About the project
CH-J Server Manager brings SSH server management, profiles, a terminal, SFTP files, and extension tools together in one desktop application.
Sensitive operations remain in Core. Features such as monitoring and file management run as isolated sandboxed plugins with narrowly scoped permissions.
First launch on every system
First choose a language, read the operational guidance and accept the license. Then create the vault. Acceptance is required again for every new build. A lost master password cannot be recovered; resetting the vault deletes encrypted profiles and saved credentials.
Create a master password for the encrypted vault, add a server profile, and carefully compare the displayed host-key fingerprint with the server on the first SSH connection.
Installation by operating system →Current support status
The application is an actively developed alpha. Package availability below is derived from the current catalog and actual files.
macOS
Apple Silicon arm64; Plugin API 1.2. The package is not yet notarized by Apple. An installation package is currently available in the catalog.
Windows
Windows 11 x64; EXE installer, Plugin API 1.2. An installation package is currently available in the catalog.
Ubuntu / Linux
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS amd64; DEB installation format, Plugin API 1.2. An installation package is currently available in the catalog.
Limitations include the update-host CA exception, missing Windows production signing and Apple notarization, migration of older data and planned features. OpenPGP signatures for application updates are already mandatory.