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A free SSH client
for Mac.

Vaulterm is a free SSH client for macOS 13 Ventura or later, on Apple silicon and Intel, from one universal .dmg that has been signed and notarized since 0.0.7. Your hosts, keys and passwords stay in an encrypted vault on your Mac, with no account.

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The Vaulterm workspace, with the Vaulterm and Code switch in the top bar and a plain rail: hosts grouped into Home lab, Production and Staging, and a tab split into three named terminal panes.
ssh-client-mac·What it does
One universal download

A signed, notarized .dmg for Apple silicon and Intel Macs. It opens without warnings and updates itself.

Mac shortcuts

⌘K opens the Command Center, ⌘T opens a tab and ⌘D splits a pane. Change any of them in Settings.

Brings your ~/.ssh

Import hosts, jump hosts and keys from ~/.ssh/config, and known_hosts, so familiar servers connect without asking again.

Your ssh-agent

Sign in with keys from the agent on SSH_AUTH_SOCK, alongside saved keys, passwords and two-factor prompts.

Local shells too

Open your own login shell (zsh, bash or fish) in a pane, beside your SSH sessions.

SFTP, FTP and S3

Browse a server's files beside its terminal with SFTP. FTP, FTPS and S3 buckets open as tabs of their own (Pro).

Why not just Terminal
and ssh?

Terminal and ssh work, but your server list lives in a text file, and every server needs its own window or tab. Vaulterm adds what a plain terminal leaves to you:

  • Saved hosts in groups that share an identity, port, jump host and theme.
  • A vault: hosts, keys and passwords are encrypted, hostnames included, so a copy of it does not reveal your servers. How the vault works.
  • An SFTP browser beside each terminal, over the same connection. SFTP, FTP and S3 in Vaulterm.
  • Tunnels you save on a host and start with a click (Pro).
  • Split panes you arrange by dragging, with input broadcast to all of them if you want.

Used PuTTY or MobaXterm on Windows? See Vaulterm vs PuTTY and Vaulterm vs MobaXterm.

Edit files on your servers

Vaulterm Code is in the same app. Open a folder on this computer for free, or on a saved server with Pro, and edit it in place. About Vaulterm Code.

iPhone app coming. Also for Windows and Linux. Download Vaulterm.

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Which Macs does Vaulterm run on?

Any Mac with macOS 13 Ventura or later, Apple silicon or Intel. One download covers both.

Is Vaulterm free on a Mac?

Yes. The Free version has no time limit and no account. Pro adds tunnels, Agents and more, and activates on a Mac like any other computer. See Pricing.

Can I keep using Terminal and ssh?

Yes. Vaulterm reads your ~/.ssh files when you import and never changes them.

Does it unlock with Touch ID?

Not yet. Touch ID unlock is on the roadmap.

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