ConnectBot

Kenny Root, Jeff Sharkey, Torne Wuff, Paul Evans

- August 28, 2015

Everyone

Communication

( 155,149)

Description

ConnectBot is a powerful open-source Secure Shell (SSH) client. It can manage simultaneous SSH sessions, create secure tunnels, and copy/paste between other applications.

This client allows you to connect to Secure Shell servers that typically run on UNIX-based servers.

Reviews

4.6

155,149 total

5 30,772

4 6,226

3 1,907

2 750

1 1,338

A Google User

What a difference an update makes... For awhile, ConnectBot had fallen behind.. No updates, dubious behavior with Bluetooth keyboards and some unusual ui quirks.. Well, I can't say it's now quirk free, but I can say that in terms of core features provided, it's definitely catching up to JuiceSSH. One particularly nifty feature present in ConnectBot that's a pay feature in JuiceSSH is port forwarding.. Very helpful when wanting to quickly check things behind a firewall... Now if only Android browsers made it easier to set custom proxies...

A Google User

Long time user Just had to refresh my rating, this app is amazing, it's rock solid, and does everything you want with SSH, even tunneling.The keyboard has improved over the years, and is ultimate! Now that the arrow and ctrl keys remain present for multi presses, for touch only keyboards, it makes navigating around the screen simply and easy. Well done for the years of free access to simply the best SSH app on Play!

David Rodriguez

Sweet & Simple! I love this app. It is open source, absolutely free and functional! It's sweet and simple and quite frankly all that I need. Other ssh apps are nice and all but I don't need all that extra functionality for simply ssh-ing into and managing my DigitalOcean droplets. Plus if I need more functionality I can simply modify the source code adding what I need and simply send it upstream for others to enjoy as well. 5 Stars for such an exceptional open source app that I use almost daily!

Ta Wa

I for the life of me cannot get this app to communicate with any server other than a "local' connection. I connect to the servers just fine. The keyboard comes up, and nothing. I can't believe I am the only person that has this problem, but nothing comes up in google searches.

Victor Faleiro

Cannot live without it anymore That's it! It works as a Shell Terminal (works beautifully with root), Telnet and SSH client. The only thing it lacks is a way of choosing the default Shell (mksh, bash, etc).

Jesse Bradlee

As a Linux user at home and work, this is very useful! I use this with port forwarding and tight ufw rules to securely access my laptop. Setting up key-based login is a little fussy but once done it is smooth as glass.

User reviews

A Google User August 31, 2015

A Google User April 21, 2016

David Rodriguez November 3, 2015

Ta Wa March 2, 2016

Victor Faleiro June 22, 2016

Jesse Bradlee February 3, 2016

mike hinkleman May 27, 2016

Great App I use this to connect to compute servers primarily to monitor jobs. One improvement I'd suggest is better screen management with landscape orientation. I like the volume control to change screen text font. I can't still figure out how to vertical scroll the screen. No sliders. Very very good tool with a few limitations. Scp up would be good too.

Joel NewKirk September 9, 2015

Great app, recent deal-breaker bug fixed Great, love it, use it daily. Recent releases caused me problems with function and other special keys in Hacker's Keyboard, all good now. Thanks!

A Google User August 31, 2015

Best SSH client However latest build has broken the local shell on my S5, it force-closes when I try to start a local shell. It used to work. Update: Fixed! Thanks :)

Tony Zhang September 15, 2016

Almost Perfect - but I can't import my key?! Please allow import key again. I know it works before but right now it just did nothing after I select the private key file. == Update == no fix for several months, I'm going to switch to a different app. This is not the only SSH client and not even the best one... No reason to keep waiting.

A Google User September 17, 2015

Very good This is very close to perfect. I use it all the time. If there's one thing I would like to see improved, it's the fact that function keys don't work on hardware keyboards. If they could be made to work, then it would be perfect!

M Craig December 30, 2015

On tablet won't even install Have this on a phone and it's great so tried to install it on a tablet. Play store offers it, then crashes. Not sure what's causing that?

Daniel Ceregatti December 29, 2015

I also can't use pre-existing keys I have a private key on my sd card but the option to browse to the key doesn't work and only shows an entry named DBFile.db. This program worked before but no longer does.

Andreas Kirchwitz June 1, 2016

Possibly lacks some fancy features but this simple SSH client always gets the job done when I need it. Easy to use. Maybe not for heavy SSH users with complex setups.

Heng SK October 9, 2015

Fullscreen scrolling problem The console cannot scroll to the last line or the line where the cursor is when fullscreen mode is on and the keyboard active. Else everything is good.

Sarah Thomasson December 14, 2015

uses only unsafe ciphers. Cannot connect to secure servers. PLZ implement the new ones.

Ken S December 13, 2015

Fails to detect a closed connection so needs to be killed. No easy way to open multiple sessions to the same host.

