easyssh

Make ssh easy. One tool — essh — instead of memorizing ssh, ssh-keygen, ssh-copy-id, scp and sshfs (and hand-editing ~/.ssh/config).

essh is a smart frontend, not a reimplementation: it shells out to the real tools, so ssh-agent, your keys, and your existing ~/.ssh/config all just work.

Install

cargo install easyssh      # installs the `essh` command

The idea

The whole point is "I never remember the commands." So the CLI holds only what's faster to type than to click; everything you'd otherwise have to look up lives in the TUI, where there's nothing to memorize.

CLI

essh                    # open the toolbox (TUI)
essh <host> [ssh args]  # connect — any unknown word is an ssh destination
essh ls [-v]            # list every host in ~/.ssh/config
essh cp <src…> <dst>    # scp with alias:path shorthand and auto -r

essh ls replaces the classic grep '^Host' ~/.ssh/config alias. essh cp notes.md raspi:~ beats scp notes.md user@host:~ — the config alias is enough, and directories get -r automatically.

TUI (bare essh)

Three tabs — Hosts, Keys, Tunnels — plus wizards for the things nobody remembers:

• Hosts — ↵ connect · n new host · m mount (sshfs) · t forward a remote port to you · T expose a local port on the host
• Keys — n new ed25519 key · c copy a key to a host (ssh-copy-id)
• Tunnels — live port-forwards you can actually see and d kill (raw ssh can't show you this)

Port forwards are spawned detached and tracked, so -L port:host:port becomes two plain-English questions.

Keys (vim-first, arrows work too)

• Move: j/k ≡ ↑↓ in the list, h/l ≡ ←→ switch tabs (Ctrl-chords work too)
• In a wizard, h/j/k/l are typed text — move between fields with Ctrl-j/k, Ctrl-↑↓, or Tab
• Enter submit · Esc/Ctrl-c cancel · ? help · q quit

Status

Early. Config listing/adding, connect, copy, key gen/copy, tunnels and sshfs mounts work. Tunnel liveness/kill is currently Linux-only (/proc).

License

AGPL-3.0-only.