SSHive features, from SSH to VNC
SSH, SFTP, RDP, VNC and local tunnels on Mac, iPhone and iPad. Mac only: SOCKS5 proxy, broadcast, FTP and FTPS, serial console, Telnet and the MCP server.
Each card below is one part of SSHive, marked with where it runs and whether it needs Pro. The free app covers everyday SSH work: the terminal, SFTP transfers with uploads up to 10 MB per file, and on the Mac FTP and FTPS, the serial console and Telnet, with 2 SSH sessions open at a time, 5 saved profiles, 1 local tunnel and 3 snippets of your own. Pro is one purchase of $12.99 that unlocks the Mac, iPhone and iPad together: it lifts those limits and adds RDP and VNC, remote and SOCKS5 tunnels, broadcast, the Jump Chain for bastions and the MCP server for Claude Code and Cursor. The iPhone and iPad app is written in Swift and covers SSH, SFTP, RDP and VNC; SSHive on iPhone and iPad also lists what exists only there, such as the VPN client.
SSH Terminal
GPU-accelerated terminal with xterm.js WebGL. Password, key, and agent authentication. Jump hosts, agent forwarding, and automatic reconnection.
- Mac · iPhone · iPad
- Free, more with Pro
SFTP File Manager
Dual-pane file browser with drag & drop uploads from Finder. Remote file editor, bulk operations, transfer progress with speed indicator.
- Mac · iPhone · iPad
- Free, more with Pro
FTP & FTPS
Plain FTP and FTPS over AUTH TLS in the same dual-pane file browser as SFTP. Apple removed the ftp command from macOS in 2017, and this puts the protocol back with a real interface.
- Mac only
- Free, more with Pro
Remote Desktop (RDP)
Embedded RDP client with NLA, CredSSP and Active Directory support. Full keyboard, mouse, and clipboard support. No external window, everything stays in SSHive.
- Mac · iPhone · iPad
- Pro
VNC Viewer
Built-in VNC client with VNC password, RSA-AES, VeNCrypt / X.509 and Apple Screen Sharing authentication. Mouse, keyboard, and clipboard.
- Mac · iPhone · iPad
- Pro
Serial console
Reach a router, a switch or an embedded board through a USB-to-serial adapter, without leaving SSHive. Baud rate, data bits, parity, stop bits and flow control are all adjustable, with a BREAK signal and session logging.
- Mac only
- Free
Telnet client
A built-in Telnet terminal (RFC 854) on the Mac, for the legacy equipment that speaks nothing else. Apple removed telnet from macOS in 2017; SSHive brings it back. Telnet itself is unencrypted: keep it to trusted networks.
- Mac only
- Free
SSH Tunnels
Local forwarding (-L), remote forwarding (-R), and SOCKS5 proxy (-D) for IPv4 addresses and domain names. Up to 10 local + 5 remote tunnels per profile (Free includes 1 local tunnel; Pro unlocks remote & SOCKS5).
- Mac · iPhone · iPad
- Free, more with Pro
AI Integration (MCP)
Built-in MCP server lets Claude Code, Cursor, and Claude Desktop drive your SSH/SFTP sessions (20 tools). Plus an in-terminal AI assistant: explain output or ask questions with your own Claude, OpenAI, Gemini or Mistral key, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
- Mac only
- Pro
Broadcast Mode
Execute the same command on all connected SSH sessions simultaneously. Perfect for multi-server administration and fleet management.
- Mac only
- Pro
Quick Commands
Library of reusable commands with 14 presets for system, network, disk, Docker, and Git operations. Create your own custom snippets.
- Mac · iPhone · iPad
- Free, more with Pro