LAN / VPN collaboration
NextShare a host or vault with a teammate over your own network (Tailscale, WireGuard, plain LAN). No relay servers, no cloud vault.
Launch$9 for the first 500 licenses — then $19, then $29$9 for the first 500The
The 
SSH client you actually own
A fast, local-first SSH, SFTP, Mosh, Telnet and Serial workspace for macOS, Windows and Linux. Every host, key and snippet stays encrypted on your machine — one honest payment, no account, no subscription.
2 sold · 498 of 500 left at $9, then $29 · One-time payment · 14-day refund
A live preview — every screen above is the real TerminalX UI running in your browser, not a mockup. On desktop you can click around inside the window.
Privacy
What stays on your machine
TerminalX is offline-first with no cloud features — no sync, no teams, no telemetry. Everything runs on your machine or your own network.
No account
Buy a license key and start connecting. There is nothing to sign in to.
No analytics, no telemetry
The app never reports what you connect to, when, or for how long.
Keys and hosts stay local
Your vault is encrypted on your device — never on our servers.
Tauri, not Electron
A native, low-memory desktop app with no bundled browser engine.
01· Workspace
A terminal that stays out of your way
Tabs, split panes and a quiet chrome layer, so your shell output is the focus. Connect from the host grid or paste a quick-connect string — either way you are in within a second, over SSH, Mosh, Telnet or a serial cable.
- Tabs, horizontal and vertical splits, drag-to-reorder
- Search-in-scrollback and instant history recall
- True-color xterm-256 with custom themes and fonts
02· SFTP
Dual-pane file transfer, built in
Drag files between your machine and the server without opening a second app. Clear paths, sensible defaults, recursive operations and live progress — all riding the same encrypted session and the same vault that protects your SSH keys.
- Upload, download, rename, chmod and delete — recursively
- Inline text preview before you touch anything
- Progress per transfer, with cancel and retry
03· Security
Your keys never leave your machine
Import existing keys, generate new Ed25519 / RSA / ECDSA identities and link them to hosts. The vault is sealed with Argon2id and XChaCha20-Poly1305, unlocks with one master password, and can lock itself when you walk away.
- Encrypted-at-rest vault — nothing to sync, nothing to leak
- Passwords, keys and certificates in one keychain
- Trust-on-first-use host keys with change warnings
04· Hosts
Hosts, groups and tags that keep up
Organise a fleet the way you think about it — nested groups, tags and group-level defaults that every host inherits, so a new server is ready the moment you add it. Quick-connect from a string, then duplicate, move and re-tag entries without fighting a form.
- Nested groups, tags and inherited group defaults
- Quick connect from a string, plus duplicate and move
- A full host editor for every protocol you use
05· Port forwarding
Tunnels you set up once
Save local, remote and dynamic SOCKS5 tunnels as rules that travel with the host they belong to, and start them automatically when the session opens. See what is running at a glance and stop a forward without hunting for a stray process.
- Local, remote and dynamic SOCKS5 tunnels
- Saved rules that auto-start with their host session
- Manage and stop running tunnels in one place
06· Snippets
The commands you retype, one keystroke away
Keep the commands you run over and over as snippets and drop them straight into any open session — no clipboard round-trip. Target a single session, or fire the same command into several at once.
- Saved commands inserted into any open session
- Target one session or several at once
- Stored in the same local vault as your hosts and keys
Everything that ships
Also included
Eight more things that ship with TerminalX — no add-ons, no per-seat upgrades.
Every protocol, one window
SSH, SFTP, Mosh, Telnet and Serial in a single client — remote shells, file transfers and console access without switching apps.
Dual-pane SFTP
Browse local and remote side by side, then upload, download, preview, rename, chmod and watch transfer progress.
Port forwarding
Local, remote and dynamic SOCKS5 tunnels as saved rules that can auto-start with the session they belong to.
Keychain & local vault
Generate Ed25519, RSA or ECDSA keys, import existing ones, and keep private material in an encrypted vault — never on our servers.
Tabs, splits & search
Run sessions side by side, search the whole scrollback, and jump back through your command history.
Snippets
Save the commands you retype and drop them into any open session in one keystroke.
Two-click imports
Move hosts, groups, keys and snippets over from Termius, ~/.ssh/config, PuTTY, SecureCRT, MobaXterm or CSV — no rebuilding by hand.
