What is SSH Desktop CLI?

SSH Desktop CLI is a standalone, ultra-lightweight terminal application written in Rust designed for headless Linux servers, DevOps bastion hosts, and container environments. It provides interactive fuzzy host switching, encrypted session syncing, background SSH tunnel daemons, and parallel multi-server script execution.

How do I install SSH Desktop CLI on a remote Linux server?

Run our official one-liner script: curl -fsSL https://sshdesktop.com/install.sh | bash. It automatically detects your CPU architecture (x86_64 or ARM64/aarch64) and places the standalone binary into /usr/local/bin/sshdesktop.

Does SSH Desktop CLI support Alpine Linux (musl libc)?

Yes! We build statically linked binaries targeting x86_64-unknown-linux-musl and aarch64-unknown-linux-musl, allowing them to run on minimal Alpine containers and BusyBox with zero shared library dependencies.

⚡ Statically Linked Rust Binary • Zero Dependencies

Download SSH Desktop CLI for Linux

The ultimate command-line SSH tool for headless servers, bastion gateways, jump hosts, and Docker containers. Interactive fuzzy-search terminal UI, batch execution across server clusters, and persistent tunnel daemon.

Recommended: Instant One-Line Install Tested on Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, Alpine & Arch

curl -fsSL https://sshdesktop.com/install.sh | bash

Step 2: View Initial Admin Credentials 🔒 Password & Login Token

sudo cat /var/lib/sshdesktop/initial-admin-credentials.txt

Binary Size: ~14 MB Architecture: x86_64 (64-bit Intel & AMD) glibc & musl static builds

Direct Standalone Binary Downloads

Linux Server Debian / Ubuntu x64 (.deb)

sshdesktop-server-linux-x64.deb • Headless servers & cloud VMs

SHA256: 820b19ec1889bd2feb1e9f601e32fe514c7fc204f947dc8fb5db80423af450af

Download x64 .DEB

Linux Server Debian / Ubuntu ARM64 (.deb)

sshdesktop-server-linux-arm64.deb • AWS Graviton, Raspberry Pi 4/5, Hetzner ARM

SHA256: b4ae04c05ed1b3841c8d44b7ee1065d6917b4a6dc74fc19a163680e720f8279a

Download ARM64 .DEB

Linux Server Red Hat / Fedora x64 (.rpm)

sshdesktop-server-linux-x64.rpm • RHEL 9/8, Rocky, Alma, CentOS, Fedora Server

SHA256: f70e2416e155c3c30488e54fca91e8382d89749a895cb086eb5db74bd0cb9dee

Download x64 .RPM

Linux Server Red Hat / Fedora ARM64 (.rpm)

sshdesktop-server-linux-arm64.rpm • aarch64 enterprise server instances

SHA256: 18f4a09fc0dee3af2f0c421a624007789f3da630ec554f05b44a07be3da84f9e

Download ARM64 .RPM

Linux Systemd Service Commands

Control and monitor the SSH Desktop daemon background service on your Linux server:

Start the SSH Desktop Daemon:

systemctl start sshdesktop

Instantly starts the server-side engine.

Enable Auto-Start on System Boot:

systemctl enable sshdesktop

Registers the service with systemd to launch automatically upon server reboot.

Verify Active Service Status:

systemctl status sshdesktop

Check operational health, memory footprint, and recent journal log entries.

View Initial Admin Credentials & Access Token:

sudo cat /var/lib/sshdesktop/initial-admin-credentials.txt

Display generated administrative credentials, one-time authentication token, and web console URL.

Quick Server Package Installation

Install on Debian / Ubuntu

sudo dpkg -i sshdesktop-server-linux-x64.deb
Install on RHEL / Fedora

sudo rpm -Uvh sshdesktop-server-linux-x64.rpm
Enable & Start Systemd Service

sudo systemctl enable sshdesktop && sudo systemctl start sshdesktop
View Initial Admin Credentials

sudo cat /var/lib/sshdesktop/initial-admin-credentials.txt

Print generated administrator username, secure password, and local access URL.

CLI Specifications

Language Rust (Memory Safe)
Binary Footprint ~14 MB (Self-contained)
Idle RAM Usage < 6 MB
Execution Speed Native C/Rust speed
Shells Bash, Zsh, Fish, NuShell
Key Support Ed25519, RSA, ECDSA, FIDO2

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