SSHelperisanadvanced,multi-protocol,secureserverfortheAndroidplatform.
SSHelperworksjustfinewithanormal,unrootedAndroiddevice—i.e.yourdevice.Italsooffersspecialfeaturesonrooteddevices.
SSHelperworksasanapplicationandasaservice.Asaserviceitrunsinthebackground,providingsecurecommunicationsprotocolswithoutrequiringuserattention.
SSHelpersupportsinteractiveSecureShell(hereafterSSH)sessionsandvariouskindsoftransfersincludingscp,sftp,andrsync,onallcommonplatforms:
OnWindows,SSHelperworkswithWinSCP,PuTTYandsimilarprograms.
OnLinux,apartfromnormalSSHshellsessionactivities,SSHelpercanbeuseddirectlywithfilebrowsersforseamlessfilesystembrowsingandtransfersbyspecifyingthe"sftp:"protocol.
OntheMac,SSHelperworkswithCyberduckandsimilarprograms.
SSHelperversions>=7.8acceptsanynetworktypethatAndroidrecognizes--it'snolongerlimitedtowirelessnetworks.
SSHelperannouncesitselfonyournetworkbywayofZeroconf/Bonjour,anefficientwaytoconfigurealocalnetwork.
SSHelperincludesalogmonitorWebservershowinganactivitylogonlocalnetworkbrowsers.
SSHelperalsoincludesaclipboardWebserverthatpermitsread/writeaccesstotheAndroidclipboardfromlocalnetworkbrowsers.
SSHelperisfree,open-sourceandtherearenoads.It'slicensedundertheGPLandthesourceisfreelyavailable.
TheSSHelperHomePageislocatedathttp://arachnoid.com/android/SSHelper--visitformoreinformationandconfigurationtips.