I built a desktop IDE around SSH sessions because nothing else worked the way I do
Wes, a solo developer, created AidaIDE, a desktop IDE designed around SSH sessions after facing inefficiencies with existing tools like PuTTY, MobaXterm, and VS Code. The IDE offers a unified interface for managing multiple SSH connections, an encrypted vault for credentials, and a scalable connection tree for organizing numerous hosts. AidaIDE is available as a desktop application with a subscription model and currently supports Windows best, with macOS and Linux versions in development.
- ▪AidaIDE was built to solve workflow inefficiencies when managing multiple SSH sessions across different tools.
- ▪It features a multi-session terminal with persistent sessions, broadcast commands, and reattachment without scrollback loss.
- ▪The IDE includes a built-in encrypted vault for SSH keys and passwords, secured with per-machine binding.
- ▪A connection tree allows grouping, tagging, and executing commands across selected hosts, designed to scale beyond 20 connections.
- ▪AidaIDE is a desktop binary with a $7/month or $65/year license, no free tier, and is currently most polished on Windows.
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