XPipe status update: SSH tunnel and config support, many new features, and lots of bug fixes
XPipe status update: SSH tunnel and config support, many new features, and lots of bug fixes
Hello selfhosted community,
I just wanted to give you a short update on XPipe, a new type of shell connection hub and remote file manager that allows you to access your entire sever infrastructure from your local machine through your installed command-line programs.
Since I last posted about it here around one month ago, a lot of things have changed thanks to the community sharing a lot of feedback and reporting issues. Overall, the project is now in a much more stable state as all the accumulated issues have been fixed. Furthermore, many feature requests have been implemented. This includes for example:
- SSH tunnel support (Local, Remote, and Dynamic)
- Automatic import from your SSH configs
- Podman support
- Support for other Linux environments on Windows such as Cygwin or MSYS2
- Fish support
- Support for more terminals and editors such as Alacritty, Kitty, and more
Here are some screenshots:
Overall, there have also been a lot of changes across the board:
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In terms of security and the handling of passwords, people did not like storing their passwords in yet another tool, so a lot of changes have been made. You can now source all required passwords either on the fly with a prompt or call the CLI of your password manager to fetch them.
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The UI also got an overhaul and is now much more responsive and performant. Many of the icons were redone to achieve a more uniform look plus it now also displays the logo of the os/distro you connected to. It is also made to be more intuitive in many aspects.
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In terms of availability, there are also now ARM builds available for Linux, plus a new xpipe AUR package. The available automatic installation scripts for bash and PowerShell have also been improved.
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Of course a lot of bugs have been fixed as well and I learned a lot about in what kind of different environments people use this tool.
So if you gave this project a try a while ago or it sounds interesting to you, you can check it out on GitHub! There are still more features to come in the near future. I also appreciate any kind of feedback to guide me in the right development direction. There is also a Discord and Slack workspace for any sort of talking, now with a small community present.
Enjoy!
Never heard of it. Looks awesome. I'll give it a try.
I remember when you posted this last month, super happy to see Podman support, can't wait to give it a try tonight!
I tested this back when you first announced it here and I was already excited by what it could do. This update looks amazing, I'm honestly excited to try it.
I saw the first announcement but unfortunately I had no time to test it. Sounds like a lovely project, keep it up!
Last time I came across your post I tried it and found the window was constantly freezing on windows. Gonna give it a try tomorrow, hope it's solid!
Yeah since the last time a lot of aspects were improved, including the GUI performance which was quite bad. I hope it works out now
Sweet. May I suggest crossposting to privacy and explaining why this is better than rsync...(or, hopefully,uses it, much trust there, (doing backups with randos is for chumps)
@crschnick@sh.itjust.works First of all - thanks for sharing it! 😍 Just a quick question, after I took a first glance - it is just a management tool application which abstracts the use of CLI management tools like ssh, ssh-keygen, podman, etc... and consolidates it into a single UI, right? - So it is not just "another" service to host, correct?
Essentially yes. You are correct, it is not a service to host. Instead it is a desktop application that works on top of your existing CLI tools.
Don’t get me wrong, just needed to verify that it might be a tool to evaluate.
I had a first try yesterday, but something with my existing SSH .config didn’t work, when I tried to add some “connections”. Is there a logical reason, why Xpipe forces a connection to be established, before adding it in the “search connections” - for me they fail, because I exclusively use key-based SSH auth, but I load my keys on the fly from KeePassXC when I need them, not before.
Nice to see a modern and snappy Java application for a change.