Nosey Nick May 6, 2016

Works perfectly, including RSA/DSA/EC pub/private key auth, port forwards, copy/paste, etc. NOTE: If your keyboard doesn't have a "ctrl" key, nor a "trackball", tap on the screen for helpful CTRL/ESC/TAB/cursor keys - had me worried for a few mins!

Jessica Leigh April 28, 2016

Incredibly useful It just does what it's supposed to do, and does it well. I've even used it for some light programming. You should probably install Hacker's Keyboard as well, even simple shell commands get pretty frustrating pretty quickly with anything else I've tried.

Michael Shepard November 22, 2015

Minor error / issue /problem. This app has served me well for many years. I use it to tunnel into my VPS on a regular basis. I'm having a minor issue where the second password box won't come up if I'm using challenge authentication unless I back out and click the connection again. (I use two factor with libpam-google-authenticator)

A Google User September 24, 2016

Please fix $TERM Apparently requests from 5-star-scoring users are ignored, so I've downgraded to 2 stars in the hope that the devs notice. Please can $TERM be set to something other than "screen" as that is already used by the "screen" session manager. Perhaps "ansi" would be appropriate. Or add support for \e]5;TEXT\07 & \ekTEXT\e\\

Long Hoang October 8, 2015

Key exchange issue persists Randomly fails to connect to SSH host due to key exchange issue. Works fine with JuiceSSH. Will give 5 stars when fixed. Thanks.

Nishant Raj November 10, 2015

Best app for ssh proxy. If you want to use ssh tunnel to route all your android traffic then this is mush have app for you. After this you will also have to download ProxyDroid to apply system wide socks5 proxy.

saradindu pramanik May 21, 2016

Editor works bad When i delete a text using nano or vi editor, words in cursor position jumbles up and mesh the code.

Svetoslav Savov August 30, 2015

The latest update from this week is the worst one I've ever seen, it makes the app usage basically not possible. Please return the previous version it worked. Now it does not allow self signed certificate keys, which means you cannot connect it to any hardware device which do not have external certificates, especially home routers. Who will pay hundreds or thousands dollars for a certificate to connect to home router??????

Brad McIntee September 17, 2015

essential. although some commands are cumbersome, you just need to sit back and realize your on a mobile device. very happy and will not use another app.

Steve Banks November 18, 2015

Can't use latest version I used to love this app, but installed the latest version on my new Galaxy 6 and can't use it because it won't let me navigate the filesystem to import a key.

Mohammed Shannaq March 2, 2016

The best SSH client that I have used on Android phones. It's compatible with the standard keyboard. It gives you the tab features and the arrows without need to install any special keyboard. Also it support SSH keys and connect to multiple servers.

max Tax December 29, 2015

This is great for connecting to the Raspberry PI with public-key authenticated ssh! With a Pi cam connected, you can verify that the light is off in your refrigerator from anywhere in the world!

Brian Peyser August 29, 2015

Great app now even better Fixed local shell! Arrow/tab keys are a big help. Now I can use the default on-screen keyboard and still get tab completion and shell history.

Alexander Angelov March 3, 2016

Perfect for making some free space If you uninstall this useless app

Darko Aqua May 11, 2016

Great Would love save password option, though. Although JuiceSSH is also great, I give slight edge to ConnectBot because of 10x smaller app size, and more logical virtual keyboard management.

Graham Constantine March 3, 2016

Great app Love this app. Helpful responsive developers. A security PIN would be a jolly good improvement, to protect my keys.

Kenny Root, Jeff Sharkey, Torne Wuff, Paul Evans August 21, 2015

Great idea. We've increased the timeout in the next version!

Shai Ayal August 29, 2015

Excellent An excellent open source (essential for this type of app) ssh client, with full private key management, good terminal emulation and port forwarding

A Google User August 19, 2016

Garbage No way to use control key. Author is still using a device with a trackball for some reason.

Samuel Bailey April 18, 2016

Thanks for this I tried other apps that have received higher ratings, but yours was simpler to use, with a logical interface, and easily connected me to my school's Unix server, after I'd given up on the others working at all. Thanks!

Sindi Keesan August 15, 2016

Not usable with pine mail The line with ctrl etc is not readable on top of two lines of pine help strings. Can it be made opaque? Looking for small replacement for "ssh client" which no longer connects to sdf.

Manu Mathew September 6, 2015

Excellent SSH client I feel like it as they same putty I'm using in my PC. No other client app gave such functions as same as putty

Alex Li December 17, 2015

Key exchange problem I like this app, but version 1.8.6 has key exchange probelm. It always appear “Hotkey signature sent by remote is wrong.” during ssh connection. Hope it can be fixed in the next verion.

Ralf Muschall July 22, 2016

Works best in combination with "The Hackers Keyboard", since one needs Ctrl, Alt, Escape etc. What I miss is a proxy option to connect to a hidden sshd over tor (orbot).