Overview
What is SSHKeychain 0.6.1?
GUI for ssh-agent/ssh-add.
In depth
A closer look at SSHKeychain 0.6.1
SSHKeychain is a graphical front-end for ssh-agent and ssh-add on Mac OS X. Features include:
- Can remove all keys from the agent after sleep or after a minimum period of sleep (especially useful for notebooks).
- Can remove all keys from the agent when a Screensaver is detected.
- Can remove all keys from the agent when the Apple keychain is locked.
- Can add keys to the agent whenever the Apple keychain is unlocked.
- Can add keys to the agent whenever ssh is trying to use the agent with no keys on the chain.
- Can display itself in the StatusBar, Dock, or both.
- You can store the passphrases for your private keys in the Apple Keychain.
- Can add the necessary variables to the global environment (~/.MacOSX/environment.plist), so you can use SSHKeychain with all your programs (Terminal, Project Builder, etc).
- You can also edit the global environment from within the Preferences.
- You can lock/unlock the Apple keychain from a menu item.
- Works seamless with the commandline tools. (i.e. tracks activity coming from the commandline tools, and updates it's UI.)
- Works with requests coming over the network (through AgentForwarding).
- Can generate new keypairs.
- Tunnel support
Verdict
Should you download SSHKeychain 0.6.1?
SSHKeychain 0.6.1 runs on
Mac OS
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 378 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Security.
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At a glance
SSHKeychain 0.6.1 specifications
- Last updated
- Jan 20, 2025
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Mac OS
- File size
- 378 KB
- Price
- Free
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