Rusty is a Windows desktop SSH client built in Rust with an embedded, tabbed terminal, an integrated SFTP file browser, a global download manager, and a dockable layout (via egui_tiles).
- Username/password login.
- Private-key login from a file path in each profile.
- Key passphrase prompt when needed, with optional per-profile passphrase saving.
- Keyboard-interactive auth (server prompts like password, OTP, etc.).
- Interactive PTY shell session with
TERM=xterm-256color. - Idle session keepalive (20s interval, no inactivity timeout).
- Connection/session logs written to
logs/tab-<id>.log.
- Embedded VT terminal rendering (xterm/VT100 escape handling).
- ANSI colors (16 + 256) with customizable base palette.
- Adjustable scrollback size (default 5000, configurable up to 200,000).
- Mouse wheel scrollback and a wider draggable scrollbar.
- Click-drag text selection, including selection across scrollback.
- Copy and paste support (including bracketed paste when remote app supports it).
- Terminal-style shortcuts:
Ctrl+Ccopies when text is selected, otherwise sends SIGINT.Ctrl+Shift+Ccopies selection (or full visible screen if nothing is selected).Ctrl+V/Ctrl+Shift+Vpastes.
- Focus lock for terminal keys (arrows/tab/escape) so focus stays in the terminal.
- Active terminal pane highlight, plus optional dimming for inactive panes.
- Multiple SSH sessions in tabs.
+button opens a new tab (inherits active tab settings when available).- Right-click
+opens a new tab from a saved profile. - Tab context menu:
- Connect or disconnect (based on current state).
- Rename tab.
- Change tab color from presets.
- Split right or split down.
- Close tab.
- Delayed hover submenu for tab color picker.
- Dockable split layout using
egui_tiles. - Optional session layout restore (tabs/splits + active state) on launch.
- Dedicated settings window with sections:
- Autostart
- Appearance
- Terminal Colors
- Profiles and Account
- Profile management:
- Create, edit, save, and delete profiles.
- Right-click profile actions: set default, clear default, delete.
- Optional saved password per profile.
- Optional saved key passphrase per profile.
- Connection fields:
- Host, port, username, password, private key path.
- Private key file browser.
- Default profile + autostart support.
- Appearance options:
- Dark/light mode.
- Theme file selection from
.thmfiles. - Reload theme file without restarting.
- Focus shade toggle for inactive terminals.
- Terminal font size slider (live update).
- Scrollback line count setting.
- Minimize-to-tray toggle.
- Save session layout toggle.
- Terminal color editor:
- Background and foreground colors.
- 16-color ANSI palette (normal + bright).
- Dim/faint blend strength.
- Loads UI theme files from
./themenear the executable (and from current working directory fallback). - Supports
Dark.thm/Light.thmdefaults plus selectable custom.thmfiles. - Included theme pack in
dist/theme/:Dark.thm,Light.thm,CrimsonDusk.thm,EmeraldMist.thm,ForestNight.thm,Graphite.thm,MidnightBlue.thm,MonochromeSlate.thm,OceanBreeze.thm,Sandstone.thm,SolarizedDark.thm,SolarizedLight.thm.
- Borderless custom window with rounded corners and custom title bar controls.
- Tray icon appears only when the app is minimized/hidden to tray.
- Single left-click on tray icon restores/raises the app.
- Tray menu actions: Show Rusty, Exit.
- Global cog menu for Connect, Disconnect, Settings, and Exit.
- Config is stored per-user and encrypted on Windows using DPAPI (low CPU).
- If you choose to remember secrets (password / key passphrase), they are stored encrypted in the local config.
- Host keys are verified against
%USERPROFILE%\\.ssh\\known_hosts. - Unknown host keys prompt for a Trust & Save decision and are written to
%USERPROFILE%\\.ssh\\known_hostswhen accepted.
%APPDATA%\\Rusty\\config.json
cargo build --release.\target\release\rusty.exe