QSSH – Quick SSH Connector

QSSH is a tiny but powerful terminal user-interface (TUI) written in Go that lets you browse the hosts defined in your SSH configuration and connect with a single keystroke.

✨ Features

• Instant discovery – Parses your ~/.ssh/config (and any nested Include files) to build the list of hosts.
• Fuzzy navigation – Arrow keys or j / k to move, Enter to connect.
• Rich details – Shows user, hostname and non-default ports at-a-glance.
• Keyboard-only – Works wherever a terminal works (no mouse required).
• Zero-friction – Once you hit Enter, QSSH disappears and your normal SSH session starts (qssh never stays resident).

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📦 Installation

Go install (requires Go ≥1.20)

go install github.com/EmreKb/qssh@latest

go install builds QSSH from source on your machine.

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🚀 Usage

Just run:

qssh

QSSH will parse your ~/.ssh/config (and any files referenced via Include) and show all matching hosts.

Example SSH config

# ~/.ssh/config
Host my-server
    HostName xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
    User root
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/my-server-identity-file

After running qssh, you might see something like this:

Key bindings:

Key	Action
↑ / k	Move cursor up
↓ / j	Move cursor down
↵ Enter / Space	Connect to selection
q / Ctrl+C	Quit

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⚙️ How it works

QSSH uses:

• ssh_config to parse your SSH config (including nested Include files).
• bubbletea and lipgloss for the TUI.
• Regular ssh under the hood – once a host is chosen, QSSH replaces itself with the ssh process.

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🛠 Development

1. Clone the repo and cd qssh.
2. go run . – launches the dev build.

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🤝 Contributing

Bug reports, feature ideas and PRs are welcome!

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📄 License

MIT – see LICENSE.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to the Charm Bracelet crew for the amazing terminal UI ecosystem and to Kevin Burke for the ssh_config parser.