SSH

DiceTerm treats SSH as a first-class pane. You save a server once and open it with a click — no credentials ever touch DiceTerm's storage.

Adding a server

Open the server panel and click Add server. Fill in four fields:

Field	Notes
Label	A friendly name shown in the sidebar
Host	Hostname or IP address
User	The remote username
Port	Default 22; change only if needed

That's the entire record. DiceTerm stores host, user, and port — nothing else.

Authentication

DiceTerm never stores passwords or private keys. Authentication is delegated entirely to the Windows OpenSSH client. That means your existing ~/.ssh/config, key files, and agents all work without any extra configuration:

• If you have a key loaded (via ssh-agent or listed in ~/.ssh/config), the connection opens silently.
• If no key is found, OpenSSH prompts for a password in the pane itself — the same prompt you'd see in a plain terminal.

DiceTerm calls ssh.exe -p <port> user@host and leaves auth entirely to OpenSSH. Host and user values are validated before the call to prevent option injection.

Connecting

Two ways to open a connection:

• Click a saved server in the server panel — opens in a new pane.
• Right-click any pane and choose SSH here — spawns the connection in that pane.

Requirements

SSH features require the Windows built-in OpenSSH client. If it isn't installed:

1. Open Settings → Apps → Optional Features.
2. Search for OpenSSH Client and install it.

DiceTerm looks for ssh.exe on your PATH, falling back to C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh.exe.

Session restore

When DiceTerm relaunches after a quit or crash, SSH panes reopen with their scrollback intact and display a ──session restored · reconnecting── banner while the connection re-establishes.

Tips

Tip: Put a Host block in ~/.ssh/config with IdentityFile, User, and any ProxyJump settings. DiceTerm picks it all up automatically — the saved server entry just supplies the label and port.

See also

• tmux — drive remote tmux sessions as native local panes