bawkterm is a desktop client for SSH, SFTP, Docker over SSH, and Remote Desktop on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It also provides remote file editing, encrypted credential storage, and optional synchronization through a self-hosted bawksync server.
bawkterm is a desktop client for managing remote systems from Windows, macOS, and Linux. It combines SSH terminal sessions, SFTP transfers, remote file editing, Docker-over-SSH controls, and Remote Desktop access in one application.
Connection details, passwords, private keys, identities, snippets, and trusted host keys are stored in an encrypted local vault. A separately hosted bawksync server can synchronize the encrypted data between devices, while the project remains a personal project and notes that users should expect rough edges.
Open tabbed SSH sessions with WebGL rendering, chained jump hosts, OpenSSH agent or Pageant authentication, keyboard-interactive and key authentication, auto-reconnect, startup commands, scrollback search, paste protection, per-tab zoom, and reopened tabs.
Browse local and remote files in side-by-side panes, transfer folders recursively with replace, keep-both, or skip choices, filter entries, save favorite folders, and open a terminal in a selected remote directory.
Edit remote files in an in-app tab with syntax highlighting for about 100 languages, search, and save-back support. Users can also choose an installed editor such as VS Code, Cursor, Zed, Sublime Text, or BBEdit where supported.
Generate Ed25519, RSA, and ECDSA keys, import OpenSSH, PEM, and PuTTY keys, create reusable username-and-credential identities, and import hosts from ~/.ssh/config.
View containers on SSH-accessible hosts, grouped by Compose project, with CPU and memory information plus start, stop, restart, shell, and live-log actions.
Open Windows Remote Desktop or FreeRDP 3 sessions, optionally routed through an SSH jump host, and keep frequently used commands as runnable snippets.
Open several remote shells in tabs, use jump hosts to reach systems behind an intermediate server, reconnect automatically, and run a configured startup command for recurring administration tasks.
Move project files between a workstation and a server with side-by-side panes, recursive transfer conflict handling, favorites, and an option to open a terminal in the current remote folder.
Inspect containers on a remote Docker host, identify them by Compose project, check CPU and memory information, and start, stop, restart, shell into, or follow logs from the desktop.
Open a remote file for quick changes in the built-in editor or a supported local editor, then save the edited content back to the server without switching to a separate transfer workflow.
Keep connection records and credentials consistent across personal computers by running a bawksync server, with the vault contents encrypted locally before synchronization.
bawkterm is distributed from the project's GitHub Releases page. Packages include a Windows installer, macOS DMG files, Linux DEB and RPM packages, an AppImage, a Flatpak, and an AUR package.
The application supports Windows, macOS, and Linux. Remote Desktop hosts require Windows Remote Desktop on Windows or FreeRDP 3 on macOS and Linux.
Yes. Hosts, passwords, private keys, identities, snippets, and trusted host keys are stored in a vault encrypted with AES-256-GCM. Optional unlock methods include Windows Hello, passkeys, Windows DPAPI, macOS Keychain, and Linux keyrings, depending on platform.
Cross-device synchronization uses a bawksync server that you run yourself. Data is encrypted on the device before synchronization and remains end-to-end encrypted through the sync service.
The Windows installer, Linux AppImage, DEB, and RPM packages can update themselves. Flatpak and AUR installations use their respective package-update workflows, while macOS updates currently require downloading a new release manually.
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