⚡ OxideTerm
A free, native SSH client for working on remote servers.
SSH · Mosh · Telnet · Serial · RDP/VNC · SFTP · port forwarding · code editor
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What is OxideTerm
OxideTerm is an SSH client for macOS, Windows and Linux. Each server you connect to gets its own workspace in one window: terminals, a file manager, port forwards, a code editor, host monitoring and an optional AI assistant. OxideTerm is free and open source under GPL-3.0.
Why OxideTerm
- Connect once, use everything. Terminals, SFTP, port forwards and the editor for a server share one SSH connection by default, so opening another tool doesn't sign you in again.
- Survives short network drops. When a connection stops responding, OxideTerm keeps probing it for 30 seconds before replacing it, so vim, htop and other full-screen programs can pick up where they were.
- Light on memory. The interface is drawn on the GPU with GPUI, the framework behind the Zed editor. At idle it uses about 81 MB on macOS and 24 MB on Windows.
- Bring your own AI. The OxideSens assistant runs on the provider and API key you choose. There are no OxideTerm credits to buy.
- Pure-Rust SSH. The SSH stack is built on russh and ring, without OpenSSL or libssh2.
Idle memory before and after the move from Tauri (1.x) to native GPUI (2.0). The 1.x figures include its WebView processes.
| Platform | 1.x (Tauri) | 2.0 (native) | Reduction |
|---|
| macOS | 318.7 MB | 81.3 MB | 74% |
| Windows | 182.4 MB | 23.5 MB | 87% |
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Mixed workspace
An SSH terminal, a local terminal, Markdown notes and SFTP together in one tab. Mix pages from different servers and your own machine in up to 16 panes.
Terminal
An SSH session. The sidebar lists what you can open on this server: more terminals, SFTP, the IDE and port forwarding.
Files
Local and remote folders side by side, with the transfer queue below.
IDE
Open a remote project and edit its files in tabs.
Port forwarding
OxideTerm lists the ports listening on the server. Forward any of them with one click, or use a quick forward for tools like Jupyter.
Features
Items marked (plugin) are installed from the Plugin Marketplace inside the app.
Workspace
- Session Manager for searching, sorting, grouping, importing and exporting saved connections, with nested groups, tags, colors, icons and notes
- Import from
~/.ssh/config, including Match blocks, ProxyJump chains and RemoteCommand, with imported hosts kept up to date
- Import from SecureCRT, Xshell, Termius, MobaXterm, WindTerm, Electerm and FinalShell, with a preview before anything is saved
- Tab scopes that show all tabs, global pages, local terminals or a single server, while hidden sessions keep running
- Up to 16 panes in one tab, mixing terminals, SFTP, the IDE, forwards, notes, settings and remote desktops
- Detached windows: move a tab into its own window and back without dropping its sessions
- Tile 2–16 open terminals into one grid without reconnecting them
- Command palette for actions and saved connections, and Zen mode for focusing on one page
- Saved local terminal profiles with their own shell, starting directory and icon
- Workspace, window size, full-screen state and display placement restored at launch
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