sshm – SSH Host Manager

sshm is a command-line tool written in Rust that makes it easy to manage a list of SSH hosts stored in a local JSON file. It allows you to list, create, edit, delete, and connect to SSH hosts through an interactive terminal interface using the inquire library.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Rust installed (via rustup)
• ssh available in your terminal

Build

git clone https://github.com/tonrepo/sshm.git
cd sshm
cargo build --release

The binary will be available at ./target/release/sshm.

To use it globally:

cp ./target/release/sshm /usr/local/bin/

Configuration File

The file is automatically created at the following location if it doesn't exist:

$HOME/.config/sshm/host.json

It contains a JSON dictionary of SSH hosts with the following structure:

{
  "my-server": {
    "name": "my-server",
    "ip": "192.168.1.10",
    "port": 22,
    "username": "alice"
  }
}

🧰 Available Commands

sshm list

Displays all saved hosts.

sshm create

Adds a new host interactively.

sshm edit

Edits an existing host via an interactive selection.

sshm delete

Deletes a host from the configuration.

sshm connect [name]
sshm c [name]

Connects to a host. If multiple hosts match the name, an interactive selection is shown. If no name is provided, all hosts are listed for selection.

Example

$ sshm create
Name: dev-server
IP: 10.0.0.5
Port: 22
Username: ubuntu

$ sshm list
dev-server => [email protected]:22

$ sshm c dev
# ssh to [email protected] -p 22

🛠️ Main Dependencies

• inquire – Interactive CLI interface
• serde + serde_json – JSON reading/writing
• dirs – User configuration path handling