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  • Add ability to drop files into an active VNC session to transfer them to the system
  • Rework VNC connections to distinguish between VNC server host and actual target system host for cases like VMs where the server host and controlled target system might be different
  • Add new setting to automatically lock vault when the local system goes into hibernation/sleep mode and a custom vault passphrase was set
  • Fix sudo elevation password not being filled automatically when launching some remote connection in a terminal
  • Fix git sometimes complaining about an unknown author identity when cloning on new systems
  • Fix search for connections dialog sometimes throwing errors
  • Fix NullPointer when launching an SFTP Client/Termius/VSCode for an SSH connection without a password set
  • Fix macOS terminal and editor app recognition to be more accurate
  • Fix file browser overview buttons both opening the same directory
  • Fix exception on Linux when desktop directory did not exist
  • Fix out of bounds error for certain VNC key input
  • Fix NullPointers when launching a desktop environment for an X11 SSH connection
  • Fix some NullPointers in the file browser
  • Fix some styling issues

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Installers

Installers are the easiest way to get started and they come with an automatic updater functionality. They can also be used to upgrade an existing installation to a newer version. The following installers are available:

Portable

If you don't like installers, you can also use portable versions that are packaged as an archive. The following portable versions are available:

Install Script

Install XPipe by pasting the installation command into your terminal. This will perform the full setup automatically.

Windows
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command iwr "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.ps1" -OutFile "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" ";"  "&" "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" -XPipeVersion "9.1"
Bash Script (Linux / MacOS)
bash <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.sh) -v 9.1

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9.0.1

27 Apr 19:00
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Fixes in 9.0.1

  • Fix errors when trying to launch Tabby terminal
  • Fix terminal sessions closing instantly after completion
  • Fix choco package not being built
  • Fix a few broken translation strings

Coherent desktops

XPipe now comes with support for remote desktop connections. VNC connections are fully handled over SSH and can therefore be established on top of any existing SSH connection you have in XPipe. RDP support is realized similar to the terminal support, i.e. by launching your preferred RDP client with the connection information. X11-forwarding for SSH is also now supported.

With support for remote graphical desktop connection methods as well now in XPipe 9, the big picture idea is to implement the concept of coherent desktops. Essentially, you can launch predefined desktop applications, terminals, and scripts on any remote desktop connection, regardless of the underlying connection implementation. In combination with the improved SSH tunnel and background session support, you can launch graphical remote applications with one click in the same unified way for VNC over SSH connections, RDP connections, and X11-forwarded SSH connections.

The general implementation and concept will be refined over the next updates.

SSH connection improvements

  • Tunneled and X11-forwarded custom SSH connections are now properly detected and can be toggled on and off to run in the background as normal tunnels. This applies to normal connections and also SSH configs

  • The connection establishment has been reworked to reduce the amount of double prompts, e.g. for smartcards or 2FA, where user input is required twice.

  • The custom SSH connections now properly apply all configuration options of your user configuration file. They also now correctly apply multiple options for the same key correctly.

  • Any value specified for the RemoteCommand config option will now be properly applied when launching a terminal. This allows you to still use your preexisting init command setup, e.g. with tmux.

  • There is now support defining multiple host entries in place in a custom SSH connection. This is useful for cases where you want to use ProxyJump hosts in place without having to define them elsewhere.

  • A host key acceptance notification is now displayed properly in case your system doesn't automatically accept new host keys

SSH for unknown shells (Professional feature)

There's now an option to not let XPipe interact with the system. In case a system that does not run a known command shell, e.g. a router, link, or some IOT device, XPipe was previously unable to detect the shell type and errored out after some time. This option fixes this problem. This feature is available in the professional edition preview for two weeks.

SSH X11 Forwarding on Windows via WSL

You can now enable X11 forwarding for an SSH connection.

