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CLUSTER CLIENT-CROSS-FORWARDING · 19 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-03-10

Cross-platform SSH clients

The cluster consists of cross-platform SSH clients that provide terminal emulation, SFTP file transfer, and port forwarding, with one variant adding an AI assistant. The dated history before the index start is too thin to read a shape from, as fewer than five dated entries exist—it predates the index or its members are undated. SSHCommander leads on traction with 9 stars, followed by lyshell with 3 and arkapp-ark with 1.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

NOV 2024: 1DEC 2025: 1MAR 2026: 1MAY 2026: 1JUL 2026: 1AUG 2026: 7SEP 2026: 5OCT 2026: 2
NOV 2024OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 3 hand-coded · 16 unlabelled

Operator · 3 hobby · 1 indie · 1 commercial · 9 open source · 5 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 19 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01ds-harness-remote213★19 daysliveMulti-device remote access tool that lets PC, Android, and web clients operate a remote AI environment over an encrypted peer-to-peer network.
  2. 02Hatoba55★today—Desktop SSH client with an AI assistant that helps manage servers and syncs encrypted connection data across devices.
  3. 03SSHCommander9★28 daysliveCross-platform SSH/SFTP client with terminal, tabs, widgets, and biometric authentication for Android and Windows.
  4. 04lyshell3★23 days—AI-native terminal and SSH client that launches agents in a TUI or web UI and supports SFTP, serial, Telnet, and MCP server.
  5. 05arkapp-ark1★27 dayslivecommercialTerminal and SSH client that gives an AI agent live server context by combining terminal, file transfer, and server state in one connection.
  6. 06trzsz-ssh0★13 daysliveopen sourceCommand-line SSH client that replaces OpenSSH with batch login, remembered passwords, automated interaction, and file-transfer support.
  7. 07PuTTY0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceSSH, Telnet, and Rlogin client for secure remote access to computers.
  8. 08netcatty0★6 daysliveopen sourceSSH client with AI assistance for connecting to remote servers, browsing files over SFTP, and managing terminal sessions.
  9. 09MonoTerminal0★21 dayslivehobbyAI-powered SSH terminal and SFTP client that diagnoses errors and suggests commands via local or cloud AI models.
  10. 10NebulaShell0★12 dayslivehobbyCross-platform SSH client that manages remote server sessions, file transfers, port forwarding, and includes an AI assistant.
  11. 11mieterm0★24 days—hobbyCross-platform SSH client and terminal offering saved servers, split panes, command broadcast, port forwarding, SFTP, and session recording.
  12. 12zync-bin0★16 daysliveopen sourceTerminal-based SSH client for developers and DevOps teams that provides SFTP file transfer and secure tunneling features.
  13. 13netcatty-bin0★1 moliveopen sourceAI-powered SSH client that provides secure remote shell access, SFTP file browsing, and terminal management.
  14. 14cc-clip0★1 moliveopen sourceUtility that forwards clipboard images to AI coding agents running over SSH sessions.
  15. 15termirs0★4 moliveopen sourceA modern asynchronous SSH terminal client that provides remote command-line access.
  16. 16pangoterm-bin0★7 mostaleliveopen sourceCross-platform SSH client that provides secure remote shell access, file transfer with SFTP, and port forwarding for system administration.
  17. 17electerm0★unknownlivehand-codedopen sourceCross-platform terminal application combining SSH, SFTP, telnet, RDP, and VNC clients with bookmark syncing and an AI command assistant.
  18. 18PortX - SSH & SFTP Client (Deprecated)0★unknownliveindieCross-platform SSH and SFTP client providing terminal emulation, port forwarding, and multiple authentication methods for managing remote servers.
  19. 19portix0★unknownlivehand-codedCross-platform SSH client with tabbed terminal sessions, split workspace views, remote file browsing, and an integrated SFTP file manager.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.