Desktop: SFTP Manager 💻 Desktop

Same dual-pane file manager as mobile, with desktop-native niceties.

Desktop SFTP is on the roadmap, not yet shipped. See tabssh/desktop for current status.

📁 Same UX as Mobile

  • Two-pane layout: local on the left, remote on the right.
  • Multi-select with click + Ctrl/Shift modifiers.
  • Recursive folder transfer with resume.
  • Per-transfer progress with cancellation.
  • chmod editor + in-app text editor inherit straight from the mobile UX.

Reference: Mobile SFTP Manager.

🖱️ Desktop-Native Touches

  • Drag & drop — drag from the OS file manager into the remote pane to upload; drag from the remote pane to the OS desktop to download.
  • Native file picker on "Open in editor" — opens with your $EDITOR / OS-default app instead of an in-app editor.
  • Open Terminal Here — right-click a remote folder, get an SSH session in that cwd.
  • Copy path as scp://, sftp://, or user@host:/path URL — paste into other tools.

🔁 Differences from mobile

  • No SAF — direct filesystem access via the OS file picker.
  • No 1 MiB editor cap — opens in your real editor of choice.
  • Permissions UI matches your OS conventions (octal text input alongside the mobile-style checkbox grid).
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