Longterm

Longterm is an SSH client for Sailfish OS. Keep several servers open at once, jump between them, and get Ctrl, Esc and the arrow keys without digging through the on-screen keyboard.

Features

* Several connections open at the same time. Switch between them from the menu in the terminal or from the start page, with live thumbnails, and see all of them on the cover.
* A real terminal (xterm-256color, based on libvterm), so full-screen programs like vim, top and tmux work properly. 5000 lines of scrollback with search, links open in the browser, and programs such as tmux and vim can copy to the device clipboard (OSC 52).
* Configurable key toolbar with Esc, Tab, sticky Ctrl and Alt, arrows, Home/End, PgUp/PgDn, F1-F12 and symbols that are awkward to reach on the Sailfish keyboard.
* Pinch to change the font size. Long press and drag to select, double tap to select a word, then copy or paste.
* Password, key and keyboard-interactive (one-time code) login. Missing or wrong passwords are asked for in the session, optionally remembered.
* Saved hosts with jump hosts, local port forwards and agent forwarding. Hosts can be imported from and exported as ssh_config.
* Shows the operating system of each host as an icon, detected when connecting.
* Ed25519, ECDSA and RSA key generation, import of OpenSSH and PEM private keys and export with a passphrase. Keys can stay encrypted, the passphrase is then asked for on every connect. Private keys and remembered passwords are stored in the Sailfish Secrets keychain, not in plain files.
* Host keys are saved on first connect. If a server's key changes you get a warning with the new fingerprint and can choose to trust it. Known hosts can be reviewed and removed.
* Reconnects by itself when the network drops or changes, and notices frozen connections.
* Terminal bell vibrates, or notifies when the session is not on screen.
* Color schemes: Default, Catppuccin Mocha, Dracula, Gruvbox Dark, Nord, Solarized Dark and Solarized Light, per connection if you like. Terminal font is Source Code Pro.

Requirements and permissions

Sailfish OS 5.1 or newer, aarch64 or armv7hl. The app runs in the Sailfish sandbox and asks for two permissions on first start: Internet (to connect) and Secrets (to store keys and passwords).