# asbru-cm/asbru-cm

Ásbrú Connection Manager is a user interface that helps organizing remote terminal sessions and automating repetitive tasks.

Repository: https://github.com/asbru-cm/asbru-cm
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/asbru-cm
Homepage: https://www.asbru-cm.net/
Language: Perl
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: terminal-emulator, connection-manager, perl, remote-shell, tunnel-client
Last push: 2026-08-04T19:12:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 46, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3297, "days_push": 29, "days_rel": 151, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1300, forks 155 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:17.488888+00:00)

## What it is
Ásbrú Connection Manager is a free, open-source GUI application for organizing and launching remote terminal sessions, with automation features like Expect scripting, macros, and tunnel creation. It is a community fork of PAC Manager, written in Perl with GTK integration.

## Use cases
- manage ssh connections with a gui
- automate repetitive remote terminal tasks
- chain multiple ssh connections and tunnels
- organize remote sessions in tabs and clusters
- store and reuse passwords for remote machines
- replace securecrt on linux
- wake machines on lan before connecting

## When to choose
- you manage many remote machines and want a GUI connection manager
- you need Expect-based automation, macros, or KeePassXC integration
- you want cluster connections and tabbed terminals on Linux

## When to avoid
- you only need a plain terminal emulator without connection management
- you need a native Windows/macOS app without WSL or X11
- you prefer lightweight CLI-only ssh workflows

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, ssh, terminal-ui, workflow-automation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, networking
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: ssh-client, connection-manager, remote-sessions, perl, keepassxc, securecrt-alternative, cluster-connections, wake-on-lan, command-line, automation, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- asbru-cm/asbru-cm (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:17.488888+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:52:17.883209+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/asbru-cm/asbru-cm (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:17.488888+00:00, sha a12fa0faaa5a)
  - homepage: https://www.asbru-cm.net/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:09:47.812652+00:00, sha 7aa7483b0652)
  - site_page: https://docs.asbru-cm.net (fetched 2026-08-29T12:09:47.814898+00:00, sha c630190c9c22)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.