Themes & shortcuts
Light and dark themes, custom fonts and rebindable shortcuts, so the terminal looks and behaves the way you like.
TerminalX vs cloud subscriptions
Why people switch
Cloud SSH apps are polished — if you want an account and a monthly bill, they are a fine choice. TerminalX is for people who want to own the software and keep the keys: one honest payment, a local encrypted vault, and an import that moves you over in two clicks.
| Feature | TerminalX.sh | Typical cloud SSH app |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | Single-time license$9 once, then $19, then $29 | Pro subscription from ~$10/mo billed annually (~$12 monthly) |
| Account required | No account, ever | Account required |
| Credentials & keys | Local encrypted vault (Argon2id + XChaCha20-Poly1305) | Cloud vault by default |
| Works offline | Full app runs offline | Cloud and account features need a connection |
| Runtime & footprint | Tauri — native WebView, lean binary, low idle RAM | Electron — bundled Chromium, heavier |
| Protocols | SSH, SFTP, Mosh, Telnet and Serial | SSH, SFTP, Mosh and Telnet |
| Import from other clients | Built-in wizard for SSH config, PuTTY, CSV and rival exports (best-effort) | Mostly manual setup |
| Updates | Every future update included | Tied to an active subscription |
| Cost over 3 years | From $9 once | Roughly $300–360+ |
Competitor details are based on publicly listed plans and may change. TerminalX never claims features it has not shipped.
Roadmap
What's next — no cloud required
Everything below runs on your machines or your own network/VPN — never through a server we run. No relay, no cloud vault, no account required, ever.
Live session streaming (watch-only)
NextStream a running session to someone over LAN/VPN for pair debugging or handover. Read-only, nothing else.
BYOK AI agent + smarter completion
PlannedOptional assistant that talks straight to your own provider or a local model. Off by default, nothing proxied.
Post-quantum encryption
PlannedML-KEM/ML-DSA hybrid key exchange and PQ-sealed vault backups, ready before the migration deadline.
Automatic vault backups & one-click restore
ShippedShipped in this release: weekly encrypted snapshots on your device, restored from Settings in seconds.
Biometric vault unlock
PlannedTouch ID / Windows Hello to unlock the local vault, with the master password as the fallback.
Visual jump-host builder
ExploringDraw multi-hop SSH chains, per-hop auth and health checks without hand-writing ProxyJump.
Offline vault packs
ExploringExport an encrypted pack (hosts, keys, snippets) to a file so a team can share setups with no server.
Wall of love
What the beta testers say
A few dozen people ran TerminalX before launch — importing their real host lists, hammering the SFTP panes and breaking things so you won't have to.
“Moved 40 hosts over from Termius in about two minutes. The import wizard caught every group and tag I had.”
MarcusBackend developer · beta tester“The vault being local isn't a feature I'll think about daily — it's the reason my security team approved it.”
PriyaPlatform engineer · beta tester“Idle RAM is what sold me. My old client sat at 400 MB with two sessions open. This one barely registers.”
JonasSRE · beta tester“Dual-pane SFTP with a preview before I overwrite anything. I stopped opening a separate file client entirely.”
AlinaFull-stack developer · beta tester“I paid once for my laptop and desktop and stopped thinking about renewals. That's the whole pitch and it delivers.”
TomFreelance DevOps · beta tester“Serial console support in the same window as my SSH tabs is exactly what my lab bench needed.”
KenjiHardware engineer · beta tester“Jump hosts and agent forwarding just worked with my existing ~/.ssh/config. No re-typing anything.”
SofiaInfrastructure lead · beta tester“The command palette makes me faster than I was in the terminal I've used for a decade.”
DmitriLinux sysadmin · beta tester“Mosh sessions that survive my train commute WiFi. My old client would drop and I'd lose scrollback.”
HannahData engineer · beta tester“Snippets paid for themselves in a week — I fire the same five deploy commands into any session now.”
OmarBackend developer · beta tester“Tested it on Windows first, then realized it feels identical on my Mac. Rare for a cross-platform client.”
GraceQA engineer · beta tester“Port forwarding rules that auto-start with the session. No more tunnels dying quietly at 2 a.m.”
LucasFounder · beta tester“The whole app is one download and no account screen. Installing it on a fresh machine takes seconds.”
MeiSecurity researcher · beta tester“Search across the scrollback actually finds things. I use it more than I expected during incidents.”
