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hop SSH connection manager

Ranked 10 of 13 SSH clients by recommenders

People recommend it as a fast SSH connection manager that is easy to configure, with a TUI dashboard. The most common caveat is that the repo has not been updated since 2023.

People recommend it as a fast SSH connection manager that is easy to configure, with a TUI dashboard. The most common caveat is that the repo has not been updated since 2023.

7 people gave an opinion

recommend it
7
criticize it
0
approval share
100%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 5 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: recommended
  4. February 2026: recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

What people warn about

Each mark is one comment

  • Repo not updated since 2023

    “the repo hasn’t been updated since 2023”

    Comment from 2 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Hop – JSX for Rust”

Other SSH clients people recommend

The four most recommended other SSH clients, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

hop SSH connection manager compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
Mosh611086%12—Approved
SSH571777%12—Approved
Termius331667%8—Approved
Moshi SSH and Mosh terminal for iOS16289%8—Approved
hop SSH connection managerThis page70100%5——
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What people said

All 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“it's been working great for me for months now”

RecommendsComment from 25 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: I replaced tmux with sway workspaces”

“hop does take it a notch further and allows to”

RecommendsComment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Ask HN: What's your SSH terminal workflow like?”

“I wrote a session manager to handle all that.”

RecommendsComment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Ask HN: What's your SSH terminal workflow like?”

“supports self hosted backends without having to rebuild the client”

RecommendsComment from 15 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Petal, open-source CoScreen/ScreenHero finally free”

“Found this pretty nice to work with when you have a lot of worktrees going”

RecommendsComment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Hop: CLI tool for jumping around worktrees”

“replaced tmux as project session manager”

RecommendsComment from 9 Jun 2026 in “Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI”

“the repo hasn’t been updated since 2023”

MixedComment from 2 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Hop – JSX for Rust”

“It is really fast and easy to configure.”

MixedComment from 8 Feb 2026 in “Hop – Fast SSH connection manager with TUI dashboard”

“I built hop because I was tired of grepping through my SSH config.”

RecommendsComment from 8 Feb 2026 in “Hop – Fast SSH connection manager with TUI dashboard”

“I guess Hop would be the solution as an alternative”

RecommendsComment from 26 Jan 2026 in “Why does SSH send 100 packets per keystroke?”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.