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--- > ๐Ÿ‘‹ Managing remote environments? Check out [Warpgate, my smart SSH/HTTP/MySQL bastion server](https://github.com/warp-tech/warpgate), it works great with Tabby, you'll love it. > ๐Ÿ‘‹ [Tabby-web](https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby-web) is looking for sponsors. As I can't afford to host it myself any longer, I'm looking for a sponsor to cover the hosting costs. If you're interested, please [get in touch](https://twitter.com/eugeeeeny)! ---- ### Downloads: * [Latest release](https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby/releases/latest) * [Repositories](https://packagecloud.io/eugeny/tabby): [Debian/Ubuntu-based](https://packagecloud.io/eugeny/tabby/install#bash-deb), [RPM-based](https://packagecloud.io/eugeny/tabby/install#bash-rpm) * [Latest nightly build](https://nightly.link/Eugeny/tabby/workflows/build/master)

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---- [**Tabby**](https://tabby.sh) (formerly **Terminus**) is a highly configurable terminal emulator, SSH and serial client for Windows 10, macOS and Linux * Integrated SSH and Telnet client and connection manager * Integrated serial terminal * Theming and color schemes * Fully configurable shortcuts and multi-chord shortcuts * Split panes * Remembers your tabs * PowerShell (and PS Core), WSL, Git-Bash, Cygwin, MSYS2, Cmder and CMD support * Direct file transfer from/to SSH sessions via Zmodem * Full Unicode support including double-width characters * Doesn't choke on fast-flowing outputs * Proper shell experience on Windows including tab completion (via Clink) * Integrated encrypted container for SSH secrets and configuration * SSH, SFTP and Telnet client available as a [web app](https://tabby.sh/app) (also [self-hosted](https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby-web)). # Contents - [What Tabby is and isn't](#what-tabby-is-and-isnt) - [Terminal features](#terminal-features) - [SSH Client](#ssh-client) - [Serial Terminal](#serial-terminal) - [Portable](#portable) - [Plugins](#plugins) - [Themes](#themes) - [Contributing](#contributing) # What Tabby is and isn't * **Tabby is** an alternative to Windows' standard terminal (conhost), PowerShell ISE, PuTTY, macOS Terminal.app and iTerm * **Tabby is not** a new shell or a MinGW or Cygwin replacement. Neither is it lightweight - if RAM usage is of importance, consider [Conemu](https://conemu.github.io) or [Alacritty](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty) # Terminal features ![](docs/readme-terminal.png) * A V220 terminal + various extensions * Multiple nested split panes * Tabs on any side of the window * Optional dockable window with a global spawn hotkey ("Quake console") * Progress detection * Notification on process completion * Bracketed paste, multiline paste warnings * Font ligatures * Custom shell profiles * Optional RMB paste and copy-on select (PuTTY style) # SSH Client ![](docs/readme-ssh.png) * SSH2 client with a connection manager * X11 and port forwarding * Automatic jump host management * Agent forwarding (incl. Pageant and Windows native OpenSSH Agent) * Login scripts # Serial Terminal * Saved connections * Readline input support * Optional hex byte-by-byte input and hexdump output * Newline conversion * Automatic reconnection # Portable Tabby will run as a portable app on Windows, if you create a `data` folder in the same location where `Tabby.exe` lives. # Plugins Plugins and themes can be installed directly from the Settings view inside Tabby. * [docker](https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby-docker) - connect to Docker containers * [title-control](https://github.com/kbjr/terminus-title-control) - allows modifying the title of the terminal tabs by providing a prefix, suffix, and/or strings to be removed * [quick-cmds](https://github.com/Domain/terminus-quick-cmds) - quickly send commands to one or all terminal tabs * [save-output](https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby-save-output) - record terminal output into a file * [sync-config](https://github.com/starxg/terminus-sync-config) - sync the config to Gist or Gitee * [clippy](https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby-clippy) - an example plugin which annoys you all the time * [workspace-manager](https://github.com/composer404/tabby-workspace-manager) - allows creating custom workspace profiles based on the given config * [search-in-browser](https://github.com/composer404/tabby-search-in-browser) - opens default system browser with a text selected from the Tabby's tab * [sftp-tab](https://github.com/wljince007/tabby-sftp-tab) - open sftp tab for ssh connection like SecureCRT * [background](https://github.com/moemoechu/tabby-background) - change Tabby background image and more... * [highlight](https://github.com/moemoechu/tabby-highlight) - Tabby terminal keyword highlight plugin * [web-auth-handler](https://github.com/Jazzmoon/tabby-web-auth-handler) - In-app web authentication popups (Built primarily for warpgate in-browser auth) # Themes * [hype](https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby-theme-hype) - a Hyper inspired theme * [relaxed](https://github.com/Relaxed-Theme/relaxed-terminal-themes#terminus) - the Relaxed theme for Tabby * [gruvbox](https://github.com/porkloin/terminus-theme-gruvbox) * [windows10](https://www.npmjs.com/package/terminus-theme-windows10) * [altair](https://github.com/yxuko/terminus-altair) * [catppuccin](https://github.com/catppuccin/tabby) - Soothing pastel theme for Tabby * [noctis](https://github.com/aaronhuggins/tabby-colors-noctis) - color themes inspired by Noctis VS Code theme # Sponsors [![](https://assets-production.packagecloud.io/assets/packagecloud-logo-light-scaled-26ce8e96060fddf74afbd4445e63ba35590d4aaa56edc98495bb390ef3cae0ae.png)](https://packagecloud.io) [**packagecloud**](https://packagecloud.io) has provided free Debian/RPM repository hosting [![](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/161476/200423885-7aba2202-fea7-4409-95b9-3a062ce902c7.png)](https://keygen.sh/?via=eugene) [**keygen**](https://keygen.sh/?via=eugene) has provided free release & auto-update hosting # Contributing Pull requests and plugins are welcome! See [HACKING.md](https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby/blob/master/HACKING.md) and [API docs](https://docs.tabby.sh/) for information of how the project is laid out, and a very brief plugin development tutorial. --- Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key)):
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