Secure Shell

CRX ID
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Status
Live on Store
Description from extension meta

Terminal emulator and SSH and SFTP client.

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Secure Shell
Description from store

Secure Shell is an xterm-compatible terminal emulator and stand-alone ssh client for Chrome. It uses Native-Client to connect directly to ssh servers without the need for external proxies.

A SFTP command line client is included. On ChromeOS, you can create SFTP mounts and access them from the Files app!

An alpha build of Mosh is included now too.

It has been well tested for a couple of years.

Please read the FAQ, available here: https://hterm.org/x/ssh/faq.
You can also exchange feedback in the chromium-hterm mailing list, available here: https://hterm.org/x/ssh/contact.

The changelog is available here: https://hterm.org/x/ssh/changelog

Latest reviews

Tan Silliksaar 2025-10-02

I love it, but it plays sounds and creates notifications for every sound played. This is annoying. There is a section "Sounds" in Options. I have cleared the "Alert bell sound (URI)" field and unchecked the "Create desktop notifications for alert bells" checkbox. It does not care and keeps annoying me.

Jimmy Ipock 2025-08-26

Absolutely love this ssh client. Not bloated at all, does what it needs to do. Outstanding!

Grant Gwyther 2025-03-23

I never installed this and it's live on my PC, super dodgy!

wl chung 2025-01-23

secured and easy to set up.

Dikson Santos 2025-01-08

I had trouble trying to set it up for my usual workflow, which is connecting to my cloudtop. I recommend cider connector instead, worked out of the box.

Oleksii Chekulaiev 2024-12-09

It does what it should. There is a potential for improvements, but it does all the main things and does them without any big issues.

Arun Kumar 2024-12-04

useless.. does not connect. window crashes as soon as it opens.

Leandro Kondo 2024-10-25

Excellent!

Lucas A Gómez 2024-10-22

Easy and simple SSH client for Chrome / Chromebook.

Gwyneth Llewelyn 2024-08-20

An interesting twist on an age-old problem: for those of us who live on the command line, sometimes we are stuck in front of a web browser without any hope of installing anything — and have an emergency to deal with which can only be fixed via SSH... what to do? Well, I guess that this is the solution now: a WASM-compiled SSH console! It's fast, it's secure, it runs on everything... and has lots of configuration options as well. This is cleverly done, even if still a bit rough at the edges. But I'm sure it can only get better!

Maloy Wilkes 2024-05-03

Great as long as you don't mind your config being randomly deleted.

Anton “ABSaratov” Borisovich 2024-04-29

It worked typed "ssh <site>" in the commandline, but now it doesn't work, only 3 stars....

Billy Braga 2023-12-03

Seems to be working again!

HW Test 2023-11-27

Backup restore config not work

Glen Searle 2023-11-23

If you have come here because the add-on has stopped working, you need to follow these steps. 1) Remove this Extention. 2) Search for "Secure shell" in the Chrome Extension shop. 3) Install the package with the same name as this one but the icon looks like this >_<

Frederic Rochat 2023-11-19

This was my preferred SSH client, but it stopped working. :-(

Nican 2023-11-18

Yet another great Google product that has stopped working.

Paul Miller 2023-11-18

Version 0.60 stopped working for me. Installed the development version of Secure Shell from chrome web store (same name different icon) and version 0.60.8738.27253 of that is working.

Henry Karjalainen 2023-11-18

Has stopped working. The OTHER Secure Shell from Google works - https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/secure-shell/algkcnfjnajfhgimadimbjhmpaeohhln

Ewan Watson 2023-11-18

Same as everyone. Stopped working after update. Hopefully it gets fixed soon... maybe relying on Alpha wasn't the right move...

Aldo Moro 2023-11-17

no longer works

Reinhard Vogel 2023-11-16

No longer works after update

Rene de Visser 2023-11-16

No longer works for me. Worked fine for years.

Alan Singleton 2023-11-16

No longer works after update

Jamison Donato 2023-11-09

Pretty sad that after several months its still no better. Time to move on to something better. Serious disappointment.