XPipe allows you to use the WSL2 X11 capabilities on Windows for your SSH connection. The only thing you need for this is a WSL2 distribution installed on your local system. XPipe it will automatically choose a compatible installed distribution if possible, but you can also use another one in the settings menu.

This means that you don't need to install a separate X11 server on Windows. However, if you are using one anyway, XPipe will detect that and use the currently running X11 server.

Translations

XPipe 9 now comes with translations for the user interface. These were initially generated with DeepL and can be easily improved and corrected by anyone on GitHub. You can check them out in action and if there is any translation you don't like, submit a quick pull request to fix it. For instructions on how to do this, see https://github.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/tree/master/lang.

Terminal improvements

The terminal integrations have been reworked across the board. To better show which terminals are well supported and which aren't, there is now a status indicator for every available terminal. This will show you how good the XPipe integration with each one is and which terminals are recommended to be used with XPipe.

The kitty terminal is now fully supported with tabs on both Linux and macOS. The Warp terminal integration now correctly enables all Warp features on remote shells. On macOS, other third-party prompts also now work properly in the launched terminals.

Password manager improvements

The password manager handling has been improved and some potential sources of errors and confusion have been eliminated. There are also now a few command templates available for established password managers to quickly get started.

Improved keyboard control

It is a goal to be able to use XPipe only with a keyboard either for productivity or for accessibility reasons. XPipe 9 introduces improved keyboard support with new shortcuts and improved focus control for navigating with the arrow keys, tab, space, and enter.

Improved logo

The application logo has been improved with of regards to contrast and visibility, which often was a problem on dark backgrounds. It should now stand out on any background color.

Other changes

There have been countless small bug fixes across the board. They are not listed individually here, but hopefully you will notice some of them.

Downloads

Installers

Installers are the easiest way to get started and they come with an automatic updater functionality. They can also be used to upgrade an existing installation to a newer version. The following installers are available:

Portable

If you don't like installers, you can also use portable versions that are packaged as an archive. The following portable versions are available:

Install Script

Install XPipe by pasting the installation command into your terminal. This will perform the full setup automatically.

Windows
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command iwr "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.ps1" -OutFile "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" ";"  "&" "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" -XPipeVersion "9.0.1"
Bash Script (Linux / MacOS)
bash <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.sh) -v 9.0.1

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9.0

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Coherent desktops

XPipe now comes with support for remote desktop connections. VNC connections are fully handled over SSH and can therefore be established on top of any existing SSH connection you have in XPipe. RDP support is realized similar to the terminal support, i.e. by launching your preferred RDP client with the connection information. X11-forwarding for SSH is also now supported.

With support for remote graphical desktop connection methods as well now in XPipe 9, the big picture idea is to implement the concept of coherent desktops. Essentially, you can launch predefined desktop applications, terminals, and scripts on any remote desktop connection, regardless of the underlying connection implementation. In combination with the improved SSH tunnel and background session support, you can launch graphical remote applications with one click in the same unified way for VNC over SSH connections, RDP connections, and X11-forwarded SSH connections.

The general implementation and concept will be refined over the next updates.

SSH connection improvements

  • Tunneled and X11-forwarded custom SSH connections are now properly detected and can be toggled on and off to run in the background as normal tunnels. This applies to normal connections and also SSH configs

  • The connection establishment has been reworked to reduce the amount of double prompts, e.g. for smartcards or 2FA, where user input is required twice.

  • The custom SSH connections now properly apply all configuration options of your user configuration file. They also now correctly apply multiple options for the same key correctly.

  • Any value specified for the RemoteCommand config option will now be properly applied when launching a terminal. This allows you to still use your preexisting init command setup, e.g. with tmux.

  • There is now support defining multiple host entries in place in a custom SSH connection. This is useful for cases where you want to use ProxyJump hosts in place without having to define them elsewhere.

