persist-ssh 1.0.3

Persistent SSH using dtach. Does not break scrollback. Use tmux locally.

persist-ssh

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Persist ssh connections without breaking terminal scrollback.

Motivation

I use tmux locally but sometimes ssh into a server to do work. It gets annoying when ssh connectios fail so I want to persist shells on remote machines. The standard approach is to use a multiplexer like tmux, zellij or screen. However, these tools tends to break scrollback and it's a bit weird have a terminal multiplexer within another terminal multiplexer. I want something simpler which does not break scrollback. dtach is such a tool. It is a lightweight detacheable connection to a running process.

Installation

You can install persist-ssh using pipx.

pipx install persist-ssh

Usage

persist-ssh server

This will install mosh and dtach remotely. You can press Ctrl+t to detach. persist-ssh wil then reattach to the session by default.

I use persist-ssh with tmux so like to use the name of my tmux window for the remote session. For tis you can use the --tmux option or by adding session_from_tmux_pane = false to ~/.config/persist-ssh.toml.

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