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# lazyssh
**lazyssh** is a terminal-based, interactive SSH manager inspired by tools like **lazydocker** and **k9s** — but built
for managing your fleet of servers directly from your terminal.
With **lazyssh**, you can quickly **navigate**, **connect**, **manage**, and **transfer files** between your local
machine and any server defined in your `~/.ssh/config`.
No more remembering IP addresses or running long `scp` commands — just a clean, keyboard-driven UI.
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Lazyssh is a terminal-based, interactive SSH manager inspired by tools like lazydocker and k9s — but built for managing your fleet of servers directly from your terminal.
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With lazyssh, you can quickly navigate, connect, manage, and transfer files between your local machine and any server defined in your ~/.ssh/config. No more remembering IP addresses or running long scp commands — just a clean, keyboard-driven UI.
## ✨ Features
### Server Management
### Server Management (current)
- 📜 Read & display servers from your `~/.ssh/config` in a scrollable list.
- Add a new server from the UI by specifying alias, host/IP, username, port, identity file.
- ✏ Edit existing server entries directly from the UI.
- 🗑 Delete server entries safely.
- 📌 Pin / unpin servers to keep favorites at the top.
- 🏓 Ping server to check status.
- 📜 **Read & display** servers from your `~/.ssh/config` in a scrollable list.
- **Add** a new server entry from the UI by specifying:
- Host alias
- HostName / IP
- Username
- Port
- Identity file
-**Edit** existing server entries directly from the UI.
- 🗑 **Delete** server entries safely.
### Quick Server Navigation
- 🔍 Fuzzy search by alias, IP, or tags.
- 🖥 Onekeypress SSH into the selected server (Enter).
- 🏷 Tag servers (e.g., prod, dev, test) for quick filtering.
- ↕️ Sort by alias or last SSH (toggle + reverse).
### **Quick Server Navigation**
- 🔍 **Fuzzy search** through servers by alias or IP.
- ⏩ Instant SSH into selected server with a single keypress.
- 🏷 Grouping/tagging of servers (e.g., `prod`, `dev`, `test`) for quick filtering.
### **Remote Operations**
- 🖥 **Open Terminal**: Start an SSH session instantly.
- 📤 **Copy from server → local**: Select remote file/folder, choose local destination.
- 📥 **Copy from local → server**: Select local file/folder, choose remote destination.
### **Port Forwarding**
- 📡 Easily forward local ports to remote services (and vice versa) from the UI.
- Save & reuse common port forwarding setups.
### **SSH Key Management**
- 🔑 **Deploy public keys** to selected servers directly from the UI.
- Choose one of three modes:
- Use your default local public key (`~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub` or `~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub`)
- Paste a custom public key manually
- Generate a new keypair and deploy it
- Automatically append the key to `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` with correct permissions.
### Upcoming
- 📁 Copy files between local and servers with an easy picker UI.
- 📡 Port forwarding (local↔remote) from the UI.
- 🔑 Enhanced Key Management:
- Use default local public key (~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub or ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)
- Paste custom public keys manually
- Generate new keypairs and deploy them
- Automatically append keys to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys with correct permissions
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## 🎯 Use Cases
## 🛠 Installation
- Developers switching between dozens of dev/test/staging/production VMs
- Sysadmins managing multiple environments and needing quick access
- Anyone who wants **fast, zero-hassle SSH management** without memorizing IPs
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## 🚀 Usage
- Launch TUI (default):
- ./lazyssh
- Show version:
- ./lazyssh -v
- From source (requires Go 1.22+):
- git clone https://github.com/Adembc/lazyssh.git
- cd lazyssh
- go build -o lazyssh ./cmd
- ./lazyssh --version
- ./lazyssh version
- List servers in terminal:
- ./lazyssh list
- Using make (if available):
- make build
- ./bin/lazyssh
Binary releases: if/when releases are published, download from the Releases page and place in your PATH.
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## ⚙️ Configuration
lazyssh reads your SSH hosts from `~/.ssh/config`. Example entry:
```Host my-server
HostName 203.0.113.10
User ubuntu
Port 22
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
```
You can add/edit/delete entries from within the UI as well; lazyssh will keep things consistent.
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## ⌨️ Key Bindings
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| / | Toggle search bar |
| ↑/↓ | Navigate servers |
| Enter | SSH into selected server |
| c | Copy SSH command to clipboard |
| g | Ping selected server |
| r | Refresh background data |
| a | Add server |
| e | Edit server |
| t | Edit tags |
| d | Delete server |
| p | Pin/Unpin server |
| s | Toggle sort field |
| S | Reverse sort order |
| q | Quit |
Tip: The hint bar at the top of the list shows the most useful shortcuts.
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## 🚀 Quickstart
- Ensure your `~/.ssh/config` contains at least one Host.
- Run the app: `./lazyssh`
- Use `/` to search, `Enter` to connect.
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## 🤝 Contributing
Contributions are welcome!
- Fork the repo and create a feature branch.
- Follow Go formatting and linting: `make fmt` and `make lint` if available.
- Keep PRs focused and include screenshots/GIFs for UI changes.
- Open issues for bugs/ideas; tag as bug/feature/enhancement.
By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.
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## 🧾 License
This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 — see the LICENSE file for details.
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## 🙏 Acknowledgments
- Built with [tview](https://github.com/rivo/tview) and [tcell](https://github.com/gdamore/tcell).
- Inspired by [k9s](https://github.com/derailed/k9s) and [lazydocker](https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker).
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@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func (t *tui) showConnectModal(server domain.Server) {
SetDoneFunc(func(buttonIndex int, buttonLabel string) {
if buttonIndex == 0 {
// Suspend the TUI while running the external ssh command.
t.app.Suspend(func() {
t.app.Suspend(func() {
err := t.serverService.SSH(server.Alias)
if err != nil {
// Show a brief status after we resume