Sessions & tabs
Every SSH session is a tab in the SSH section, running a full terminal (xterm-256color) — vim, htop, tmux and colours all work as they do in Terminal.
Opening a session
Section titled “Opening a session”- Double-click a host in Hosts.
- ⌘T (File → New SSH Session) and pick a host.
- ⌘K, type the host’s name, choose Connect to.
- Type
user@host:portinto Quick connect.
Open as many tabs as you like, to the same server or different ones. Drag tabs to reorder them.
Moving between tabs
Section titled “Moving between tabs”| Shortcut | |
|---|---|
| ⌘1 … ⌘9 | the nth tab |
| ⌥⌘← / ⌥⌘→ | previous / next tab, wrapping around |
| ⌘` | the session you were in before, even in SFTP |
| ⇧⌘O | this host’s files in SFTP |
Small ⌘1–9 hints on the tabs remind you of their numbers; turn them off in Settings → Appearance.
Closing
Section titled “Closing”⌘W closes the current tab. Closing the last tab leaves the window open.
Staying connected
Section titled “Staying connected”Termini sends keepalive pings on every session, so an idle connection isn’t dropped by a router’s NAT timeout or the server’s ClientAliveInterval. Long-running sessions just stay up.
Settings → General → Connection Timeout sets how long to wait for a server to answer when connecting.
Opening the files
Section titled “Opening the files”Each terminal has an Open SFTP button: it opens an SFTP connection to the same host (or switches to the one already open). ⇧⌘O does the same from the keyboard, and takes you back again.