  • A host key acceptance notification is now displayed properly in case your system doesn't automatically accept new host keys

SSH for unknown shells (Professional feature)

There's now an option to not let XPipe interact with the system. In case a system that does not run a known command shell, e.g. a router, link, or some IOT device, XPipe was previously unable to detect the shell type and errored out after some time. This option fixes this problem. This feature is available in the professional edition preview for two weeks.

SSH X11 Forwarding on Windows via WSL

You can now enable X11 forwarding for an SSH connection.

XPipe allows you to use the WSL2 X11 capabilities on Windows for your SSH connection. The only thing you need for this is a WSL2 distribution installed on your local system. XPipe it will automatically choose a compatible installed distribution if possible, but you can also use another one in the settings menu.

This means that you don't need to install a separate X11 server on Windows. However, if you are using one anyway, XPipe will detect that and use the currently running X11 server.

Translations

XPipe 9 now comes with translations for the user interface. These were initially generated with DeepL and can be easily improved and corrected by anyone on GitHub. You can check them out in action and if there is any translation you don't like, submit a quick pull request to fix it. For instructions on how to do this, see https://github.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/tree/master/lang.

Terminal improvements

The terminal integrations have been reworked across the board. To better show which terminals are well supported and which aren't, there is now a status indicator for every available terminal. This will show you how good the XPipe integration with each one is and which terminals are recommended to be used with XPipe.

The kitty terminal is now fully supported with tabs on both Linux and macOS. The Warp terminal integration now correctly enables all Warp features on remote shells. On macOS, other third-party prompts also now work properly in the launched terminals.

Password manager improvements

The password manager handling has been improved and some potential sources of errors and confusion have been eliminated. There are also now a few command templates available for established password managers to quickly get started.

Improved keyboard control

It is a goal to be able to use XPipe only with a keyboard either for productivity or for accessibility reasons. XPipe 9 introduces improved keyboard support with new shortcuts and improved focus control for navigating with the arrow keys, tab, space, and enter.

Improved logo

The application logo has been improved with of regards to contrast and visibility, which often was a problem on dark backgrounds. It should now stand out on any background color.

Other changes

There have been countless small bug fixes across the board. They are not listed individually here, but hopefully you will notice some of them.

Downloads

Installers

Installers are the easiest way to get started and they come with an automatic updater functionality. They can also be used to upgrade an existing installation to a newer version. The following installers are available:

Portable

If you don't like installers, you can also use portable versions that are packaged as an archive. The following portable versions are available:

Install Script

Install XPipe by pasting the installation command into your terminal. This will perform the full setup automatically.

Windows
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command iwr "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.ps1" -OutFile "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" ";"  "&" "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" -XPipeVersion "9.0"
Bash Script (Linux / MacOS)
bash <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.sh) -v 9.0

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8.6

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Education professional licenses

There is now the possibility to use XPipe professional for free for students and faculty from accredited educational institutions (high schools, colleges, and universities). Just send an email to [email protected] with your official email address of your educational institution.

Other changes

  • Add new quick access context menu for directories in the file browser. This allows you to quickly navigate into a directory structure
  • Fix passwords not being properly supplied to some CLI programs like ssh or git if xpipe was started from a terminal. The programs prompted the parent terminal session instead of the xpipe askpass. This is now fixed by calling setsid.
  • Fix elevation prompt requiring unnecessary confirmation the first time when the setting to always require elevation confirmation was active
  • Fix error messages being wrong when an external application could not be found
  • Fix browser transfer progress not showing MBs after more than 1GB had been transferred
  • Fix browser file icons sometimes getting mixed up after a change
  • Improve file browser display performance

Downloads

Installers

Installers are the easiest way to get started and they come with an automatic updater functionality. They can also be used to upgrade an existing installation to a newer version. The following installers are available:

Portable

If you don't like installers, you can also use portable versions that are packaged as an archive. The following portable versions are available:

Install Script

Install XPipe by pasting the installation command into your terminal. This will perform the full setup automatically.

