FinallShell is an SSH client tool developed by a Chinese developer. The first version was released in 2016. A few years ago, the author promoted it on v2ex and gave away the lifetime premium version for free. However, xiaoz didn't use it much. Recently, xiaoz downloaded FinalShell again and gave it a try. It completely meets their needs, so they recommend it.

Key Features:

• Multi-platform support: Windows, macOS, Linux
• Multiple tabs for batch server management
• Support for SSH login and Windows Remote Desktop
• Beautiful and smooth font display with over 100 built-in color schemes
• Terminal and SFTP displayed together with synchronized directory switching
• Command auto-completion and smart matching for faster and more convenient input
• Fast-loading SFTP with various optimization techniques, no waiting for directory switching or opening
• Real-time monitoring of server network and performance without installing server plugins
• Built-in overseas server acceleration for smooth remote desktop and SSH connections
• Bilateral acceleration for significantly improved server access speed
• Real-time monitoring of memory, CPU performance, ping latency, packet loss, and trace route
• Real-time disk monitoring
• Process manager
• Quick command panel that can display dozens of commands simultaneously
• Built-in text editor with syntax highlighting, code folding, search, and replace
• Support for proxy servers in SSH and Remote Desktop
• Automatic compression and decompression for file transfer
• Support for rz and sz (zmodem)
• Ping monitoring from multiple locations
• Command input box with auto-completion and command history
• Custom command parameter function to dynamically generate commands based on input parameters

Download FinallShell

FinallShell Official Website: http://www.hostbuf.com/

Yes, you read it right. The above address is the official website, and when you open it, you will find it very simple and plain. It made me doubt if it's really the official website. It's very minimalist, isn't it?

FinalShell is available on multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, and Linux. Since xiaoz uses Windows, below are the download links for Windows. You can also find the download links on the official website.

• Official Website Download: finalshell_install.exe
• xiaoz Software Library Backup Download: finalshell_install.exe

User Experience

What I like:

Integrating SFTP into an SSH client has always been a must-have for me. I used to use MobaXterm, which I was quite satisfied with overall, but the SFTP functionality was the most disappointing. It was very slow and sometimes even caused the MobaXterm window to become unresponsive. The SFTP in MobaXterm was like a useless feature. However, the SFTP functionality in FinalShell is quite convenient. You can directly edit files through SFTP and automatically upload them after editing.

The interface of FinalShell is very clean without too many complex options, but it can fully meet the daily operational needs.

FinalShell also offers a premium version for only 59 yuan, which allows permanent use of the premium version (including one year of synchronization service). This price is very reasonable. The synchronization service can encrypt and save the added server information to the cloud. When you switch computers, you only need to log in to the FinalShell client to automatically keep the synchronization. This feature is quite convenient.

What I don't like:

• The official website is too slow to access.
• FinalShell is developed in Java, so it occupies relatively large memory.
• There is a slight delay when starting up for the first time.

Some Digressions

The author used to promote FinalShell on some forums and was questioned by some netizens about the security of domestic software, worrying about backdoors or insecurity (prejudice is a big obstacle in people's hearts). Later, the author became lazy to do promotion and advertising, but has been silently updating it. Thumbs up to the author's persistence.