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SSH Pilot

SSH Pilot is a file transfer program, available on Linux: split view.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

SSH Pilot is a file transfer program, available on Linux.

Features described in its GitHub repository: split view.

Services and protocols mentioned: SSH and SFTP.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “SSH Pilot is a user-friendly SSH and SFTP client for Linux, macOS and Windows.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Split view with multiple terminals” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

SSH Pilot is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

SSH Pilot is a user-friendly SSH connection manager featuring built-in tabbed terminal, remote file management, key transfer, port forwarding and more. It's an alternative to Putty, Termius and Mobaxterm. Manage multiple machines from a unified, clean interface Transfer files to and from servers using the built-in file manager (SFTP and SCP) Tuned for fast keyboard navigation with customizable shortcuts Easily generate and transfer SSH keys to servers Loads existing ~/.ssh/config and works with standard SSH keys and settings Configure local, remote and dynamic port forwarding Server grouping

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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