Windows
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command iwr "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.ps1" -OutFile "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" ";"  "&" "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" -XPipeVersion "8.6"
Bash Script (Linux / MacOS)
bash <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.sh) -v 8.6

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8.5

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Professional edition restructuring

There was some feedback that the available plans for the professional edition were confusing. The monthly subscription and one time purchase could easily be confused as basically the same thing with a different timespan. Even the FAQ could still not eliminate all points of confusion as most readers were already familiar with plans from other tools, so it was difficult to properly break up the terms.

While the monthly subscription did serve well as a cheap trial of some sorts, the community edition does almost the same job as most functionality is also available in there for noncommercial systems. Most people were also wary of subscriptions and interpreted the one-time purchase option as just a longer subscription even though that is not the case. There were also several other problems such as payment limitations with the subscription and no easy way to convert an existing subscription into the one-time purchase.

With this update, the monthly subscription will be retired. This makes it much easier to explain what you will get when purchasing the professional edition without having to differentiate between two completely different models. If you are currently using the monthly subscription, nothing will change for you. It will just not be possible for new customers to purchase it anymore.

The website at https://xpipe.io has also been updated with the updated professional edition structure and will now hopefully explain everything better.

There's also now a lifetime professional edition available, which will include all future pro features. You can find the details for that on the pricing page in the FAQ if you are interested.

Other changes

  • Add support for OVH bastion systems (Professional feature)
  • Implement tab coloring for Windows Terminal in a better way
  • Fix sudo commands failing in sh shells with Bad substitution
  • Fix children connections always being included in parent category even when disabled in settings
  • Fix last used ordering not working correctly for connections
  • Fix skipped connection validation still searching for child connections
  • Fix connections failing when user home directory did not exist
  • Fix local file browser terminal open not initializing in the right directory
  • Fix temporary script directory permissions not being set correctly, leading to issues when logging into a system with multiple users
  • Fix application not using bundled fonts when local fonts failed to load
  • Fix automatic local shell fallback not working on Linux and macOS
  • Fix git password prompt getting stuck when called during shutdown and not pushing changes

Downloads

Installers

Installers are the easiest way to get started and they come with an automatic updater functionality. They can also be used to upgrade an existing installation to a newer version. The following installers are available:

Portable

If you don't like installers, you can also use portable versions that are packaged as an archive. The following portable versions are available:

Install Script

Install XPipe by pasting the installation command into your terminal. This will perform the full setup automatically.

Windows
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command iwr "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.ps1" -OutFile "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" ";"  "&" "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" -XPipeVersion "8.5"
Bash Script (Linux / MacOS)
bash <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.sh) -v 8.5

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8.4

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Sudo password improvements

This update will restore the old behavior of sudo passwords being automatically sourced from connection details when possible, e.g. an SSH login password or a set WSL password.
This behavior can also be combined with the option to always confirm elevation access in the security settings if you don't want XPipe to automatically fill in your sudo password.

Other changes

  • Add support for PowerShell on Linux and macOS
  • Fix file browser being able to enter invalid state when the underlying connection dies, throwing a lot of errors for every action
  • Fix license check not properly updating dates and immediately throwing errors once the license validation failed. It now properly honours the offline grace period
  • Fix children connection not showing after refresh when another category was selected
  • Fix passwords not being properly cached when multiple prompts were required to log in
  • Fix askpass dialog frequently taking focus away from other applications while open
  • Fix rare git lock file issues
  • Fix terminal launch errors not showing
  • Fix errors when deleting parent connection while editing child
  • Fix trailing spaces in file name fields causing errors
  • Improve custom SSH connection description

Downloads

Installers

Installers are the easiest way to get started and they come with an automatic updater functionality. They can also be used to upgrade an existing installation to a newer version. The following installers are available:

Portable

If you don't like installers, you can also use portable versions that are packaged as an archive. The following portable versions are available:

Install Script

Install XPipe by pasting the installation command into your terminal. This will perform the full setup automatically.

