purple

purple is a terminal SSH client and config manager that directly edits ~/.ssh/config with full fidelity. It offers fuzzy search, cloud provider sync (16 providers), Docker/Podman container management, remote file explorer, command snippets, AI agent integration (MCP), and more. Written in Rust, single binary, works on macOS and Linux.

purple sits in the Vision / Multimodal category, so it is usually better judged by workflow fit, deployment style, and team needs than by isolated features alone. Based on the available metadata, it leans most clearly toward Search and connect: instant fuzzy search across hosts with frecency sorting. A representative use case is Manage SSH connections for multiple servers with instant search. The listed license is MIT. GitHub stars are currently 752. Relevant tags include aws, cli.