
SSH Config Editor
Manage your SSH client configuration file in a smart and efficient way
Already own SSH Config Editor? See upgrade options.If you use SSH to connect to remote systems, more often than once in a year, you definitely need help handling all the configs. SSH Config Editor is a wonderful tool to keep your OpenSSH client configurations and known-hosts files under control. Manage identities, port forwarding, and other options within one coherent interface.

Robust Editor
Instead of limited text editing, you get an intuitive system
- Search across host settings
- Separators for visual group hosts
- Set of icons with common services and operation systems
- Reorder host configs with drag and drop
- Disable configurations that are no longer relevant
Instant Connection to Host
- All your SSH connections are accessible from the app
- Set identity files per host
- Pro Automatic login with securely stored passwords
- Customize default terminal in Preferences
- Quick connection from menu bar icon
- Pro Port knocking sequences for open or close ssh port
- Check availability of ssh port


Local and Remote Port Forwarding
Add or edit local and remote port forwarding options
- Visualizes the port forwarding process
- Show names for common port numbers
- Copy forwarding ssh command to clipboard
Manage Known Hosts
Manage your known_hosts file
- Find host entries even if they are encrypted
- Mark entries as certification authority or revoked
- Remove or comment invalid or changed hosts
- Create or find ssh configuration for known host
- Open connection to known host


Keys Manager Pro
All file system and Secure Enclave keys in one place
- Shows detail information about identity keys
- Generate and store access keys in Secure Enclave
- Generate RSA, DSA, ECDSA and Ed25519 key pairs
- Copy public key to server
Pro only features
- Keys manager and Secure Enclave support
- Store and auto fill passwords for ssh connections
- Spotlight integration for connect host directly from it, just write “ssh host”
- Automation and scripting capabilities
- Generate keys with all supported key types, not just RSA
- Connect to servers with custom command line commands
- Support for included configurations
- Port knocking sequences for open or close ports on remote server
- Run ssh-copy-id automatically instead of create command which must be pasted to terminal and run
- Action for copy public key to clipboard
- Doesn’t require confirm access to config or known_hosts files
- Trial version for 7 days
Version History
Constant delivery new versions with more features
4. 1. 2021
4. 1. 2021
Version 2.1.2
- Fix open config if file is symbolic link
- Pro Configuration for more identity key locations
3. 12. 2020
3. 12. 2020
Version 2.1.1
- Entry icons redesign and new touchbar picker
- Fix entry reordering in sidebar
26. 11. 2020
26. 11. 2020
Version 2.1
- Pro Automation and scripting capabilities. For more information, see documentaion. There are example integration for Alfred and Raycast.
- Two articles in new Help Center
- Pro New preference option to allow beta updates (updates published more options but less tested)
- Pro Connections in system Terminal app now opens in new tab instead of new window (for new window press ⌥ key)
- Pro Stored password and port knocking settings are now indicated in App Options config group
- The app is now a Universal binary so it will run natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs
- Fix Spotlight integration on macOS Big Sur
- Fix deactivation of some toolbar items when they are not available
- Fix help display if action for open connection is not available