Open SSH from the browser
Learn how to open SSH connections directly from the browser
RPort and your browser will open links to
ssh://[email protected]
with the default application for that URL scheme. Windows does not have any default application assigned. To do so, follow the guide below.Make sure you have OpenSSH installed on Windows 10. Open a terminal (cmd.exe or PowerShell) and type in
shh -V
. You should get an output similar toOpenSSH_for_Windows_7.7p1, LibreSSL 2.6.5
If the ssh command is missing, execute the following command on a PowerShell.
# Install the OpenSSH Client
Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0
An ssh link follows this syntax,
ssh://<username>@<host>:<port>
but open ssh expects a different format. Download the PowerShell script ssh-protocol-handler.ps1
to some directory, for example to %LOCALAPPDATA%\ssh-protocol-handler.ps1
.You can do this on the PowerShell with the following commands.
$url = "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/thorstenkramm/b25a2c09ca7414595d48d1db581833fc/raw/1fecf170378390eebe778209a8b88972d6893657/ssh-protocol-handler.ps1"
$file = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\ssh-protocol-handler.ps1"
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $file
Download the
ssh-protocol-handler.reg
registry setting file. Adding it to the registry will register the above script as a protocol handler for ssh://
links.You can do this in the PowerShell with the following commands.
$url = "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/thorstenkramm/b25a2c09ca7414595d48d1db581833fc/raw/1fecf170378390eebe778209a8b88972d6893657/ssh-protocol-handler.reg"
$file = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\ssh-protocol-handler.reg"
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $file
(Get-Content -path $file -Raw) -replace '<LOCALAPPDATA>', "$( [regex]::escape($env:LOCALAPPDATA) )"| Set-Content -Path $file
get-Content $file
reg import $file
rm $file
If you download the script manually, replace
<LOCALAPPDATA>
by the path where you stored ssh-protocol-handler.ps1
Log out now. Otherwise changes are not applied.
Open the windows settings. Go to "Apps & feature -> Default Apps", scroll down and click on "Choose default apps by protocol".

Select the Custom SSH Handler
Now type in an SSH Url into the URL bar of any browser, for example
ssh://[email protected]:2222
. A PowerShell windows should open trying to connect you.Last modified 1yr ago