Windows
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command iwr "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.ps1" -OutFile "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" ";"  "&" "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" -XPipeVersion "8.4"
Bash Script (Linux / MacOS)
bash <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.sh) -v 8.4

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8.3

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SSH tunnel improvements

  • Fix tunnel connections not starting/stopping after being edited in a session
  • Fix default tunnel connection configuration not working with Windows OpenSSH servers
  • Improve tunnel configuration parameter names and descriptions to be more in line with other tools

Other changes

  • Fix null pointer when manually accepting new SSH host key
  • Fix search for connections dialog being shown even when connection validation has been skipped
  • Fix some passwords not being supplied correctly when using Windows servers as gateways
  • Fix sudo askpass message not including sudo prefix on macOS
  • Improve Warp terminal launching process on macOS
  • Add winget-pkg for package xpipe-io.xpipe

Downloads

Installers

Installers are the easiest way to get started and they come with an automatic updater functionality. They can also be used to upgrade an existing installation to a newer version. The following installers are available:

Portable

If you don't like installers, you can also use portable versions that are packaged as an archive. The following portable versions are available:

Install Script

Install XPipe by pasting the installation command into your terminal. This will perform the full setup automatically.

Windows
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command iwr "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.ps1" -OutFile "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" ";"  "&" "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" -XPipeVersion "8.3"
Bash Script (Linux / MacOS)
bash <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.sh) -v 8.3

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8.2

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Quick access for connections

One common feedback that some users shared was that it could be quite cumbersome to access a specific nested connection as one would have to possibly expand several connections first. Expanded connections would then also take up a lot of space, leading to a lot of scrolling.

There is now a quick access button available for connections that enables you to quickly choose a connection in the hierarchy without having to expand any connection views.

Other changes

  • Fix terminal open not working sometimes on Windows
  • Fix terminals closing instantly without error in some cases when a connection startup error occurred
  • Fix local shell process not restarting if it exited unexpectedly before
  • Fix some null pointers

Downloads

Installers

Installers are the easiest way to get started and they come with an automatic updater functionality. They can also be used to upgrade an existing installation to a newer version. The following installers are available:

Portable

If you don't like installers, you can also use portable versions that are packaged as an archive. The following portable versions are available:

Install Script

Install XPipe by pasting the installation command into your terminal. This will perform the full setup automatically.

Windows
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command iwr "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.ps1" -OutFile "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" ";"  "&" "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" -XPipeVersion "8.2"
Bash Script (Linux / MacOS)
bash <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.sh) -v 8.2

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8.1

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Windows updater issues

The last few versions of XPipe from 1.7.16 to 8.0.1 all had a self-updater on Windows that was not working properly. This was caused by a newly introduced JDK bug. This is now fixed from 8.1 onwards.

To upgrade to 8.1+, you have to do it manually by downloading and installing it from https://github.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/releases. There shouldn't be any more problems with 8.1+ after that.

Git Vault Versioning

When upgrading XPipe versions across many systems, one problem could have been the git vault format being updated on one system and being pulled on another a system that is running an older version. This could have led to data corruption. From now on, there will be a warning shown when the versions do not match up. From there you can choose to temporarily disable the git vault during a session until you upgrade to the matching version on that system as well.

This check however only works from 8.1 onwards. Older git vaults do not contain version information. So if this happens to you while updating from a previous version, e.g. 1.7.16, you should be able to reset the git repository to a previous ref.

Filtering for hosts

You can now search for IPs and hostnames in addition to the connection names to filter your connection list. The connection display when a filter is active has also been improved.

File browser transfer fixes

There was a regression in transfer speed in 8.0 causing transfers of large files being very slow. This is now fixed.

Open directories in WSL

There is now a new action available in the file browser for directories on Windows systems that allows you to open that directory in a WSL session. This makes it easier to quickly use Linux tools in a certain directory you're currently in when on Windows.

