RedPill - SSH / Kubernetes Terminal Manager

A cross-platform GUI terminal application with SSH session management, session groups, and mass connect functionality built with Rust.

Features

• SSH Session Management: Save and organize SSH connections
• Session Groups: Organize sessions into hierarchical groups
• Mass Connect: Connect to all sessions in a group with one click
• Local Terminals: Run local shell sessions
• Tab Interface: Multiple terminals in tabs
• Persistent Configuration: Sessions and settings saved to JSON

Tech Stack

• UI Framework: gpui
• Terminal Emulation: alacritty_terminal
• SSH Client: russh
• Async Runtime: tokio

Project Structure

redpill/
├── Cargo.toml
├── src/
│   ├── main.rs                 # App entry, gpui initialization
│   ├── app.rs                  # Main application state
│   ├── config.rs               # App configuration
│   ├── ui/
│   │   ├── mod.rs
│   │   ├── main_window.rs      # Main window with dock layout
│   │   ├── session_tree.rs     # Left panel: session/group tree
│   │   ├── terminal_tabs.rs    # Tab bar for open terminals
│   │   ├── terminal_view.rs    # Terminal rendering element
│   │   ├── session_dialog.rs   # Add/edit session dialog
│   │   └── group_dialog.rs     # Add/edit group dialog
│   ├── terminal/
│   │   ├── mod.rs
│   │   ├── terminal.rs         # Terminal wrapper (alacritty_terminal)
│   │   ├── backend.rs          # Backend trait definition
│   │   ├── ssh_backend.rs      # SSH connection backend (russh)
│   │   └── local_backend.rs    # Local PTY backend (portable-pty)
│   └── session/
│       ├── mod.rs
│       ├── models.rs           # Session, Group, Config structs
│       ├── manager.rs          # Session CRUD, persistence
│       └── storage.rs          # JSON file storage

Configuration

Configuration is stored in:

• macOS: ~/.config/redpill/
• Linux: ~/.config/redpill/
• Windows: %APPDATA%\redpill\

Sessions File (sessions.json)

{
  "groups": [
    {
      "id": "uuid",
      "name": "Production",
      "parent_id": null,
      "color": "#ff5555"
    }
  ],
  "sessions": [
    {
      "session_type": "Ssh",
      "id": "uuid",
      "name": "web-server-1",
      "host": "192.168.1.100",
      "port": 22,
      "username": "admin",
      "auth": { "type": "PrivateKey", "path": "~/.ssh/id_rsa" },
      "group_id": "uuid"
    }
  ]
}

Usage

Keyboard Shortcuts

• Ctrl+Shift+T: New local terminal
• Ctrl+Shift+W: Close current tab
• Ctrl+Tab: Next tab
• Ctrl+Shift+Tab: Previous tab
• Ctrl+B: Toggle session tree
• Ctrl+Shift+C: Copy
• Ctrl+Shift+V: Paste

Session Tree

• Double-click a session to connect
• Double-click a group to mass connect to all sessions
• Right-click for context menu options

License

Dual-licensed under either:

• MIT License or
• Apache License 2.0 at your choise.