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 or public key auth when available, with fallback to password based authentication.
• Cross platform.

This demo illustrates the automatic upload feature:

macOS:

Windows:

Linux:

Usage

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.

MacOS specific

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"