PhanTerm Releases

Official distribution point for PhanTerm.

PhanTerm is a cross-platform, keyboard-first SSH workspace built with Go. It combines a full xterm-compatible terminal, multi-session tabs, an SFTP file tree, and agentless Linux monitoring in one terminal-first application. This repository hosts the official release binaries, checksums, and update manifests.

What PhanTerm Includes

Free includes:

• Full xterm-compatible terminal with Vim-style Normal and Terminal modes
• Multi-session tabs and saved connection management
• SFTP file browsing plus upload, download, rename, delete, and local-edit/upload-back workflows
• Agentless Linux monitoring for CPU, memory, disk, network, and top processes
• SSH agent support, strict host-key verification, keyring-first secret storage, and SSH config import

Pro adds:

• ProxyJump / jump-host SSH
• Port forwarding manager
• Command snippets with variable templates
• Multi-Exec across sessions
• Session recording and playback

Quick Start

1. Launch PhanTerm

phanterm

• phanterm opens the saved-connection manager.
• phanterm user@host or phanterm -u user -h host -p 22 starts a direct connection.
• phanterm --agent also starts PhanTerm's built-in SSH agent service.

2. Create or choose a connection

In the connection manager:

• o creates a new saved connection
• e edits the selected connection
• Enter or l connects
• / searches saved connections
• I / E imports or exports connection definitions

In the connection form:

• Tab / Shift+Tab moves between fields
• Ctrl+S saves
• Enter advances and saves on the last field
• Esc cancels

3. Work inside a session

• Ctrl+\ enters Normal Mode
• i or Enter returns to Terminal Mode when the terminal is focused
• Space toggles the SFTP sidebar
• M toggles the expanded monitor panel
• o opens the connection list to start another tab
• 1-9, gt, gT, and g0 switch tabs

4. Use the file sidebar

When FileTree has focus in Normal Mode:

• Ctrl+S downloads the selected file
• p uploads a local file into the current remote directory
• e downloads a file, opens it locally, then prompts to upload it back
• dd deletes, r renames, and yy copies the selected path
• t opens the transfer center overlay

5. Check and stage updates

phanterm update check
phanterm update download --output ./phanterm-latest.zip
phanterm update prepare --output-dir ./phanterm-update

PhanTerm can check, verify, and stage updates, but final binary replacement is always manual.

6. Linux monitoring note

Monitoring uses Linux /proc data over SSH. On non-Linux hosts, the monitor falls back to placeholders instead of failing the session.

Verifying Downloads

Each release includes a SHA256SUMS.txt file. You can verify your download against this file to ensure integrity:

# Linux / macOS
sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt

# Windows PowerShell
Get-FileHash phanterm-<version>-windows-amd64.zip -Algorithm SHA256

Feedback and Issues

PhanTerm source code is maintained in a private repository. Please use the Issues tab in this repository to report bugs or request features.

License

PhanTerm is proprietary software. See the website for full licensing details.