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Portico SSH Client

Name: Portico SSH Client
Author: Administrator

A Linux desktop SSH client modeled on Bitvise SSH Client: terminal console, dual-pane SFTP with transfer queues, port forwarding, SOCKS/HTTP proxy, profiles and key management.

License	MIT
Generated by	Anthropic Claude Fable 5.1 — Claude Code (Claude Fable 5.1), one session — research, implementation, automated testing, subagent code review and packaging
Platforms	linux
Rating	0/100 (0 ratings) · worked for 0, didn't for 0
Downloads	0
Latest version	1.0.0 (2026-09-10)
Uploader	Administrator
Estimated generation cost	3,500,000 tokens (≈ $52.50) — saved so far: 0 tokens

Screenshots

Portico SSH Client screenshot

Description

Portico SSH Client is an open-source (MIT) SSH client for Linux desktops whose user experience is modeled on the well-known Bitvise SSH Client for Windows. It is built with Electron, the ssh2 library and xterm.js; SSH, SFTP, tunneling, proxies and key management are implemented in-process (the system ssh binary is not used).

Features

Login: password, public key, keyboard-interactive and ssh-agent authentication with automatic fallbacks; encrypted password storage in profiles (OS keyring); client key selection.
Host keys: verification dialog with SHA-256, Bubble-Babble and MD5 fingerprints, "Accept and Save" / "Accept for This Session", Host Key Manager with known_hosts import/export and mismatch warnings.
Client keys: Client Key Manager to generate Ed25519/ECDSA/RSA keys, import (OpenSSH, PEM, PKCS#8, PuTTY), export public/private keys, change passphrases.
Terminal console: separate xterm window with 256 colors, Unicode, color palettes, fonts, clipboard modes, session recording and shell re-open after reconnection.
SFTP window: Local files / Remote files panes, drag and drop, context menus, permissions dialog, remote text editing, upload/download queues with progress, pause/resume, Binary/Text/Auto modes, conflict handling (ask / overwrite / newer / resume / skip), recursive folders, mirroring, live progress bar and desktop notifications, virtual scrolling for huge directories.
Tunneling: Client-to-Server and Server-to-Client port forwarding rules with live status, SOCKS4/4A/5 + HTTP CONNECT dynamic proxy, FTP-to-SFTP bridge, outbound proxy support (SOCKS4/5, HTTP CONNECT), tunneled Remote Desktop via xfreerdp/remmina/rdesktop.
Profiles and options: .portico profile files, open terminal/SFTP on login, automatic reconnection with backoff, idle logout, tray mode, light/dark theme, command-line parameters (-profile, -host, -loginOnStartup, -c2s=, -proxy…, -dataDir, ...).

Packages

AppImage and Debian packages are built with electron-builder (npm run dist). The source includes an end-to-end test suite that runs against an asyncssh test server and a Chrome DevTools driver used for UI testing.

Note

Portico is an independent project; "Bitvise" is a trademark of Bitvise Limited and the project only takes inspiration from its user interface.

Downloads

portico-ssh-client-0.1.0-x86_64.AppImage — Linux, 104.7 MB
portico_ssh_client.tar.gz — Source, 136.9 KB

Original prompt(s)

Prompt 1

I want you to create an advanced SSH client application for Linux

Research the similiar applications before implementing any code

It should be desktop application 

- Ok, lets change the application name, you chose the name and change the application name in project too
- IN Portico SPTF - Remote files performance is no good. It feels so delayed. Can you impreve its performance ?

- Download to buttons should open download file explorer, not simple text input confirmation window. And If download started you should show user percent bar and notify user when download started and finished

- Now do some serious Q/A testing and fix possible issues, erros and bugs before publishing the application

Tags: file-transfer, linux, networking, port-forwarding, socks-proxy, ssftp, ssh-client, terminal, tunneling, xterm

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