About graSSHopper
An SSH client built because developers should have nice tools. It features multiple tabs, a particularly pretty UI, and will remain free forever.
Electron based SSH client
An SSH client built because developers should have nice tools. It features multiple tabs, a particularly pretty UI, and will remain free forever.
This release brings a big jump to Electron 37.3.1, dropping support for Windows 7 and 8, along with major internal refactors to improve security and modernize dependencies. On the surface you’ll notice history loading from the host and redesigned tabs
⚙️ Changes
- Breaking: Upgrade to electron 37.3.1 (Chrome 138)
- Windows 7 & 8 are no longer supported
- Small improvements to filetransfer
- Small improvements to sudo sftp
- Added logfile rotation
- Added access to log folder in bugreport modal
- Added configurable log level
- Added editor syntax highlighting for .env files
- Pressing Escape in the editor now closes the modal
- Added “Load history from host”
- activated by default,
- can be disabled in config,
- can be triggered via command
- New design for the tabs
- Removed pinger in the background because it caused more problems than it solved
- not working reliably
- spamming syslog entries
- unnecessary dns requests
- Added ability to rename tabs
- Window app title now shows the current connections name
⚙️ Internal changes
- Upgrade to electron 37.3.1 (Chrome 138)
- Upgrade to ssh2 v1
- Dependency updates
- Finished refactor to vue composition api
- Refactor to dart sass module import syntax
- Big refactor of the context isolation to improve security of the inter-process communication
🪲 Bugfixes
- Fixed: Editor not saving and closing sometimes
- Fixed: Delete icon offcenter in settings
- Fixed: Error when Terminal is resized but there is no renderservice active for webgl renderer
- Fixed: Error when refocussing the window when settings pane is open
- Fixed: Target side not reloading when transferring empty folder
| Publisher | CodingKiwi |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.0.0 |
| Release date | 2025-08-27 |
| License | Freeware |
| Installer type | nullsoft |
| Architecture | x64 |
| Package ID | CodingKiwi.graSSHopper |
winget install --id=CodingKiwi.graSSHopper -ewinget upgrade --id=CodingKiwi.graSSHopper -ewinget uninstall --id=CodingKiwi.graSSHopper -e"graSSHopper.Setup.2.0.0.exe" /SSilent install switches for more Windows programs »
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Yes, graSSHopper is free to download and use on Windows.
The latest version is 2.0.0, released on Aug 27, 2025.
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with f646b35f541fc76c42f31e34aaa733ef4b2b25f5416abdeb9843755891d3a5f5.
graSSHopper runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64) systems.
Run the offline installer with "graSSHopper.Setup.2.0.0.exe" /S, or install it with Windows Package Manager: winget install --id=CodingKiwi.graSSHopper -e --silent.
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find graSSHopper and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=CodingKiwi.graSSHopper -e.