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Free to edit. Pro to take action.

The full ssh_config editor is free forever, no account required. One optional $7 purchase unlocks the power tools — and it’s yours for the whole 1.x line.

Free · forever
SSH Manager
$0 no account

A complete editor for everyone — and the honest way to try Pro.

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Universal · macOS 14+ · no sign-up

What you get free
  • Lossless ssh_config editor with Includes support
  • Effective-config viewer & security linter
  • Key, ssh-agent & known_hosts viewers
  • Connection tester & copy-ssh-command
  • Favorites, tags & instant search
  • Automatic version snapshots
Pro · lifetime 1.x
SSH Manager Pro
$7 one-time

≈ the price of two months of a SaaS you’d forget to cancel.

Get on the Mac App Store

Same price, same license — buy on the web or the Mac App Store.

Universal · macOS 14+ · 14-day refund

Everything in Free, plus
  • Unlimited in-process -L / -R / -D tunnels
  • Multi-hop ProxyJump with live throughput
  • Key generation, ssh-copy-id & agent management
  • known_hosts editing & live verification
  • Version-history diff, branch & restore
  • Menu-bar, Dock, launch-at-login & terminal templates

Free vs Pro, feature by feature

Everything you need to read, edit, and reason about your config is free. Pro gates everything that acts on it.

Feature Free Pro
Edit your config
Structured Host & Match editor + raw block editor
Lossless writes — comments, blanks & indentation preserved
Include directives followed and edited in place
New-from-template & paste-a-block import
One-click duplicate / clone host with smart renaming
Autosave, explicit Save, revert & full undo / redo
Command palette (⌘K) fuzzy navigation
Understand & audit
Effective-config viewer with per-directive origin tracing
Linter: duplicate hosts, deprecated keywords, weak crypto
Missing-IdentityFile & orphaned-key warnings
Built-in connection / reachability tester
Copy the exact ssh command, jump hosts included
Favorites, tags, and instant fuzzy search
Keys & ssh-agent
Browse keys with SHA-256 fingerprints & randomart
Copy any public key (with or without comment)
See which identities are loaded in ssh-agent
Generate ed25519 / ECDSA keys with passphrase ·
Deploy a key to a host (ssh-copy-id) & wire into config ·
Add / remove agent identities + Keychain persistence ·
known_hosts
Searchable known_hosts viewer (plain & hashed)
Trust-on-first-use prompts with full fingerprints
Add, edit & delete entries ·
Live ssh-keyscan verification against a server ·
Tunnels
-L, -R & -D forwards — many per tunnel over one link ·
Multi-hop ProxyJump bastion chains, fully in-process ·
Live status, throughput metering & per-tunnel console ·
Health checks with automatic retry & backoff ·
Menu-bar indicator & up/down notifications ·
History & backups
Automatic content-addressed snapshots on every edit
Browse the full git-style version tree ·
Diff any two versions line by line ·
Branch from any point & one-click restore ·
System integration
One-click Connect in your default terminal
Custom terminal templates — iTerm2, Ghostty & more ·
Menu-bar host list, quick-copy & Dock menu ·
Launch at login ·
Auto-fetch a server’s host key into known_hosts ·
Native foundation
Sandboxed, notarized SwiftUI app — dark-mode first
Universal binary for Apple Silicon & Intel
Secrets in the system Keychain, never in plaintext
Free updates across the entire 1.x line
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Why not just use the terminal?

You can. SSH Manager just turns the parts you dread into one panel.

The manual way
  • Hand-edit ~/.ssh/config and hope nothing breaks
  • ssh -L … in a Terminal tab you can never close
  • grep through known_hosts to verify a fingerprint
  • git init your dotfiles just to get history
  • Juggle agent sockets and key passphrases
With SSH Manager
  • Lossless editor preserves every byte you didn’t touch
  • Supervised in-process tunnels with live throughput
  • Searchable known_hosts with TOFU verification
  • Built-in content-addressed version tree
  • Keychain-backed keys and agent, in one place

Frequently asked

Is the free version actually usable, or just a demo?

It’s a complete ssh_config manager you can use forever, no account required — the lossless editor, effective-config viewer, security linter, connection tester, and the key / agent / known_hosts viewers are all free. Pro adds the power tools: tunnels, key generation, agent management, version-history restore, and system integration.

Is Pro a subscription?

No. Pro is a one-time $7 purchase with no account required, and free updates across the entire 1.x line. Pay once, unlock every platform you use.

How do I unlock Pro after buying?

Enter your email in the app and click the magic link we send you. The app caches a signed entitlement and verifies it offline forever after — the same email unlocks macOS (and Linux, when it ships).

Which macOS versions are supported?

macOS 14 Sonoma or later. The app ships as a Universal binary for both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

Will it mess with my existing ssh_config?

Only the parts you change. The parser is lossless — comments, formatting, and Includes are preserved — and app-only data like tunnels and tags is stored in a separate database, never in your config.

Do tunnels shell out to the ssh binary?

No. Tunnels run entirely in-process over swift-nio-ssh, which is what makes them work cleanly inside the macOS App Sandbox — no Terminal, no subprocess.

App Store or direct download?

Both. You can buy on the Mac App Store, or download a Developer ID–signed, notarized build directly. Your license covers either.

What’s your refund policy?

A 14-day, no-questions-asked refund. If Pro isn’t for you, just ask.

Start free. Go Pro when you’re ready.

Download the full editor today; unlock the power tools for $7 whenever they earn it.

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