Fast SSH connections, host management, and automatic remote troubleshooting for Cursor and Visual Studio Code.

Version: 1.0.12 · Publisher: VantyxStudios · UI: English & Deutsch (follows your editor language)

Features

SSH Manager sidebar — hosts with live status, 🔒/🔓 password indicator, latency, last error tooltip
System check (all OK) — one-click dashboard: config, vault, ASKPASS, OpenSSH, connection test
Host wizard — add a server in one dialog (alias, IP, user, port, password)
Edit / delete hosts — update alias, IP, user, port, tags; remove from config + vault
Host tags — group hosts (e.g. Production, Vantyx) as sidebar sections
Auto OpenSSH — installs the OpenSSH client if missing (Windows/Linux)
Auto password — secure storage in VS Code SecretStorage + SSH_ASKPASS
ASKPASS setup check — vault, scripts, terminal env, per-host config
Auto-repair — host key changed, pipe errors, remote install failures; optional silent reconnect
Config validator — detect and auto-fix broken SSH config blocks
Batch test favorites — test all favorite hosts at once
SSH-Agent (Windows) — start agent and load default keys
Speed test, SSH keys, port forwarding, team export/import, SFTP upload

Installation

Search SSH Quick Connect in Extensions, or install the latest .vsix:

Extensions → ... → Install from VSIX

Settings

{
  "sshQuickConnect.defaultHost": "my-server",
  "sshQuickConnect.autoInjectPassword": true,
  "sshQuickConnect.autoInstallOpenSsh": true,
  "sshQuickConnect.autoFixCriticalErrors": true,
  "sshQuickConnect.autoReconnectSilently": false,
  "sshQuickConnect.useWslSsh": "never"
}

useWslSsh: "never" is the default on Windows to avoid WSL password-auth issues.