Recommend a full-featured open source Shell tool that looks against the sky

Preface

The SSH tool that has been used on windows before is XShell, and later switched to the mac platform, XShell does not have a mac version. Therefore, I have been looking for a shell tool with high appearance and complete functions that can be used as daily use.

I know there are many excellent Shell terminal tools under mac, such as SecureCRT, putty, Termius, FinalShell, etc.

I considered from the following dimensions:

The face value should be high. After all, facing the boring shell command line every day, the unsightly interface will affect the mood. Mood is also a very important factor in productivity. I wonder if you agree with it.

All functions are required, such as file upload, cloud synchronization, theme switching, custom background, drag and drop, window splitting, historical commands, etc. The function is not complete, I am uncomfortable with it.

The operation should be concise, I am not engaged in operation and maintenance, the command line is already very complicated, and I don't want to be tossed on the UI.

To be free, no matter how good the function is to charge, it is useless because it is poor.

So what I recommend today is an SSH tool that meets all the above requirements, and it is free and open source. Iteration is very fast. There is a version for almost a few days, and the supported platforms include windows, mac, and linux. Even arm64 is supported in mac. Almost all platforms are supported.

Full-featured free, no ads. Very fragrant.

It is: electerm

Face value

I have used this software on the mac platform for almost 2 years. One of the most important reasons for choosing this terminal is its appearance. Not much to say, directly above the picture:

The entire interface has a strong dark style, but there is also a set of default white themes to choose from.

In addition to the preset two sets of themes, eleterm can customize the themes at will:

Custom background

I see that many children's shoes have IDEA backgrounds. Although I think this seriously affects my attention, it can be found in the Shell terminal. Let's try the last one. You can see the effect:

SSH tags

The electerm's SSH connection information is stored in the form of tags.

You can add folders for a certain group of connections, establish a new connection, and basically have all the functions that should be available. The interface is also extremely simple.

File Upload

Electerm comes with a sftp file upload, after connecting to SSH, click here to open the sftp upload.

The upload UI is simple and easy to understand, the left side is local and the right side is remote, it can be dragged and dropped, and even supports the upload of the entire folder. Very convenient. Multiple tasks are multiple threads, and you can see the thread being uploaded at the top.

Command shortcut

As a shell tool, quick commands should be standard, and some tools even charge for this, which is a bit unreasonable.

The eleterm configuration quick command is very convenient, such as adding a command to view system information, just configure it here.

Then you can easily click on the bottom to quickly execute

Cloud sync

Electerm supports synchronizing settings and labels between multiple computers.

Very clever use of github and gitee, as long as you set a token, you can export and import configuration and connection information. The principle is git push and pull.

You need to fill in a token here

I used the gitee method here, this token needs to be obtained on the settings page in gitee

Split Screen

Can support unlimited split screen, support horizontal split and vertical split, click on the upper right corner to split an extra screen, very convenient

There is a batch input command below. No matter how many windows you have, enter once and execute in batches.

Concluding remarks

The electerm function is really comprehensive, it is a very niche but excellent open source work. I have been using it personally until now. Although there are occasional small problems in use, the author has been updating it all the time. In two years, I have also seen this work getting better and better.

So I recommend it to everyone now. Hope you will fall in love with this small and beautiful Shell terminal after using it.

The official download address of is: 1619c8a7c5ff40 https://electerm.github.io/electerm

Because the official website is placed on the github page, if you think the download speed is slow, I will also download the versions of each platform in advance for everyone, and put them on the domestic gitee. You can reply to et in the public account to get the download.