nui-sftp

This project will contain a cross platform SSH and SFTP client. Still under construction 🚧

Todo List

General UI

• Layouting.
• Load Layout (on session start only, not afterwards).
• Fix session being in hanging state when connect fails.
• Implement proper handling of connection loss.
• Multi session support.
• Custom top bar with moveability and minimize, maximize, close buttons.
• More/Custom themes.
• Accessible logs.
• Unify style of operation queue and rest of the ui.

Settings UI

• Add UI for settings.
• Document settings.
• Save / Delete Current Layout.
• Better number boxes.
• Number box value constraining.

SSH

• Keyboard interactive password auth.
• Key auth.
• Key auth with passphrase.
• Automatic key auth via SSH directory.
• Password auth.
• SSH agent support linux.

No intention to support for now:

• Windows SSH agent support, waiting for official libssh support, before I resort to patches: https://gitlab.com/libssh/libssh-mirror/-/issues/277
• GSSAPI auth: Will make work when a need arises
• KeypassXc database integration: lots of work for tiny use cases. Its a cool idea for later.

Shell

• SSH shell.
• Terminal UIs works.
• Terminal resizing.

SFTP

• Single file downloads.
• Bulk download.
• Forward download options for bulk downloads.
• Single file uploads.
• Delete file.
• Rename file.
• Create file.
• Create directory.
• Pause/Continue operations.
• Cancel operations.
• Implement handling of symlinks in bulk downloads.
• Implement handling of symlinks in regular downloads.
• Implement handling of symlinks in bulk uploads.
• Implement handling of symlinks in regular uploads.
• Implement bulk download to archives.
• Bulk uploads.
• Show file properties.
• Optimize download speed.
• Optimize upload speed.

File View UI

• Grid view.
• Table view.
• Split UI into local and remote views.
• Box drag select for icon view.
• Box drag select for table view.
• Auto refresh after operation complete.
• Resize left vs right.
• Upload drag and drop (within view and perhaps into the app).
• Download drag and drop (within view and perhaps outside the app).
• Searching files.
• Sorting files.
• Keyboard input.
• Sorting modes in icon view / sort menu.
• Context menu for file operations.
• Delete remote files (empty dirs and files).
• Rename remote file.
• Ask user to overwrite files on upload/download.
• Better indication that on drag drop, all selected items are being dragged.
• Improve arrow navigation with shift and control.
• Same side drag and drop for moving files locally or remotely.
• Persist mode as part of layout.
• Delete remote files deep (non empty dirs) -> operation queue.
• Open files with associated application.
• Monitor changes on open files. Add monitoring tab for that and add auto upload option.
• File previews:
  • Image preview (image as icon?)
  • Text preview
• Scroll into view of recently selected item when using keyboard controls.