XPipe status update: SSH tunnel and config support, many new features, and lots of bug fixes

Hello selfhosted community,

I just wanted to give you a short update on XPipe, a new type of shell connection hub and remote file manager that allows you to access your entire sever infrastructure from your local machine through your installed command-line programs.

Since I last posted about it here around one month ago, a lot of things have changed thanks to the community sharing a lot of feedback and reporting issues. Overall, the project is now in a much more stable state as all the accumulated issues have been fixed. Furthermore, many feature requests have been implemented. This includes for example:

• SSH tunnel support (Local, Remote, and Dynamic)
• Automatic import from your SSH configs
• Podman support
• Support for other Linux environments on Windows such as Cygwin or MSYS2
• Fish support
• Support for more terminals and editors such as Alacritty, Kitty, and more

Here are some screenshots:

Overall, there have also been a lot of changes across the board:

• In terms of security and the handling of passwords, people did not like storing their passwords in yet another tool, so a lot of changes have been made. You can now source all required passwords either on the fly with a prompt or call the CLI of your password manager to fetch them.

• The UI also got an overhaul and is now much more responsive and performant. Many of the icons were redone to achieve a more uniform look plus it now also displays the logo of the os/distro you connected to. It is also made to be more intuitive in many aspects.

• In terms of availability, there are also now ARM builds available for Linux, plus a new xpipe AUR package. The available automatic installation scripts for bash and PowerShell have also been improved.

• Of course a lot of bugs have been fixed as well and I learned a lot about in what kind of different environments people use this tool.

So if you gave this project a try a while ago or it sounds interesting to you, you can check it out on GitHub! There are still more features to come in the near future. I also appreciate any kind of feedback to guide me in the right development direction. There is also a Discord and Slack workspace for any sort of talking, now with a small community present.

Enjoy!