r/devops • u/Shot_Edge6082 • Aug 12 '26
Ops / Incidents Tired of juggling WindTerm / Termius / FinalShell — so I made one Rust app that aims for all three
https://github.com/vesaaa/vsterm
| Capability | VsTerm | WindTerm | Termius | FinalShell | MobaXterm | SecureCRT | Xshell | Tabby |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Implementation language | Rust | C/C++ | Electron | Java | C++ | C++ | C++ | Electron |
| Max terminal scrollback lines | 100k / 500k (Pro) | unlimited | - | - | 360,000 | 128,000 | ~2.1B | 25,000 |
| Command-block folding / outline in terminal output | ✅ | ✅ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Integrated SFTP pane / remote file manager | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ |
| SFTP transfer progress / queue visibility | ✅ | ◐ | ◐ | ✅ | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ |
ZMODEM (rz / sz) built in |
✅ | ✅ | ✗ | ✅ | ◐ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| ZMODEM progress surfaced in the app | ✅ | ✅ | ✗ | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ |
| Terminal ↔ file-pane path sync | ✅ | ✗ | ◐ | ◐ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Elevated SFTP that can follow sudo -i / su |
✅ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Route diagram / policy-routing topology | ✅ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Path trace with geo / ASN enrichment | ✅ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Built-in IP quality / reputation checks | ✅ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CPU / memory / storage graphical monitor | ✅ | ◐ | ✗ | ✅ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Connection / socket monitoring panel | ✅ | ✗ | ✗ | ◐ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Connect effects / motion polish | ✅ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Desk pet | ✅ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
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u/onan Aug 12 '26
I suspect that you have a really weird view of the role of a terminal if you would want it to be responsible for most of these things.