GShell - Qt SSH/FTP Terminal Client

Screenshots

Main Interface	SFTP File Browser
SSH Terminal with session management	Standalone SFTP window for file operations

Settings Dialog	Session Manager
Comprehensive settings with 5 categories	Session profiles management

Terminal with VT100 emulation, color support, and text selection

GShell is a lightweight, feature-rich SSH terminal client built with Qt framework. It provides a modern user interface for connecting to remote servers via SSH, with full support for ANSI color codes, VT100/xterm terminal emulation, and integrated SFTP file browser.

Features

Terminal

• Secure SSH Connections: Connect to remote servers using password or key-based authentication
• VT100/xterm Emulation: Full terminal emulation supporting complex applications (vim, htop, top, etc.)
• ANSI Color Support: Rich 256-color support for syntax highlighting and colorized output
• Text Selection: Mouse-based text selection with right-click context menu (Copy/Paste)
• Customizable Appearance: Personalize fonts, colors, cursor style, and transparency

Session Management

• Session Profiles: Save and manage multiple SSH connection profiles
• Quick Access: Sessions panel with right-click menu for quick operations
• Session Tree: Organized tree view for easy navigation

SFTP File Browser

• Standalone SFTP Window: XShell-style separate SFTP window (like Xftp)
• File Operations: Upload, download, rename, delete files and directories
• Drag & Drop: Easy file transfer with drag and drop support

Settings

• Appearance: Font family/size, colors (background, foreground, cursor), cursor style, window opacity
• Terminal: Terminal type, character encoding, scrollback lines, bell settings
• Connection: Keep-alive, connection timeout, auto-reconnect
• Keyboard: Key mappings (Backspace, Alt, Meta)
• Window: Confirm on close, status bar, remember window size

System Requirements

• Qt 5.15.2 or higher
• C++11 compliant compiler
• libssh2, OpenSSL, zlib
• Supported platforms:
  • Windows 10/11 (MSVC 2019)
  • macOS 10.14 or newer
  • Linux (major distributions)

Installation

Windows

Download the latest release from Releases page.

Building from Source

Prerequisites

• Qt 5.15.2+ development environment
• C++ compiler (MSVC 2019 on Windows, GCC/Clang on Linux/macOS)
• vcpkg (for Windows dependency management)

Windows Build

# Install dependencies via vcpkg
vcpkg install libssh2:x64-windows openssl:x64-windows zlib:x64-windows

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/orz-ai/gshell.git
cd gshell

# Build with Qt Creator
# Open gshell.pro and build

# Or using command line
qmake gshell.pro
nmake

Linux Build

# Install dependencies (Ubuntu/Debian)
sudo apt install qt5-default libssh2-1-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev

# Clone and build
git clone https://github.com/orz-ai/gshell.git
cd gshell
qmake gshell.pro
make

Dependencies

• Qt 5.15.2 - Cross-platform UI framework
• libssh2 - SSH2 protocol library
• OpenSSL - TLS/SSL and crypto library
• zlib - Compression library

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.