Electerm, a terminal client with file manager, ssh and sftp

about electrum

In the next article we are going to take a look at Electerm. This is a terminal client, ssh and sftp, which is free and open source for Gnu / Linux, MacOS and Windows. We will be able to use this software as a terminal application, file manager, ssh client and sftp client. It is released under the MIT license and is based on the electron, ssh2, node-pty, xterm, antd, and subx library framework.

Works like a combination of wow and xshell. It also provides quick command support and allows us to edit remote and local files thanks to its built-in editor. Some other features are sync support, Zmodem support (rz, sz) and proxy.

Electerm general features

  • The program can work as terminal / file manager or ssh / sftp client, similar to xshell.
  • Offers us a global hotkey to toggle the visibility of the window. It is similar to guake.
  • It is a program multi platform. It is available for Gnu / Linux, Mac, Windows.
  • It has support multi language. Among the available languages ​​we can find Spanish.
  • We can edit a small remote file just by double clicking on that file.
  • It will give us the possibility of edit a local file with the built-in editor.

Electerm Settings

  • We will have the possibility of authenticate with public key + password.
  • Possibility of using the transfer protocol Z modem (rz, sz).
  • On Mac and Windows we can use the transparency of window.
  • It will allow us to add a background image to the terminal.
  • This terminal client will allow us set a session / global proxy configuration.
  • We will be able configure and use quick commands.
  • We can also sync bookmarks / themes / quick commands to github secret gist.

These are just a few features of this program. They can consult all of them from GitHub page for this project.

Install Electerm on Ubuntu

electerm running

Install via .deb package

This tool is available as a .deb file format. First we will have to download Electerm as .deb from the releases page that we can find in GitHub. From there we can download the latest version as of today, which is 1.3.10. We can also open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and use wget to download the package:

.deb package download

wget https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/download/v1.3.10/electerm-1.3.10-linux-amd64.deb

Once the download is finished, we will move to the folder in which we have saved the file Discharged:

cd Descargas

Once in the folder, we can run dpkg to proceed with the package installation:

electerm installation via deb package

sudo dpkg -i electerm-1.3.10-linux-amd64.deb

The previous command we must change it according to the name of the downloaded file. If after executing the installation command we see dependency errors, we will solve them by executing the following command:

sudo apt install -f

After the installation, we can now search for the program launcher in our system:

Electerm launcher

uninstall

For remove the .deb package from our system, you just have to type the following command in a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T):

uninstall the .deb package

sudo apt remove electerm

Install via snap package

We will also be able to install Electerm using your snap pack. In a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) we can run the following command to install it through the snap package manager:

snap package installation

sudo snap install electerm

After executing the previous command, it will ask us for the password to start the installation. After successful installation of Electerm on Ubuntu, we can run it with the command:

electerm

uninstall

If we want uninstall the snap package from this appAll you have to do is open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and execute the command in it:

uninstall snap package

sudo snap remove electerm

By default, version 1.3.7 will be installed. Although after installation, as indicated from the project's GitHub page, the program has automatic update. When a new version is released, we will receive a notification to update the installed version.

electerm update

In addition to those exposed in this article, you can also install this app using npm. For more information, users interested in installing the application with the NodeJS package manager, you can consult the "Download / Installation" section which can be seen from the project's GitHub page.


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