SSH Launcher

SSH Launcher

Every host in your SSH config, one press away. SSH Launcher turns the hosts in your OpenSSH config into Stream Deck keys. Press one and a new PowerShell window opens, already connecting to that server, with everything in your config applied: keys, users, ports and jump hosts.

Your config, as keys

The plugin reads %USERPROFILE%\.ssh\config, the file ssh already uses.

Every Host line becomes a key, named after its first alias.

Lines made only of wildcards, such as Host *, are settings rather than hosts and get no key.

Include files are followed.

Edits appear on the deck within a few seconds, so adding a server is a matter of saving the config.

A page of every host

The SSH Hosts key opens a generated page with one key per host, a Back key, and previous and next keys when you have more hosts than keys.

Layouts are included for Stream Deck, Mini, XL, Stream Deck +, Neo and Stream Deck Mobile.

Pinned hosts

An SSH Host key sits on your own pages and connects to one host, picked from a list read from the config. A label shows a friendlier name.

Every host key shows:

the alias, in a colour that stays the same for each host

the user and the address

the port, when it is not 22

the jump host, when there is one

One press, one session

Choose a Windows PowerShell window, a PowerShell 7 window or a Windows Terminal tab.

The window is titled after the host and runs Windows' own OpenSSH client, so ssh-agent, passphrases and jump hosts behave exactly as they do when you type ssh yourself.

When a session ends, the window stays open so any error stays readable, or closes if you prefer.

Sessions are started by Windows rather than by Stream Deck, so they stay open when Stream Deck quits or updates.

Private by design

The plugin reads your SSH config only to draw the keys.

It never opens private keys.

It never sees a password or passphrase.

It stores no credentials.

It makes no network connections of its own.

Settings

Open in: Windows PowerShell window, PowerShell 7 window or Windows Terminal tab

Session ends: keep the window open, or close it when ssh exits

Host page order: as written in the config, or alphabetical

Hide hosts: names or wildcards to leave off the page, such as github.com, *.old

After opening: stay on the host page, or go back to your own page

Config file: %USERPROFILE%\.ssh\config by default, or any path you keep one at

Requirements

Windows 10 or 11 with the built-in OpenSSH Client

Stream Deck 7.1 or later

An SSH config with at least one Host entry

Fixed font and visibility issue.