Other changes

  • Fix fallback shell action throwing some errors initially
  • Properly set TERM variable for powershell environments
  • Improve styling in some areas
  • Better validate invalid settings values on startup
  • Fix concurrency issues when querying multiple secrets at the same time
  • Fix red validation markers appearing in front of other UI elements
  • Fix msys2, cygwin, and gitforwindows shell environments being shown for the wrong parent connection when located on remote systems
  • Fix transferred files with BOM sometimes getting corrupted on Windows systems
  • Fix SSH askpass throwing errors on Windows systems where username contained special characters due to an OpenSSH bug
  • Fix some null pointers

Downloads

Installers

Installers are the easiest way to get started and they come with an automatic updater functionality. They can also be used to upgrade an existing installation to a newer version. The following installers are available:

Portable

If you don't like installers, you can also use portable versions that are packaged as an archive. The following portable versions are available:

Install Script

Install XPipe by pasting the installation command into your terminal. This will perform the full setup automatically.

Windows
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command iwr "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.ps1" -OutFile "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" ";"  "&" "$env:TEMP\get-xpipe.ps1" -XPipeVersion "8.1"
Bash Script (Linux / MacOS)
bash <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/master/get-xpipe.sh) -v 8.1

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8.0.1

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This is this biggest update yet and includes many changes that are necessary going forward to allow for many future features to come. These new implementations take everything into account learned so far and are more intuitive and robust. Especially when considering the long-term timeline, these changes will come in handy.

The versioning scheme has also been changed to simplify version numbers. So we are going straight from 1.7 to 8.0!

Note that on Windows the automatic updater still has a few issues with race conditions if you are upgrading from 1.7.16. If the automatic update fails, you can still install 8.0 manually by downloading and installing it from https://github.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/releases.

New terminal launcher

The terminal launcher functionality got completely reworked with the goal to make it more flexible and improve the terminal startup performance. You will quickly notice the new implementation whenever you launch any connection in your terminal.

Proxmox integration (Professional feature)

There is now support to directly query all VMs and containers located on a Proxmox system via the pct and qm tools. The containers can be accessed directly as any other containers while the VMs can be accessed via SSH. In case no SSH server is running in a vm, you can also choose to start one with XPipe.

This feature will be available in the professional version, but is also available in the free professional edition preview after release.

Improved professional edition preview

Any new professional features, such as the Proxmox support, will be available for free for a couple of weeks after their initial release. There is now a new dialog available to allow you to quickly set up the XPipe professional preview plan.

This allows anyone interested in playing around with new features to do so without limitation and no commitment.

Git For Windows shell environments

The git installation on Windows comes with its own posix environment, which some people use to make use of standard Linux functionalities on Windows if they have not moved to WSL yet. This update brings full support to add this shell environment as well via the automatic detection functionality.

File browser improvements

The file browser has been reworked in terms of performance and reliability. File transfers of many files or now faster and any errors that can occur are now handled better.

In terms of the interface, there is also now a progress indicator for files being transferred. For any file conflicts, there is now a new dialog to choose how to resolve any conflict when copying or moving files.

There are also a couple more changes included:

  • Fix files in file browser not reloading content when trying to edit them multiple times in the session
  • Add Open with ... action to open files with an arbitrary program
  • The transfer pane now also allows file drops from outside the window to make it more intuitive

Kubernetes configs and namespaces

This update adds support to also add connections from other kubeconfig files.

Furthermore, you can also choose to use any namespace you want. This is useful in cases where you have not set up a context for every namespace you have.

The Kubernetes support is also now available in the pro preview after release.

Settings rework

This update comes with a complete rework of the settings menu. Many options have been added and existing ones have been improved, with a focus on providing more control over security settings. Make sure to give them a read to discover new options.

There has been a big focus on providing finer-grained control over security settings, which can be especially useful in enterprise contexts.

