foreword
The SSH tool that has been used on Windows before is XShell, and later moved to the mac platform. XShell does not have a mac version. So I have been looking for a good-looking, full-featured Shell tool that can be used daily.
I know that there are many excellent shell terminal tools under mac, such as SecureCRT, putty, Termius, FinalShell, etc.
I consider it from the following dimensions:
The face value should be high. After all, facing the boring shell command line every day, the bad interface will affect the mood. Mood is also a very important factor in productivity, I don't know if you agree.
The functions should be complete, such as file upload, cloud synchronization, theme switching, custom background, drag and drop, window segmentation, historical commands, etc. Incomplete function, I am not happy 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 again.
To be free, no matter how good the function is, it is useless to charge, 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 in almost a few days, and the supported platforms include windows, mac, and linux. Even arm64 is supported in mac. Almost all platforms are supported.
Fully functional for free, no ads. Very fragrant.
it is: electm
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 on the picture:
The entire interface has a strong dark style, but there are also default white themes to choose from.
In addition to the preset 2 sets of themes, eleterm can customize themes at will:
custom background
I have seen that the IDEA background of many children's shoes is a young lady. Although I think this seriously affects my concentration, it can be found in the Shell terminal. Let's try it on the previous one. You can see the effect:
ssh tag
Electrom's SSH connection information is stored in the form of tags.
You can add folders for a certain group of connections, create a new connection, and basically have all the functions that you should have. 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 uploading 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 uploading of entire folders. Very convenient. Multiple tasks are multiple threads, at the top you can see the thread that is uploading.
Command shortcuts
As a shell tool, quick commands should be standard, and some tools even charge for this, which is a bit unreasonable.
eleterm is very convenient to configure quick commands, such as adding a command to view system information, you only need to configure it here.
Then you can easily click at the bottom to quickly execute
Cloud sync
Electem support can synchronize settings and tabs 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. In principle, it is the push and pull of git.
You need to fill in a token here
I use the gitee method here, this token needs to be obtained from 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, which is very convenient
There is a batch input command at the bottom. No matter how many windows you have, enter once and execute in batches.
Epilogue
electerm function is really comprehensive, it is a very small but excellent open source work. I personally have been using it until now. Although there are occasional small problems in use, the author has been updating it. In two years, I have also seen this work getting better and better.
So I recommend it to everyone now. I hope you will fall in love with this small and beautiful shell terminal after using it.
The official download address of Electterm is: https://electerm.github.io/electerm
Because the official website is placed on the github page, if you think the download speed is slow, I also downloaded the versions of each platform for everyone in advance, and put them on the domestic gitee, you can reply in the official account etto get the download.
