I’ve been building an SSH client called Reach because I got tired of PuTTY being stuck in 2005, MobaXterm being
Windows-only and bloated, and Termius wanting a subscription for basic features.
What it does:
SSH terminals with tabs, split panes, and WebGL rendering
SFTP file browser with drag-and-drop transfers and inline editing
Port forwarding (local, remote, dynamic SOCKS)
Live system monitoring (CPU, RAM, disk) — no agents needed
Multi-exec — broadcast commands to multiple servers at once
Ansible & OpenTofu automation built in
Serial console for routers/switches
AI assistant (bring your own API key)
Encrypted vault for credentials (XChaCha20-Poly1305 + Argon2id)
Jump host / ProxyJump support
Import from ~/.ssh/config
Tech: Rust backend (pure Rust SSH via russh — no OpenSSH dependency), Svelte 5 frontend, Tauri v2. No Electron. Runs
in a system webview so it’s lightweight.
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux (.deb, .AppImage, .rpm), Android
It’s MIT licensed and free — no premium tiers, no subscriptions.
Does anyone have an opinion as to whether this post is acceptable.?
I am unsure. It seems a useful development and it is open source.
It might be advertising, but it is not aggressively promotional … it asks for suggestions.
He joined the forum and imminently post his Ad.
So should this forum now allow posting from all Github developers to place an Ad for their software?
If so, maybe @abhishek needs to add a new section to the forum where members can post their Ads to called ‘Free and Open Source - Try my software - It’s Free’
True and the software may be excellent. I do not personally have a need for it and some people on here might like it. I suppose what bothers me (right or wrong) is he joined the forum just to post an Ad.
I found it interesting… thus I find it acceptable…
@Manuel_Jordan started a thread somewhere else asking for alternatives to PuTTY…
I’m always looking for alternatives to puTTY… I use MobaXterm where I can…
I’ve tried Tabby in the past, on all 3 platforms… But went back to using MobaXterm on Windows (I only access Windows systems remotely - i.e. RDP or AVD, and somtimes Citrix) - and native terminals on Linux (Gnome Terminal) and MacOS (iTerm and iTerm2).
I’m going to check this out anyway…
I went terminal-hopping this morning! i.e. I tested Microsoft’s “Windows Terminal” to replace CMD, PowerShell and use SSH natively (i.e. Windows 11’s openssh).
Strike all that - it needs to be installed using npm… Reckon I’ll give it a miss…
Thanks for asking more to look after it, I said yes ok first then was not sure.
Like the idea of a seperate section for new ideas on software or even hardware so we can keep up to date without promoting or being involved with a sales pitch. Would not want to become like distrowatch where every new release is featured.
That is the best way with borderline cases… do it in public… then everyone understands. I took your flag off. We can always act if it gets out of control.
All i wanted is to help the community with my creations and i do not know how else could i reach people, my apologize if that’s not compatible with the forum rules which i didn’t read any thing preventing it, i also hate ads, so i do not actually “advertise” since all i want is for people to have tools for free open source so they know what they install and most importantly free, i am planning on creating further tools open source which normally would need money for, i even have some other repositories such as open source discord. See, i do not have the community to know all the bugs to fix them make something stable and reasonable. Mostly, i would say that this is not regarding the forum alone but also the community itself, i believe community makes the rules, if you guys are annoyed by it i will gladly ask for deletion. I never meant to cause any chaos.
Hi @alexandrosnt ,
It is OK. Noone is annoyed. This is just our normal process. I prefer to do it in public.
We do want to help opensource developers. We have trouble distinguishing those from clever ads for commercial software.
Some of us do beta test apps and distros. I think @daniel.m.tripp is going to have a look at yours.
Regards
Neville
Welcome to the forum @alexandrosnt.
With your expertise and knowledge in Linux you will be a real asset to this forum with helping resolved problems and answering questions.