RafaelOn-call engineer · beta tester“Light and dark themes both look like someone cared. Most terminal apps treat light mode as an afterthought.”
EliseProduct designer · beta tester“I run it on a five-year-old ThinkPad. It opens instantly, and the idle battery drain is basically zero.”
PetraHomelab tinkerer · beta tester“Generated an Ed25519 key in the app, exported the public half, and had it on the server in under a minute.”
AndreiSystems programmer · beta tester“Session logs saved me during a migration — full transcript of every command, stored locally, nothing uploaded.”
NadiaDatabase administrator · beta tester“The 14-day refund made trying it trivial. I didn't need it — I bought a second license for my work machine.”
FelixConsultant · beta tester“It's the small things: tabs remember their titles, splits resize sanely, the palette is instant.”
IvyBackend developer · beta tester“As someone who audits tooling for supply-chain risk, a no-account, no-telemetry client is refreshing.”
SamuelAppSec engineer · beta tester“My whole team of four moved over after the beta. The import covered everyone's configs without hand-fixing.”
LuciaEngineering manager · beta tester“I've paid for terminal apps on subscription for years. Owning this one for the price of two months feels absurd.”
NilsIndie developer · beta tester“Known-hosts prompts on key changes are the right amount of friction — it caught a rotated host key I'd have missed.”
AishaNetwork engineer · beta testerBeta feedback from the TerminalX testers program.
Pricing
Pay once, keep it forever.
$9 during the launch, rising in steps to $29 as licenses sell. One payment unlocks the whole app — no subscription, and every future update is included for life.
TerminalX.sh
One payment, no subscription
- Pay once, keep it forever — no subscription, ever
- Every future update included, for the life of your license
- One license, all your machines — macOS, Windows and Linux
- Local encrypted vault — no account, no telemetry, offline-first
- All protocols: SSH, SFTP, Mosh, Telnet, Serial and port forwarding
- 14-day refund — email us within 14 days; we refund through Polar and deactivate the key
Windows, macOS and Linux · Tauri, not Electron · No account, no telemetry
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14-day refund — email [email protected] within 14 days; we refund you through Polar and deactivate the license key.
The download link appears as soon as you pay, and your license key arrives by email. Checkout by Polar. Already bought? Get your download link
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers about ownership, privacy and getting set up. Something else? Email [email protected] — a person replies.
The app
Yes. One payment unlocks the whole app for life. Launch pricing is $9 for the first 500 licenses, $19 for the next 250, then $29 standard — and you only ever pay once. There is no subscription to cancel and no account to create; the app never asks you to sign in.
No. Bug fixes and new features ship to every owner for free, for the life of your license. There is no upgrade fee and no separate "pro" tier to buy later — if you own TerminalX, you get what we build next.
Yes. After the initial download, TerminalX runs fully offline. The one network request the app makes on its own is the weekly license check to our server — it carries your license key and nothing else. Reaching your servers needs your network, not ours: there is no cloud vault, no sync server and no telemetry.
Yes. The built-in wizard moves hosts, groups, keys and snippets over from Termius exports (and CSV) in about two clicks, and there are importers for ~/.ssh/config, PuTTY, SecureCRT and MobaXterm too. Termius's format is undocumented, so the importer is best-effort against a reverse-engineered format — verify imported entries before use.
macOS, Windows and Linux. One license covers the machines you personally run TerminalX on, and you can move it whenever you replace a laptop or desktop.
Buying & refunds
The download link appears as soon as checkout completes, and your license key arrives by email. Checkout is handled securely by Polar. If you ever lose the email, write to [email protected] and we will resend your download link.
14-day refund — email [email protected] within 14 days; we refund you through Polar and revoke the license key. TerminalX checks your key with Polar weekly, so a revoked or refunded key stops working until an active license is entered.
We are building an audience, not a rental fleet. Early buyers get the lowest price we will ever offer plus every future update; as each batch sells out the price steps up to $29. Buying early is simply the best deal on the app.
Privacy
They live in a local vault on your device, encrypted at rest with a key derived via Argon2id and protected with XChaCha20-Poly1305. Your master password never leaves your machine and is never transmitted, so we cannot see, recover or decrypt your secrets.
Ready to own your terminal?
Download TerminalX, import your hosts in two clicks, and connect in minutes. One payment, every platform, no account — and a 14-day refund through Polar if it isn't for you.