Per-Vault settings

Previously all settings were stored on a per-system basis. This caused some problems with git vaults, as all relevant settings that should persist across systems were not synced. From now on, all options that should be the same on all synced systems are automatically included in the git vault.

Authentication improvements

This update comes with a newly created system for handling authentication that is better suited for arbitrary authentication prompts. This allows for better support for things like 2FA and other keyboard interactive authentications schemes. The sudo elevation authentication also has been reworked to be more intuitive and mirror the behavior of the system in regard to password prompts.

You also now have finer control over the caching behaviour of passwords and the sudo behaviour via additional settings.

Temporary containers

You can now run a temporary docker container using a specified image that will get automatically removed once it is stopped. The container will keep running even if the image does not have any command specified that will run.

This can be useful if you quickly want to set up a certain environment by using a certain container image, e.g. a simple ubuntu image. You can then enter the container as normal in XPipe, perform your operations, and stop the container once it's no longer needed. It is then removed automatically.

Fish and dumb shells

Up until now, connecting to fish shells or various dumb shells you typically find in devices like routers and links, did not work as there was no proper support for them. The shell handling implementation has now been rewritten to support fish login shells (after some timeout).

The implementation also now supports dumb shells that can be reached via ssh for example, but support still has to be implemented manually. Since I currently don't own any typical hardware like various routers and links, e.g. from cisco, I did not have the ability yet to do this. So if you own any hardware you would like to see supported, open an issue and share the typical output that is printed upon connection, and it can easily be supported.

For now, it should work with MikroTik routers at least.

macOS tray and dock handling

Due to some confusion, XPipe will no longer use the system tray in macOS as an option when minimizing. It will instead conform to the usual macOS app handling that allows to reopen the window by clicking on the dock icon.

PowerShell fallback

Some Windows admins disable cmd on their systems for security reasons. Previously this would have caused XPipe to not function on these systems as it relied on cmd. From now on, it can also dynamically fall back to PowerShell if needed without utilizing cmd at all.

Bundled OpenSSH on Windows

One common problem in the past has been to fact that Microsoft ships relatively outdated OpenSSH versions on Windows, which do not support newer features like FIDO2 keys. Due to the permissive license of OpenSSH and its Windows fork, XPipe can bundle the latest OpenSSH versions on Windows. There is now an option the settings menu to use the latest bundled OpenSSH version.

Dependency upgrades

All dependencies have been upgraded to the latest version, coming with a few fixes and some new features. In particular, the JavaFX version has been bumped, which now allows for native system theme observation and the usage of accent colors. Around 10 dependency libraries have been removed as they are no longer necessary.

Timeout handling

The timeout model has been reworked. It is now set to a fixed amount of 30s while any active password prompts do no longer count towards it, meaning you can take your time when typing your passwords. An increased timeout value also allows for better handling of third party authentication schemes that XPipe has no control over, e.g. ones that will open a website in your browser for authentication.

Other changes

  • Add option to skip connection validation
  • Add ability to easily add files to the git vault data directory
  • Introduce new changelog implementation that will be able to display the changelog relevant when upgrading from you current version, including all intermediate versions
  • Auto expand connections display when a new child is added
  • Fix elevation not working in some cases and throwing errors
  • Improve git vault performance
  • Fix macOS updater and installation script sometimes only uninstalling existing version without installing new one
  • Fix scaling issues on Linux by providing a separate scaling option
  • Fix possible encoding issues on Windows with passwords that contained non-ASCII characters
  • Support opening ssh: URLs without username as well
  • Fix Linux OS logo sometimes showing wrongly or not at all

Downloads

Installers

Installers are the easiest way to get started and they come with an automatic updater functionality. They can also be used to upgrade an existing installation to a newer version. The following installers are available:

Portable

If you don't like installers, you can also use portable versions that are packaged as an archive. The following portable versions are available:

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