SSH Config Manager for Mac

A native macOS home for everything SSH. Edit ~/.ssh/config option by option without ever losing a comment, create and manage keys, clean up known_hosts and keep your own command-line scripts in one window.

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SSH Config Manager: the sidebar with Hosts, SSH Keys, Known Hosts and Local Scripts, the host list and the editor for one host

Every option, one click away

Each host opens in four tabs: Connection, Authentication, Forwarding and Advanced. Every option is always on screen with its own control and a short explanation, and options that may appear more than once, such as IdentityFile or LocalForward, get one row each.

The Authentication tab for one host: two IdentityFile rows, an Add Another IdentityFile button, then IdentitiesOnly, AddKeysToAgent, UseKeychain and IdentityAgent

Keys without the command line

Generate ED25519, RSA or ECDSA key pairs, see each fingerprint and public key at a glance, and copy the public key with one click. Keys you no longer need go to the Trash, so nothing is lost by mistake.

An SSH key with its name, type, comment, location, fingerprint and public key, and the buttons Copy Public Key, Show in Finder and Move to Trash

Known hosts, cleaned up

Browse every server your Mac has connected to, including hashed entries and certificate authorities. Search, remove one entry, or clear them all in one go when a server was reinstalled.

The Known Hosts table with host, kind, algorithm and key for six servers, and the Remove and Remove All buttons

More in SSH Config Manager

  • Your file stays yours

    Only the lines you change are rewritten. Comments, Include and Match blocks, repeated options and your own formatting survive every save, and the previous version is backed up first.

  • Safe by default

    New hosts are placed above Host * so their settings take effect. A host without a name can't be saved, and the app asks before you quit with unsaved changes.

  • Local scripts

    Create and edit your own commands in /usr/local/bin. When the folder needs administrator rights, macOS asks for Touch ID or your password.

Specifications

macOS
13 (Ventura) or later
Processor
Apple silicon or Intel
Disk space
10 MB
Version
2.0
Download size
0.7 MB
Signature
Signed and notarized by Apple

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Download SSH Config Manager and manage your entire SSH setup from one native macOS window.

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