v1.0

First release of Remote localhost, a macOS menu bar app for managing local SSH port-forwarding tunnels — the GUI equivalent of ssh -N -L <localPort>:<bindHost>:<remotePort> <user>@<remoteHost> -p <sshPort>, without keeping a terminal window open.

Features

• Menu bar only — no dock icon, no main window.
• Multiple named tunnels, each with its own host, ports, and credentials.
• Auth via SSH key (with optional passphrase) or password — connects non-interactively, no terminal prompts.
• Configurable remote bind host (127.0.0.1, localhost, or a custom address).
• Live status per tunnel with logs for debugging auth/forwarding failures.
• Optional auto-start per tunnel on app launch.
• "Clear Stale" cleans up dead tunnels and orphaned SSH processes.
• Tunnels persist across launches.

Install

1. Download RemoteLocalhost.zip below and unzip it.
2. Move RemoteLocalhost.app to /Applications.
3. Right-click the app and choose Open the first time (it's ad-hoc signed, not notarized, so Gatekeeper will otherwise block it as from an "unidentified developer").

Requirements

macOS 13.0+