ObsidianSSH

A dark, rail-based terminal/SSH/SFTP client — a skinned fork of electerm.

ObsidianSSH keeps everything electerm can do (terminal, ssh, sftp, ftp, telnet, serialport, RDP, VNC, Spice) and replaces the stock interface with a custom UI:

• Left icon rail + collapsible bookmarks sidebar instead of the stock tab chrome
• Unified dark theme based on the Obsidian design system (see OBSIDIAN_DESIGN_SYSTEM.md)
• Reworked macros panel, tab strip, and top bar
• Consistent pill-style scrollbars everywhere
• Custom splash screen and branding

All connection, terminal, and transfer functionality is inherited from upstream electerm — this fork only changes the UI layer, gated behind a single build flag, so it can keep pulling upstream fixes and features.

Install

Grab the latest .tar.gz from Releases (Linux x64), extract it anywhere, and run the electerm binary inside. Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/ImStillBlue/ObsidianSSH.git
cd ObsidianSSH
npm install
npm run b     # build renderer + prepare app bundle
npm run pb    # copy electron-builder config to repo root
WORKFLOW_NAME=local node_modules/.bin/electron-builder --linux tar.gz --publish never

The packaged app lands in dist/ (linux-unpacked/ plus a .tar.gz). For macOS/Windows swap --linux tar.gz for --mac / --win (untested by this fork).

Building the stock electerm UI instead

The custom UI is the default. To build or run with the original electerm interface, set CUSTOM_UI=0:

CUSTOM_UI=0 npm run b

Development

npm install
npm start           # vite dev server
npm run app         # electron app against the dev server (separate terminal)

Set CUSTOM_UI=0 in the environment (or build/vite/.env) to develop against the stock UI.

Staying current with upstream

This fork tracks electerm/electerm:

git remote add upstream https://github.com/electerm/electerm.git
git fetch upstream
git merge upstream/master

Because the skin lives in src/client/components/custom-ui/ and is gated on one flag, upstream merges are usually conflict-free.

Credits & license

ObsidianSSH is a fork of electerm by ZHAO Xudong and contributors — all core functionality is theirs. See the upstream project for full documentation (wiki), the web version, downloads of stock electerm, and to support the original author.

Like upstream, this project is licensed under the MIT License.