Erickochen Purple by erickochen
Open-source terminal SSH manager and SSH config editor in Rust. Live tunnel monitoring with throughput, channel events and per-client roster. Fuzzy search hundreds of hosts, sync from 16 clouds, transfer files, manage Docker and Podman over SSH, sign short-lived Vault SSH certs and expose an MCP server for AI agents.
About Erickochen Purple
From the project's README at github.com/erickochen/purple. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
An open-source terminal SSH manager for macOS and Linux that keeps in sync with your cloud infra. Spin up a VM on AWS, GCP, Azure, Hetzner, Proxmox or 11 other cloud providers and it shows up in your host list. Destroy it and the entry dims. No more hand-editing after every Terraform run, no more grepping cloud consoles for the right IP. A fast Rust TUI with fuzzy search across hundreds of hosts, file transfer, Docker and Podman over SSH, short-lived HashiCorp Vault SSH certificates and an MCP server for AI agents. Keyboard-driven. Single binary. MIT licensed.
[](https://crates.io/crates/purple-ssh) [](https://crates.io/crates/purple-ssh) [](LICENSE) [](https://ratatui.rs/) [](https://getpurple.sh) Install
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 252 | github.com/erickochen/purple |
| GitHub forks | 10 | github.com/erickochen/purple |
| CRATES downloads (last month) | 12 | purple |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 0.2 years | since Feb 2026 |
| Last commit | 3 days ago | May 4, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 148 | last: 3 days ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
| Funding links | 1 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
Ready to self-host Erickochen Purple?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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