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Would anyone be interested in a desktop application with similar functionality, accessing [multiple] hosts via SSH?

codetrotter 6y ago
Depends. Open source or proprietary? Actually desktop or just electron? Are you going to maintain it? What use cases would it be intended for? Would the client software be available for macOS? Which GUI framework(s) would you be using?
- java-man 6y ago
  proprietary, cross-platform desktop linux/mac/windows, javafx. use cases: server management and monitoring, log viewer, ssh terminals, parallel execution of commands, vnc, sftp, secure storage of credentials and keys. [0] https://github.com/andy-goryachev/AccessPanelPublic https://github.com/andy-goryachev/AccessPanelPublic
  - indigodaddy 6y ago
    This is very cool actually.. neat idea! And this just uses ssh protocol for all communication? Nothing needs to be installed server-side right?
    - java-man 6y ago
      thank you! it's still far, far away from being useful.
cheph 6y ago
Actually no, the web interface is really slick. I would not install a desktop app for it even if there was one.
- java-man 6y ago
  you do need to install cockpit on [all] your server[s], right? i am trying to figure out if there is a business case for a desktop app. there is plenty of open source and commercial systems more or less similar to cockpit, and it's hard to compete with free
  - johnchristopher 6y ago
    I don't like having to install cockpit on every instance/devices. That means I have to keep all of them up to date in addition of installing them and configuring the devices to make it operable. I'd rather have a client-only app that connect through ssh and get its data from standard binaries installed on the server. So, yes. I'd give that a try.
    - java-man 6y ago
      any specific feature that would motivate you to shell out fifty bucks? (half-joke)
      - johnchristopher 6y ago
        As a hobbyist that'd be hard to justify. At work I manage two standard LAMP servers only. So I am not really your audience. I think I'd like some kind of alerts on some specific events (disk space, some logs, IDK), systemctl management and status/reporting, some instantaneous “update as I type” filtering/searching in logs, cron and/or systemctl timer management, space usage graphics, booting reports, etc. ... maybe these are just things I usually do and think a GUI would be nice to have if I had to do it for multiple servers. Not enough experience with that in a professional setting though so take it all with a grain of salt. But as-is, I think I could justify asking for 50 bucks for the product if I needed it.
        java-man 6y ago
        Thank you! Looking at the logs is how this tool was started. This in itself is a failrly involved chunk of functionality. It'll be a year, probably, before I can release even that.
teejmya 6y ago
https://www.royalapps.com/ https://www.royalapps.com/ does this. I'm a happy paying user of RoyalTS.
- indigodaddy 6y ago
  I don’t think just an ssh client is exactly what he is going for/talking about. Check out the GitHub he references further on down in this thread.

Depends. Open source or proprietary? Actually desktop or just electron? Are you going to maintain it? What use cases would it be intended for? Would the client software be available for macOS? Which GUI framework(s) would you be using?

java-man 6y ago
proprietary, cross-platform desktop linux/mac/windows, javafx. use cases: server management and monitoring, log viewer, ssh terminals, parallel execution of commands, vnc, sftp, secure storage of credentials and keys. [0] https://github.com/andy-goryachev/AccessPanelPublic https://github.com/andy-goryachev/AccessPanelPublic
- indigodaddy 6y ago
  This is very cool actually.. neat idea! And this just uses ssh protocol for all communication? Nothing needs to be installed server-side right?
  - java-man 6y ago
    thank you! it's still far, far away from being useful.

cheph 6y ago

Actually no, the web interface is really slick. I would not install a desktop app for it even if there was one.

java-man 6y ago
you do need to install cockpit on [all] your server[s], right? i am trying to figure out if there is a business case for a desktop app. there is plenty of open source and commercial systems more or less similar to cockpit, and it's hard to compete with free
- johnchristopher 6y ago
  I don't like having to install cockpit on every instance/devices. That means I have to keep all of them up to date in addition of installing them and configuring the devices to make it operable. I'd rather have a client-only app that connect through ssh and get its data from standard binaries installed on the server. So, yes. I'd give that a try.
  - java-man 6y ago
    any specific feature that would motivate you to shell out fifty bucks? (half-joke)
    - johnchristopher 6y ago
      As a hobbyist that'd be hard to justify. At work I manage two standard LAMP servers only. So I am not really your audience. I think I'd like some kind of alerts on some specific events (disk space, some logs, IDK), systemctl management and status/reporting, some instantaneous “update as I type” filtering/searching in logs, cron and/or systemctl timer management, space usage graphics, booting reports, etc. ... maybe these are just things I usually do and think a GUI would be nice to have if I had to do it for multiple servers. Not enough experience with that in a professional setting though so take it all with a grain of salt. But as-is, I think I could justify asking for 50 bucks for the product if I needed it.
      - java-man 6y ago
        Thank you! Looking at the logs is how this tool was started. This in itself is a failrly involved chunk of functionality. It'll be a year, probably, before I can release even that.

teejmya 6y ago

https://www.royalapps.com/ https://www.royalapps.com/ does this. I'm a happy paying user of RoyalTS.

indigodaddy 6y ago
I don’t think just an ssh client is exactly what he is going for/talking about. Check out the GitHub he references further on down in this thread.