/filesremote

An SSH file manager that lets you edit files like they are local

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FilesRemote

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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 when available, with fallback to password based authentication.
  • Cross platform.

This demo illustrates the automatic upload feature:

Demo

macOS:

Mac

Windows:

Windows

Linux:

Linux

Usage

Command line usage: filesremote [[username@]host[:port]].

E.g. filesremote 192.168.1.60 or filesremote user1@192.168.1.60:22. Defaults to your local username and port 22.

MacOS specific

On first run the app will be blocked, because I do not have an Apple Developer account. Unblock it in this System Preferences pages:

Security & Privacy system preferences page

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"