🖥️ SSH Manager - VS Code Extension

SSH Manager is a standalone VS Code extension for easily managing all your SSH servers with a modern and intuitive interface. Full integration with Remote-SSH.

📸 Screenshot

✨ Features

Management Servers

• ✅ Full CRUD: Add, modify, duplicate, and delete servers
• ✅ known_hosts cleanup: Optionally remove the server entry from ~/.ssh/known_hosts on deletion (configurable in Settings)
• ✅ Import/Export: Compatible with ~/.ssh/config
• ✅ Categories: Organize your servers (Production, Dev, Test, etc.)
• ✅ Search: Real-time filtering
• ✅ Recent Directories: Quick access to frequently used paths

Connection & Integration

• ✅ Remote-SSH: Direct connection with VS Code Remote-SSH
• ✅ Integrated Terminal: One-click SSH
• ✅ Historical Import: Automatically retrieves your Remote-SSH connections

🔐 Security Pack (New! PRO PACK)

• 🔒 Encrypted Passwords: Secure storage via VS Code SecretStorage API
• 📊 Full Audit: Logs of all connections/disconnections
• ⚠️ Smart Alerts: Detection of suspicious attempts (multiple failures)
• 📝 Detailed History: Who, when, from where, success/failure
• 🔔 Real-Time Notifications: Connection/failure alerts
• 🧹 Clean VS Code Server: Clean up VS Code Server on a remote server

🌐 SSH Tunneling (New! PRO PACK)

• 🔀 Port Forwarding: Create local, remote, or dynamic tunnels
• 🎯 Simple Configuration: Intuitive interface for defining port forwarding
• 📋 Centralized Management: Monitor all your active tunnels at a glance
• 🔄 Auto Reconnect: Tunnels automatically reconnect after a disconnection
• 💾 Tunnel Profiles: Save your favorite tunnel configurations

Other

• 🔑 Security: Password and SSH key support
• 🌍 i18n: Multilingual interface (French/English)
• 🧪 Temporary SSH Keys: Generate ephemeral ed25519 keys with auto-expiration and install the public key to remote authorized_keys in one click.
• 👀 Key Preview Panel: View generated temporary keys, public key content, expiration, and linked servers.
• ✉️ Easy Sharing: Copy a share-ready message or open your email client with a prefilled key email.
• 🧹 Force Cleanup: Trigger immediate key cleanup from linked servers and local machine for testing.
• ⏱️ Expiration Cleanup: On expiration, keys are removed locally and also removed from linked remote servers (when installed via the extension).

🌍 Supported Languages

The extension automatically detects the VS Code language:

• 🇫🇷 French (default)
• 🇬🇧 English

For more information on internationalization, see I18N.md.

🚀 Installation

ext install exaland.ssh-manager

📖 Usage

Temporary SSH Keys

1. Run command SSH Manager: Generate Temp Key to create an ephemeral ed25519 key (choose a validity and optional comment).
2. Use SSH Manager: Install Temp Key to append the public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on a selected server.
3. Open Preview keys in the manager header to inspect all temporary keys and linked servers.
4. You can then:
   • Copy a ready ssh-copy-id command
   • Copy the raw public key
   • Copy a share-ready message
   • Send the key by email (prefilled subject/body)
   • Force cleanup a selected key immediately
   • Reveal the key file in your OS

Expiration behavior:

• Local key files are deleted automatically.
• If the key was installed through the extension, it is also removed from the linked remote authorized_keys entries.

Limits:

• Free tier: up to 3 installations per day. The button shows remaining installs.
• PRO tier: unlimited installations.

Quick Start

1. Open the command prompt: Cmd+Shift+P (Mac) / Ctrl+Shift+P (Win/Linux)
2. Type: SSH Manager
3. Add your servers or import them from ~/.ssh/config

Password Security

Your passwords are automatically encrypted and securely stored in VS Code SecretStorage. They are never stored in plain text in LocalStorage.

Connection Auditing

• Automatic Logs: Every connection/disconnection is logged in ~/.ssh-manager/connection-audit.log
• View Logs: Logs can be viewed directly in VS Code
• Smart Alerts: You are notified in case of suspicious activity (3+ failed connections in 5 minutes)
• Statistics: Track your connections per server with detailed statistics

🔧 Development

git clone https://github.com/exaland/vscode-ssh-manager
cd vscode-ssh-manager
npm install
npm run compile

Press F5 to test the extension.

📝 License

MIT License - see LICENSE

👤 Author

Exaland - @exaland