> Managing multiple Linux servers usually means juggling terminal windows and copy-pasting snippets/scripts. [...]
There is already a plethora of tooling for many of these points. Not a lot of GUI stuff but ansible seems to cover a lot of ground (inventory, organized playbooks instead of shell scripts). Ansible also "just" uses SSH as a transplrt mechanism.
This feels like a solution that tries to support a flawed workflow instead a solution improving the workflow itself.
ServerCat is very similar to this, for a GUI option. If you need features suitable to a more diverse and/or complex setup, Devolutions’ Remote Desktop Manager offers a fairly full-featured free version of their enterprise-grade software.
The former is OSS, and I’m not sure how active its development is at this point, although it’s available in the App Store for desktop and mobile. RDM is proprietary, and also offers a mobile app.
Not only ssh, it has a pluggable connection scheme to include a wide range of "how do I talk to the system," which includes AWS Session Manager, docker, kubectl, and a bunch of network appliance protocols
But I also recognize that I'm not the target audience for a GUI management app so I don't mean to pile on the "you're holding it wrong" but I do mean to draw attention to any robust solution not getting stuck in a local minima or else the user will need a separate app for each mental model of what managing "a Linux" means
This is a great looking app that certainly fills a niche (don't listen to the naysayers here). Seems like your target niche might be indie hacker types who are not as familiar with all the server management and setup stuff (or just want to make it easier). Does this help with initial server setup (from a bare VPS) or running/deploying new apps? That would be an great next step to help less technically inclined folks use this app!
The GUI looks useful but for the core problem:
> Managing multiple Linux servers usually means juggling terminal windows and copy-pasting snippets/scripts. [...]
There is already a plethora of tooling for many of these points. Not a lot of GUI stuff but ansible seems to cover a lot of ground (inventory, organized playbooks instead of shell scripts). Ansible also "just" uses SSH as a transplrt mechanism.
This feels like a solution that tries to support a flawed workflow instead a solution improving the workflow itself.
ServerCat is very similar to this, for a GUI option. If you need features suitable to a more diverse and/or complex setup, Devolutions’ Remote Desktop Manager offers a fairly full-featured free version of their enterprise-grade software.
The former is OSS, and I’m not sure how active its development is at this point, although it’s available in the App Store for desktop and mobile. RDM is proprietary, and also offers a mobile app.
Not only ssh, it has a pluggable connection scheme to include a wide range of "how do I talk to the system," which includes AWS Session Manager, docker, kubectl, and a bunch of network appliance protocols
But I also recognize that I'm not the target audience for a GUI management app so I don't mean to pile on the "you're holding it wrong" but I do mean to draw attention to any robust solution not getting stuck in a local minima or else the user will need a separate app for each mental model of what managing "a Linux" means
This is a great looking app that certainly fills a niche (don't listen to the naysayers here). Seems like your target niche might be indie hacker types who are not as familiar with all the server management and setup stuff (or just want to make it easier). Does this help with initial server setup (from a bare VPS) or running/deploying new apps? That would be an great next step to help less technically inclined folks use this app!
I don't understand what makes this Linux specific. Does it upload binaries or something? I'm failing to see the bigger picture here.
This looks pretty neat. I may replace my current quick-connect client (ServerCat) with this.
Nice work! How about something that also watches GPUs on the system? Specifically looking for AMD MI300x support.
I tried your app and thought it was very functional and nice. Congratulations!