yituorou/meatshell

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1356 stars · 168 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

MeatShell is a lightweight, low-memory SSH and terminal client written in Rust with Slint, inspired by FinalShell. It offers multi-tab terminal emulation, session management, SFTP file browsing, port forwarding, and local/remote resource monitoring while keeping memory usage in the tens of megabytes instead of the 400 MB+ typical of JVM-based alternatives.

Use cases

• ssh into servers with a lightweight terminal client
• replace FinalShell without the JVM memory overhead
• browse and upload files over SFTP with drag and drop
• monitor remote server CPU memory and disk usage
• set up SSH port forwarding and SOCKS5 tunnels
• manage multiple SSH sessions with tabs and split panes
• import existing FinalShell or ~/.ssh/config connections

When to choose

• you want FinalShell-like features (resource monitoring sidebar, session management, multi-tab terminal) with native performance
• you need a cross-platform SSH client with very low memory footprint
• you require SFTP, ZMODEM, port forwarding, and Telnet/serial support in one tool

When to avoid

• you need a mature, long-audited SSH client for high-security environments
• you rely on FinalShell features not yet implemented here
• you need a license-guaranteed product (repository currently shows no license file)

Facets

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ssh terminal-ui gui file-upload monitoring networking developer-tools networking self-hosted windows rust cross-platform ssh-client terminal-emulator sftp finalshell-alternative port-forwarding slint low-memory session-management telnet serial command-line linux macos desktop

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