Jon 2023-10-11

Stopped working with this new wasm thing :(

Jon 2023-10-11

Stopped working with this new wasm thing :(

Leonard Bildwerk 2023-10-09

the last update somehow broke it for me, putty works but this extension drops connections after a short time

Leonard Bildwerk 2023-10-09

the last update somehow broke it for me, putty works but this extension drops connections after a short time

Mikhail Samin 2023-10-03

It was great. A migration broken it. Can the developers at least enable the option to keep the old thing while the new one is unstable?

Mikhail Samin 2023-10-03

It was great. A migration broken it. Can the developers at least enable the option to keep the old thing while the new one is unstable?

Brian Walker 2023-10-01

Was also my default shell. With the update to version 0.59, it won't stay connected anymore.

Brian Walker 2023-10-01

Was also my default shell. With the update to version 0.59, it won't stay connected anymore.

Divy Sitlani 2023-09-28

It was my default terminal, but now since 0.58 update, because of wasm migration, it keeps re-connecting. There is no way to switch back to pnacl till wasm is stable. So the extension is useless now.

Divy Sitlani 2023-09-28

It was my default terminal, but now since 0.58 update, because of wasm migration, it keeps re-connecting. There is no way to switch back to pnacl till wasm is stable. So the extension is useless now.

Martin Skilton 2023-09-25

Have used it for a couple of years, and been great. However since version 0.54 SFTP mount no longer works which reduces the usefulness of this plugin

Martin Skilton 2023-09-25

Have used it for a couple of years, and been great. However since version 0.54 SFTP mount no longer works which reduces the usefulness of this plugin

Ken Chapman 2023-08-24

Works well. Easier than having to launch a separate app to get to the console.

Ken Chapman 2023-08-24

Works well. Easier than having to launch a separate app to get to the console.

Brad Holland 2023-07-10

As of version 0.54, SFTP mount no longer works. For me, that was the best thing about this extension.

Brad Holland 2023-07-10

As of version 0.54, SFTP mount no longer works. For me, that was the best thing about this extension.

Samuel P. 2023-06-29

When importing an identity, it does not proceed to import it, does anyone have an idea? :(

Samuel P. 2023-06-29

When importing an identity, it does not proceed to import it, does anyone have an idea? :(

Alexander Potapenko 2023-06-17

The file ~/.ssh/known_hosts is empty. But I've got connected hosts. Is it a bug? Also, use the SSH agent for Google Chrome extension.

Alexander Potapenko 2023-06-17

The file ~/.ssh/known_hosts is empty. But I've got connected hosts. Is it a bug? Also, use the SSH agent for Google Chrome extension.

Halil Tas 2023-04-09

error 255 - what to do? Ich bekomme Statuscode 255 wenn ich lange Zeit nichts am terminal eingebe und jetzt geht der statuscode nciht mehr weg, obwohl ich andauernd neu starte. kann nichts mehr machen

Daniel Martínez 2023-04-05

Since last version (31 march) the tmux prefix (CTRL+b) does not works anymore.

Daniel Martínez 2023-04-05

Since last version (31 march) the tmux prefix (CTRL+b) does not works anymore.

Brandon Stecklein 2023-03-21

It's sort of good. I like the fact that you can mount a remote connection for SFTP using the Files app on ChromeOS, HOWEVER whenever I use this to transfer files to the server, instead of overwriting existing files, it makes a copy of each file. It also will not refresh the contents of the remote folder following a transfer. So far as I can tell, the only way to do a file transfer like this is to first delete the remote files and then copy the new ones over.

Brandon Stecklein 2023-03-21

It's sort of good. I like the fact that you can mount a remote connection for SFTP using the Files app on ChromeOS, HOWEVER whenever I use this to transfer files to the server, instead of overwriting existing files, it makes a copy of each file. It also will not refresh the contents of the remote folder following a transfer. So far as I can tell, the only way to do a file transfer like this is to first delete the remote files and then copy the new ones over.

Statistics

Installs
800,000
Market
Chrome Web Store
Category
Rating
4.08 (253 votes)
Last update
2025-02-01
Version 0.68
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