with groups and tags. Every tab is an active session with real-time state management. Integrated file management with drag-and-drop upload and download. Local, remote, and dynamic (SOCKS) port forwarding built in. Embedded llama.cpp generates terminal commands and provides ghost-text completion — fully offline. Sheil is free and open-source. If you find it useful, consider sponsoring to keep developmentfrom sheil.hrdtr.dev
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