Rivet

[!NOTE] Rivet is pre-release (0.x). Settings and storage formats may change.

Features

• SSH terminal — tabs and split panes, jump hosts, ~/.ssh/config import
• SFTP / FTP / FTPS — two-pane local ↔ remote explorer with a transfer queue, sharing the SSH terminal's connection
• Remote desktop (RDP) — NLA, text clipboard, resolution that follows the window, optional SSH tunnel
• Connection profiles — passwords live only in the OS vault (macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager)
• Automatic updates — signed updates, installed only when you choose to

Download

Platform	File
macOS (Apple Silicon, Intel)	Rivet_<version>_universal.dmg
Windows 10/11 x64	Rivet_<version>_x64-setup.exe or Rivet_<version>_x64_en-US.msi

Get them from Releases. Rivet is not code-signed yet, so macOS and Windows show a warning on first launch — see the install guide for what to click.

Documentation

The user guide is at nkwoo.github.io/rivet: install · connections · SSH · file transfer · remote desktop · security · troubleshooting

Security

• Unknown SSH host keys and untrusted TLS certificates are shown with their fingerprint before you connect; changed ones are blocked. There is no option to skip verification.
• Passwords and key passphrases are stored only in the OS vault, never in Rivet's database, settings or logs.
• Remote file names that point outside the target folder are refused.
• Releases are built on GitHub Actions with build provenance attestations and SHA256SUMS.txt.

To report a vulnerability, see SECURITY.md. Please do not open a public issue.

Contributing

Building from source, running the checks and integration tests, and the release process are described in CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

Licensed under either of

• Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE)
• MIT license (LICENSE-MIT)

at your option.

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.