How to Use Every App in SSH Desktop

Manage system software packages across any Linux distribution without memorizing distro-specific package manager syntax. Automatically detects whether your server runs apt (Debian/Ubuntu), dnf/yum (RHEL/Rocky/Fedora), pacman (Arch), or apk (Alpine).

$ sudo apt update && sudo apt list --upgradable

1. Update Repositories: Click Check Updates to synchronize remote repository indexes and scan for pending security updates.
2. 1-Click Package Upgrades: Inspect upgradable dependencies, review changelogs, and run full system upgrades with live terminal logging.
3. Software Repository Auditor: Inspect and toggle configured package repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list or /etc/yum.repos.d/.

Visually manage Linux user accounts, administrative groups, and active SSH login sessions. Eliminates syntax mistakes when granting sudo privileges or changing user passwords.

$ sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash deployer && sudo usermod -aG sudo deployer

1. Creating New Users: Specify username, home directory creation (-m), and assign custom default login shells (/bin/bash, /bin/zsh).
2. Non-Interactive SHA-512 Password Hashing: Update passwords safely via salted crypt-hash generation without displaying passwords in shell history.
3. Sudoers Group Toggling: Add or remove users from sudo or wheel administrative groups with a single toggle switch.
4. Active Session Kick: View all currently logged-in users (who, last) and instantly terminate unauthorized or stale SSH sessions.

Inspect every network socket listening for inbound connections on your server. Identify rogue processes, audit interface IP addresses, and run integrated network latency tests.

$ sudo ss -tulpn | grep LISTEN

1. Listening Ports Scanner: Live table showing Port, Protocol (TCP/UDP), Process Name, PID, and Bound Address (0.0.0.0 vs 127.0.0.1).
2. Network Interface Explorer: Audit all network devices (eth0, docker0, wg0), MAC addresses, IPv4/IPv6 CIDRs, and MTU settings.
3. Integrated Diagnostics: Run ICMP Ping tests, multi-hop Traceroutes, and DNS resolution lookups directly from the server.

Visual disk capacity auditor for Linux storage. Prevent out-of-disk production outages with interactive directory size heatmaps and S.M.A.R.T. drive health monitoring.

$ df -hT --exclude-type=tmpfs && sudo smartctl -H /dev/nvme0n1

1. Storage Space Breakdown: Visual gauge meters for root /, mounted storage, and attached cloud block volumes.
2. Large Directory Analyzer (ncdu GUI): Scan storage to instantly pinpoint the top directories and runaway log files consuming disk space.
3. Mount & Fstab Manager: Mount, unmount, and edit /etc/fstab persistent mount entries with automatic syntax validation.
4. S.M.A.R.T. Drive Health: Audit NVMe and SSD drive temperatures, reallocated sectors, and estimated remaining lifespan.

Create, edit, and audit scheduled Linux cron jobs without syntax errors. Features an interactive cron expression builder and execution dry-run simulator.

$ crontab -l && grep CRON /var/log/syslog | tail -n 10

1. Visual Expression Builder: Configure schedules using intuitive dropdowns (minute, hour, day, month, weekday) with human-readable preview (e.g. "Every day at 03:00 AM").
2. User & System Crontab Toggling: Manage standard user crontabs as well as root-level system jobs in /etc/crontab and /etc/cron.d/.
3. Dry-Run Command Simulator: Test job commands in a temporary subshell to verify exit codes before adding them to the schedule.

Automate free SSL certificate issuance and renewal via integrated Certbot management. Monitor certificate expiration dates across all domain names.

$ sudo certbot certonly --nginx -d example.com -d www.example.com

1. 1-Click Certificate Issuance: Enter your domain names and let SSH Desktop run Certbot HTTP-01 or DNS-01 verification automatically.
2. Auto-Renewal Daemon: Schedule automated background renewals to eliminate expired SSL certificate downtime.
3. Web Server Integration: Automatically inject SSL certificates and private keys into Nginx or Apache configuration files and trigger graceful reloads.

Run comprehensive Linux server security audits and CIS benchmark verifications. Identify vulnerabilities, weak SSH configurations, and active brute-force attacks.

$ sudo lynis audit system --quick

1. 1-Click Lynis Auditing: Execute automated system scans and receive a comprehensive 0-100 Hardening Index score.
2. SSH Daemon Hardening: Inspect /etc/ssh/sshd_config to verify root login disabling, password authentication removal, and port configuration.
3. Fail2ban Jail Monitor: View active jail statuses, inspect banned IP addresses, and unban legitimate IP addresses with 1 click.

Schedule encrypted, deduplicated file and database backups using Restic snapshots or Rsync. Support for local disks, remote SFTP servers, and AWS S3/Wasabi buckets.

$ restic -r s3:s3.amazonaws.com/company-backups backup /var/www /etc

1. Connecting Storage Targets: Configure encrypted backup destinations on secondary NVMe disks, remote backup servers, or AWS S3 buckets.
2. Automated Snapshot Schedules: Define backup frequency with custom retention policies (e.g. keep 7 daily, 4 weekly, 12 monthly snapshots).
3. 1-Click Disaster Recovery: Browse snapshot file trees and restore files or database dumps to their original or alternate directory.

Trigger automated deployment scripts and server tasks via authenticated HTTP webhooks from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or CI/CD pipelines.

$ curl -X POST https://server:8443/webhook/deploy -H "X-Hub-Signature-256: sha256=..."

1. Creating Webhook Endpoints: Create custom routes (e.g. POST /webhook/deploy-production) secured with HMAC SHA-256 secret verification.
2. Binding Shell Scripts: Assign shell commands (e.g. git pull && docker compose up -d --build) to execute on successful webhook receipt.
3. Live Execution Logs: Audit incoming webhook request payloads, HTTP headers, execution output logs, and latency timers.

Save reusable shell snippets in a personal library and broadcast commands simultaneously across 10+ server clusters concurrently with unified output aggregation.

$ for srv in $SERVERS; do ssh $srv "sudo systemctl restart nginx"; done

1. Reusable Snippet Library: Store parameterized bash commands with variables (e.g. {{SERVER_IP}}, {{DOMAIN}}) for instant recall.
2. Cluster Broadcast: Select target servers (Production, Staging, QA) and execute commands concurrently across all machines.
3. Aggregated Output Stream: Monitor output from each server side-by-side with exit code indicators and error highlights.

High-speed multi-file log viewer and real-time regex search engine. Search across /var/log/syslog, Nginx access logs, and Docker container streams simultaneously.

$ sudo journalctl -xeu nginx --since "1 hour ago" | grep -iE "error|warn"

1. Multi-File Log Streaming: Stream output from multiple log files in unified or tabbed views with automatic timestamp synchronization.
2. Live Regular Expression Filter: Search through gigabytes of logs with instant regex filtering and error level color tags (ERROR, WARN, INFO).
3. Exporting Incident Reports: Export matched log lines directly to Markdown or text files for post-mortem incident documentation.