# Install sshs with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop Graphical command-line client for SSH. Version 4.7.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:sshs ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install sshs ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install sshs ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/sshs/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add sshs ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sshs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#sshs ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ss/sshs/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S sshs ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: sshs from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/sshs ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/sshs.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:sshs - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.7.2 - **Source summary:** Graphical command-line client for SSH - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - sshs (cli) - sshs (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 4.7.2 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/quantumsheep/sshs - Upstream latest detected: 4.7.2 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage sshs is a Rust terminal user interface for choosing SSH hosts from an existing OpenSSH config file. ### Project history The upstream repository's earliest commits are from February 2022 and describe the initial implementation of the SSH host selector. The README defines the tool narrowly: it reads `~/.ssh/config`, lists hosts in a terminal interface, and launches the system `ssh` client rather than replacing OpenSSH. ### Adoption history The README documents installation through Homebrew, Chocolatey, Arch Linux, Alpine Linux, NetBSD pkgsrc, Nix flakes, and source builds, while the supplied package metadata also records MacPorts, pacman, Nix, Scoop, and Homebrew identifiers. That breadth indicates adoption as a small convenience CLI across multiple package ecosystems. ### How it is used Users install `sshs`, keep their normal OpenSSH configuration, and run the TUI to search and connect to configured hosts. The README also documents a `--config` option for users who want to point it at another SSH config file. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care about sshs because it is intentionally boring in the best way: it layers a searchable TUI over the de facto OpenSSH config format, so packaging it is mostly about delivering a small Rust binary that respects existing user dotfiles. ### Timeline - 2022: Initial upstream commits implemented the SSH host selector. - 2022: 1.0.0 and several early 1.x tags were published. - 2024: README documented broad package-manager installation paths. - 2025: 4.7.2 appeared in the upstream tag history. ### Related projects - sshs belongs to the family of SSH connection managers and terminal launchers, but it delegates connection semantics to OpenSSH and its `ssh_config` file. ### Sources - Git history from https://github.com/quantumsheep/sshs - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.ssh/config ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** sshs - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - sshs: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ss/sshs/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - sshs - 4.7.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sshs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Terminal user interface for SSH | https://github.com/quantumsheep/sshs - pacman - sshs - 4.7.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: sshs from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Terminal user interface for SSH | https://github.com/quantumsheep/sshs - MacPorts - sshs: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/sshs/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - extras/sshs: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/sshs.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [et](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/et/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, ssh, terminal. - [sequin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sequin/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal, tui. - [television](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/television/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal, tui. - [walk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/walk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal, tui. - [aha](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aha/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [amtterm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amtterm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [ansifilter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ansifilter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [ccat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ccat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [soft-serve](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/soft-serve/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, command-line, developer, developer-tools, line. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sshs.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/sshs.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph