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Install ​

Install SecureShell Go 1.5.1 on an Android phone or tablet, or on a Linux computer.

If you have not installed an APK, a snap or a PPA package before, Installing apps explains each one.

Android ​

SecureShell Go needs Android 7.0 or later.

  1. On your phone, open the 1.5.1 release page.

  2. Download one APK:

    • SecureShellGo-1.5.1-android-arm64.apk: smaller, and works on most phones.
    • SecureShellGo-1.5.1-android.apk: works on any phone. Pick this one if the other will not install.

  3. Open the downloaded file and allow your browser or file manager to install apps when Android asks.

  4. Open SecureShell Go from your app drawer.

The release notes also link to a Google Play testing programme for the app.

Linux ​

Snap Store ​

bash
sudo snap install secureshellgo

To let the snap save passwords and keys in your desktop keyring, connect this interface once. snapd does not connect it for you:

bash
sudo snap connect secureshellgo:password-manager-service

Ubuntu PPA ​

For Ubuntu on x86-64 (amd64 only):

bash
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhiva-labs/apps
sudo apt update
sudo apt install secureshellgo

Other distributions ​

Download the file for your system from the 1.5.1 release page. Replace x86_64 with aarch64 on an ARM64 computer.

Fedora, RHEL, Rocky and Alma:

bash
sudo dnf install ./secureshellgo-1.5.1-1.x86_64.rpm

openSUSE Tumbleweed (the .rpm is not signed):

bash
sudo zypper install --allow-unsigned-rpm ./secureshellgo-1.5.1-1.x86_64.rpm

Arch Linux, Manjaro and EndeavourOS:

bash
sudo pacman -U ./secureshellgo-1.5.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

AppImage, for any distribution with GTK 3:

bash
chmod +x SecureShellGo-1.5.1-x86_64.AppImage && ./SecureShellGo-1.5.1-x86_64.AppImage

Flatpak bundle. The GNOME runtime comes from Flathub:

bash
flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install --user ./secureshellgo-1.5.1-x86_64.flatpak
flatpak run com.dhivalabs.secure_shell_go

There are also plain archives, SecureShellGo-linux-x64.tar.gz and SecureShellGo-linux-arm64.tar.gz.

These packages are built on Ubuntu 24.04, so they need a current distribution: Fedora 40 or later, openSUSE Tumbleweed or current Arch. RHEL 9 and openSUSE Leap 15 are too old.

Saving passwords and keys on Linux ​

SecureShell Go stores passwords and keys in your desktop's keyring (GNOME Keyring or KWallet). Have one installed and unlocked:

bash
sudo apt install gnome-keyring

The PPA package installs it for you. If a keyring you used before is now locked, saving fails and asks you to unlock it rather than storing secrets less safely.

On a machine with no keyring at all, such as a minimal window manager, the app encrypts credentials into a private file only your user account can read. That protects them from other users, but not from other programs running as you, so install a keyring where you can.

Windows and macOS ​

The release page also has SecureShellGo-windows-x64.zip, SecureShellGo-windows-arm64.zip and SecureShellGo-macos.zip. The macOS build is unsigned: the first time, right-click the app, choose Open and confirm.

Next steps ​