An SSH file manager.
- Edit files like local:
- Automatically download and open files in any local editor (configurable).
- Automatically upload when changes are detected.
- Especially useful on slow and unstable links, where FUSE+SSHFS would cause too big of a slowdown on the local system.
- Edit files as root via sudo.
- Uses SSH auth agent or public key auth when available, with fallback to password based authentication.
- Cross platform.
This demo illustrates the automatic upload feature:
macOS:
Windows:
Linux:
Command line usage:
Usage: filesremote [-h] [-i <str>] [-pw <str>] [[username@]host[:port]]
-h, --help displays help
-i, --identity-file=<str> selects a file from which the identity (private key) for public key authentication is read
-pw, --password=<str> password to use for authentication and sudo (WARNING: Insecure! Will appear in your shell history!)
Example: filesremote example.com
Example: filesremote 192.168.1.60
Example: filesremote user1@192.168.1.60:2222
Example: filesremote 2001:db8::1
Example: filesremote [2001:db8::1]
Example: filesremote [2001:db8::1]:2222
Defaults to your local username and port 22 if unspecified.
On first run the app will be blocked, because I do not have an Apple Developer account. From MacOS version 13, it seems that the way to unblock it is to right click and click Open in from Applications:
On MacOS versions prior to 13, unblock it in this System Preferences pages:
After starting the app, go to File -> Preferences and set up the path of your text editor. For example for Sublime Text on MacOS this could be:
open -a "Sublime Text"
Optionally make aliases for easy command line usage:
alias filesremote="open -a FilesRemote --args $@"
alias filesremote_myserver="filesremote user1@192.168.1.60"
