Terminal tabs
Open multiple SSH sessions and keep them available while you manage hosts, snippets, files, and tunnels.
Secure SSH, SFTP, and tunnels for Mac.
liteSSH is a focused desktop SSH client for developers and system administrators who want fast terminal access, file transfers, saved identities, snippets, and port forwarding without a cloud account.
liteSSH connect production
$ ssh deploy@example-host
$ uptime && df -h
tabs terminal sessions
sftp upload and download queue
forward local, remote, dynamic SOCKS
SFTP transfers
Browse local and remote files, upload and download folders, and track progress in a transfer queue.
Local-first privacy
No required account, no cloud sync, and no analytics. Hosts and secrets stay on your Mac.
Built for everyday SSH work
- SSH terminal sessions with multiple tabs
- Password, private key, identity, keyboard-interactive, and SSH agent authentication
- Reusable host profiles with groups, tags, notes, colors, and start directories
- SFTP browser with upload, download, mkdir, rename, and delete
- Transfer queue with progress and cancellation
- Local, remote, and dynamic SOCKS port forwarding
- Command snippets for repeated server tasks
- Terminal themes, font controls, search, links, resize sync, and scrollback
- Trust-on-first-use host key verification with strict checking controls
- Local encrypted secret storage using macOS secure storage when available