[HN Gopher] Show HN: ServerBuddy - GUI SSH client for managing L...
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Show HN: ServerBuddy - GUI SSH client for managing Linux servers
from macOS
Hi HN, I've built an app for macOS that allows performing common
SSH operations on Linux servers using a native GUI. The problem:
Managing multiple Linux servers usually means juggling terminal
windows and copy-pasting snippets/scripts. After dealing with tens
of production/staging VPSes at previous jobs, I realized there had
to be a better way for common operations I did on a daily basis
than my collection of bash snippets. Features: - Quickly switch
between different servers. Tag servers with arbitrary key values
for easy search. - Real-time dashboard with CPU/memory graphs,
disk usage, and uptime. - Table based interface for processes
(sortable/filterable), Docker containers, systemd services, network
ports, and system logs etc. - Built-in file browser. - Full-
featured terminal when you need to drop to the command line. You
can check out the screenshots at
https://serverbuddy.app/screenshots for a quick overview of the
features supported. All the above are done through SSH, there are
no agents/scripts to install on your servers. From using the app
for a few weeks(admittedly a short duration), I can say I much
prefer the ServerBuddy based workflow to my previous workflows.
Pricing: Free forever for one server, $59 one-time for unlimited
servers (includes 1 year of updates). If you're a developer or
sysadmin managing Linux servers from Mac, please do try out the
app. I'd love your feedback regarding additional features/workflows
etc. Thank you!
Author : dpraburaj
Score : 21 points
Date : 2025-08-11 17:49 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| c0balt wrote:
| The GUI looks useful but for the core problem:
|
| > Managing multiple Linux servers usually means juggling terminal
| windows and copy-pasting snippets/scripts. [...]
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| There is already a plethora of tooling for many of these points.
| Not a lot of GUI stuff but ansible seems to cover a lot of ground
| (inventory, organized playbooks instead of shell scripts).
| Ansible also "just" uses SSH as a transplrt mechanism.
|
| This feels like a solution that tries to support a flawed
| workflow instead a solution improving the workflow itself.
| mdaniel wrote:
| Not only ssh, it has a pluggable connection scheme to include a
| wide range of "how do I talk to the system," which includes AWS
| Session Manager, docker, kubectl, and a bunch of network
| appliance protocols
|
| But I also recognize that I'm not the target audience for a GUI
| management app so I don't mean to pile on the "you're holding
| it wrong" but I do mean to draw attention to any robust
| solution not getting stuck in a local minima or else the user
| will need a separate app for each mental model of what managing
| "a Linux" means
| nativeit wrote:
| ServerCat is very similar to this, for a GUI option. If you
| need features suitable to a more diverse and/or complex setup,
| Devolutions' Remote Desktop Manager offers a fairly full-
| featured free version of their enterprise-grade software.
|
| The former is OSS, and I'm not sure how active its development
| is at this point, although it's available in the App Store for
| desktop and mobile. RDM is proprietary, and also offers a
| mobile app.
| johnklos wrote:
| I don't understand what makes this Linux specific. Does it upload
| binaries or something? I'm failing to see the bigger picture
| here.
| vlucas wrote:
| This is a great looking app that certainly fills a niche (don't
| listen to the naysayers here). Seems like your target niche might
| be indie hacker types who are not as familiar with all the server
| management and setup stuff (or just want to make it easier). Does
| this help with initial server setup (from a bare VPS) or
| running/deploying new apps? That would be an great next step to
| help less technically inclined folks use this app!
| carlosjobim wrote:
| I tried your app and thought it was very functional and nice.
| Congratulations!
| nativeit wrote:
| This looks pretty neat. I may replace my current quick-connect
| client (ServerCat) with this.
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