There are many instances when we need to be able to log into a remote server via SSH. Sometimes we are on a desktop or laptop and can handle that easily, and other times the only tool we have available is an Android device. There are plenty of SSH clients available for this, but many of them are simply not worth your time and effort, so this post is about as the title says “Best Free SSH Client for Android Devices” and after lots of research and use of different apps i found one best that fits to all my needs, that is JuiceSSH
JuiceSSH – SSH Client
JiuceSSH is all in one terminal client for Android which provides support for SSH, Local Shell, Mosh and Telnet. It has an average of 4.7 start rating on Google Play Store and over 1 million downloads. JuiceSSH has all the features that a SSH Client and terminal should have, is pretty smooth and user friendly. Below are the list of features that JuiceSSH offers :
Full colour terminal / ssh clientPopup keyboard with all those normally hard to find charactersUse the volume keys to quickly change font sizeExternal keyboard supportGestures for irssi, weechat, tmux and screenCommunity and third party pluginsOfficial Mosh support (http://mosh.mit.edu)Telnet supportLocal Android terminal supportDark, Light, 80’s hacker, Molokai, Solarized Dark and Solarized Light terminal color themesClick URLs to open in a browserCopy & Paste within sessionsSave / Share SSH transcripts to Dropbox/Evernote/Email & SD cardUTF-8 character supportEasily organise your connections by groupKeep multiple SSH sessions running in the backgroundSeamlessly connect ‘via’ other SSH connections with one clickImmediate access when you open the app to your frequently used connectionsIPv6 supportPassword & OpenSSH private key supportRSA key generator (encryption supported)SSH key agent forwardingSupport for two-factor authentication (eg: Google Authenticator)Identities (users/password/keys) are abstracted from connections. Instead of updating every connection when you change your password – just update the identity and any connections linked to it will use the new password/key.zlib compression to improve SSH sessions on high latency connections.
So what are you waiting for now, go head to Play Store and install JuiceSSH on your device. Download JuiceSSH From Play Store
