Reference
Dashboard & main menu
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Main menu — top toolbar
The protocol buttons across the top of the window, left to right, followed by the two dropdowns, the Hosts toggle and Settings.
Dashboard
Your saved connections, grouped, with status per host.
Session Management → The Sessions Dashboard →SSH
Terminal sessions, the host sidebar, and every authentication method.
SSH — Connections & Authentication → Choosing an Authentication Method →RDP
Embedded Windows Remote Desktop.
RDP — Remote Desktop → Basic RDP Connection →VNC
Embedded screen sharing over RFB.
VNC, Telnet, Serial & File Transfer → VNC (Screen Sharing) →SFTP
File browser and inline editor over an SSH connection.
VNC, Telnet, Serial & File Transfer → FTP & SFTP →More ▸ Terminal
A local shell on this machine, no connection required.
VNC, Telnet, Serial & File Transfer → Local Terminal →More ▸ Telnet
Plain Telnet sessions for legacy gear.
VNC, Telnet, Serial & File Transfer → Telnet →More ▸ Serial
COM-port consoles with configurable baud and flow control.
VNC, Telnet, Serial & File Transfer → Serial Console →More ▸ Cloud Browse
Browse cloud storage backends without mounting them.
Not yet covered in the guideMore ▸ Cloud Mount
Mount S3, Google Drive, Dropbox or WebDAV as a local drive.
Not yet covered in the guideMore ▸ Cloud Sync
Sync your host list between machines.
Vault System & Password Manager → Cloud Vault (Hosted by MangoSSH) →More ▸ Wake-on-LAN
Send a magic packet to wake a machine.
Network Tools, Zero Trust, Import & Appearance → Wake-on-LAN →More ▸ Zero Trust
The dedicated panel for AWS SSM, GCP IAP, Azure Bastion, Cloudflare, Teleport and Tailscale.
Network Tools, Zero Trust, Import & Appearance → Zero Trust Broker Tunnels (Dedicated Panel) →More ▸ Servers
Local HTTP, iPerf3 and RADIUS test servers.
Network Tools, Zero Trust, Import & Appearance → Local Test Servers (HTTP, iPerf3, RADIUS) →More ▸ Connection Dashboard
Background reachability checks across every saved host.
Monitoring & Diagnostics → The Connection Dashboard →More ▸ Tab Overview
A grid of every open session.
Getting Started → Navigating the Main Window →More ▸ Kubectl
Interactive pod shells with context and namespace pickers.
VNC, Telnet, Serial & File Transfer → Kubectl (Kubernetes) →More ▸ Import sessions
Bring in hosts from PuTTY, OpenSSH config and other tools.
Network Tools, Zero Trust, Import & Appearance → Importing Sessions from Other Tools →Scripts ▸ Run Scripts
Run a script across one host or a whole fleet, in parallel.
Automation — Scripts, MCP & AI Assistant → Running a Script on One or Many Hosts →Scripts ▸ Monitor Script Runs
One card per run, with output and exit status.
Automation — Scripts, MCP & AI Assistant → Scheduling & Sharing Scripts →Hosts toggle
Switch between the host sidebar and a horizontal tab bar.
Getting Started → Navigating the Main Window →Settings
The two-column settings view; its categories are listed below.
Getting Started → Navigating the Main Window →
Dashboard — workspace sidebar
The Workspace rail down the left of the Dashboard, plus the action bar and host tables in the main pane.
SSH Keys
Generate, import and manage keypairs.
SSH — Connections & Authentication → Password & Key-Based Authentication →Scripts
Your saved scripts and which hosts they target.
Automation — Scripts, MCP & AI Assistant → Running a Script on One or Many Hosts →Monitor Script Runs
History of script executions, one card per run.
Automation — Scripts, MCP & AI Assistant → Scheduling & Sharing Scripts →Import SSH sessions
Pull in hosts from other clients rather than retyping them.
Network Tools, Zero Trust, Import & Appearance → Importing Sessions from Other Tools →Audit Log
Connection and policy events, in a tamper-evident hash chain.
Monitoring & Diagnostics → The Tamper-Evident Audit Log →Port Forwarding
Local, remote and dynamic SOCKS5 forwards.
SSH — Connections & Authentication → Forwarding & Algorithm Policy →Connection Health
Background probing of every saved host, connected or not.
Monitoring & Diagnostics → The Connection Dashboard →Tab Overview
Every open session at a glance.
Getting Started → Navigating the Main Window →Password Manager
Stored credentials, with an optional biometric gate on reveal and copy.
Vault System & Password Manager → Password Manager →PAM Dashboard
Fleet-wide oversight of live privileged sessions.
Relay-Backed Access & Fleet Oversight → PAM Dashboard — Fleet-Wide Privileged Session Oversight →Add Session
Create a new saved connection.
Getting Started → Creating Your First SSH Connection →Encrypted Vault
Encrypt the local host list; on by default.
Vault System & Password Manager → Personal Vault (Encrypt Your Local Host List) →Sync
Push and pull the host list across your machines.
Vault System & Password Manager → Cloud Vault (Hosted by MangoSSH) →Group selector
Filter the dashboard to one group of hosts.
Session Management → Organizing Connections with Groups →SSH / RDP / VNC host tables
Saved hosts per protocol, with last-seen and status.
Session Management → The Sessions Dashboard →
Settings — category rail
The left rail inside Settings, in the order the guide lists it.
Profiles
Isolated environments — a Work profile's hosts never appear in Personal.
Getting Started → Using Profiles for Isolated Environments →SSH Keys
Keypair generation, import and management.
SSH — Connections & Authentication → Password & Key-Based Authentication →Encrypted Vault
Local host-list encryption and its lock state.
Vault System & Password Manager → Personal Vault (Encrypt Your Local Host List) →Cloud Sync
Multi-device sync settings.
Vault System & Password Manager → Cloud Vault (Hosted by MangoSSH) →Team Vault
Share hosts through a folder you control.
Vault System & Password Manager → Team Vault (Share Hosts via a Folder You Control) →License
Activation state.
Not yet covered in the guideAudit Log
Where the log lives and how to verify its integrity.
Monitoring & Diagnostics → The Tamper-Evident Audit Log →Appearance
UI mode and themes.
Network Tools, Zero Trust, Import & Appearance → Appearance — UI Mode & Themes →Groups
Group definitions and inherited credentials.
Session Management → Organizing Connections with Groups →Host visibility
Which hosts appear where.
Not yet covered in the guideAvatars
Per-host icons.
Not yet covered in the guideConnection
Forwarding defaults and algorithm policy.
SSH — Connections & Authentication → Forwarding & Algorithm Policy →Debug
Session recording, server-side audit and debug output.
SSH — Connections & Authentication → Session Recording, Server-Side Audit & Debug Mode →AI Assistant
In-app terminal diagnosis.
Automation — Scripts, MCP & AI Assistant → AI Assistant (In-App Terminal Diagnosis) →Self Hosting Vault
Run the vault server yourself.
Vault System & Password Manager → Self Hosting Vault (Your Own Server) →Cloud Vault
The hosted vault option.
Vault System & Password Manager → Cloud Vault (Hosted by MangoSSH) →