Tunnels
Reach the database that only listens on localhost.
Forward ports like ssh -L, saved with the connection and started when you connect.
Two panes
This computer on the left, the server on the right. Drag between them.
What's on board
Built for people who live on servers.
Kade is a native desktop app in Rust and Tauri. It opens in a blink, keeps your connections in one plain file, and never stores a password.
Status
Know how the box is doing.
CPU, memory, disks and the busiest processes, live, over the same SSH connection.
Backups
Undo, for your servers.
Everything Kade deletes or overwrites is kept for a week. One click puts it back.
Quick open
Any server, two keys away. CtrlK
Search every connection across your Home and Work workspaces, and jump straight in.
A real terminal
Ctrl ` flips to a full xterm on the same SSH connection.
1Password sign-in
Use the 1Password SSH agent, ssh-agent, a key file or a password you type.
Edit in your editor
Double-click a server file. Every save is uploaded, with a backup of the last one.
Sync via a folder
Point Kade at Syncthing, iCloud Drive or Synology Drive. Your laptop catches up.
MCP server
Let Claude Code add, test and open connections. Off by default, local only.
Updates in the app
One click in Settings fetches the latest release from GitHub.
Import NEW
Bring your bookmarks from Cyberduck, FileZilla and Transmit.
Switching is one click
Bring your bookmarks.
Leave the baggage.
Kade finds your Cyberduck bookmarks and FileZilla Site Manager by itself, and reads a Transmit export. Folders become groups, key files come along, duplicates are left unticked.
Passwords stay behind. Kade asks when you connect.
CyberduckBookmarks/*.duck
FileZillasitemanager.xml
Transmit.transmitServers
Plain dealing
Your keys stay yours.
No account, no cloud, no tracking. Kade talks to your servers, and to GitHub to check for updates. That's it.
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Passwords are never stored
Typed at connect time, or read from 1Password through op when you need them.
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Host keys are checked
Against your own ~/.ssh/known_hosts, with the fingerprint shown before you trust a new server.
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One plain file
Connections live in kade.json. Sync it, back it up, read it. Deletes win over stale copies.
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Open source, MIT
Every line is on GitHub. Build it yourself with pnpm tauri build.
Free · MIT · Linux & macOS
Cast off in
ten seconds.
One line installs or updates Kade. The script checks the checksum before it touches anything.
~ $ curl -fsSL https://github.com/jurnskie/kade/releases/latest/download/install-macos.sh | bash ✓ Kade installed in /Applications
Universal build for Apple Silicon and Intel.
~ $ curl -fsSL https://github.com/jurnskie/kade/releases/latest/download/install-linux.sh | bash ✓ Kade installed in ~/.local/bin
AppImage for any distro, or a .deb from the releases page.