v0.1.1 · signed and notarised

A fast, native SSH client for macOS. Your servers one click away, sudo passwords filled with ⌘\, and your setup synced, encrypted, to your own Git repo.

macOS 11+ · Apple silicon · Free and open source (GPL-3.0)

tern connected to web-01 and running htop, status line showing Connected, 1 ms and session time

Passwords that stay out of the way

Logins come from your SSH key, your password manager (any command, like op read … or pass show …), or tern's encrypted vault.

At a sudo prompt, press ⌘\ and tern types it. Never on its own.

sudo docker ps at a [sudo] password for deploy prompt, then the container list

Light on memory

One native process, no browser engine. Measured with macOS footprint, method in docs/perf.md.

Built for real work

Split panes, find in scrollback, SFTP, port forwards, ProxyJump, broadcast input, session logs, automatic reconnect.

Split panes with find in scrollback
splits and find
SFTP side panel
sftp side panel
Snippets palette
snippets ⇧⌘S

Your setup, backed up

Hosts, snippets and settings sync to a Git repo you own, encrypted with your vault passphrase before they leave the Mac.

Download tern.

Signed with a Developer ID and notarised by Apple.

Your servers, one click away.