Key Functions

This section provides descriptions on key functions of Xshell.

General

Session Management

The Session Manager provides a convenient way to manage and run multiple sessions
Create and manage session files for both local and remote hosts
Supports Sessions dialog box, address bar, local prompt, shortcut to session, and links bar to open sessions
Provides a default session for quick connection
Simultaneous connection with multiple sessions
Address bar supports URL commands and allows connection to a remote host with or without a saved session
Supports automatic login and login scripts
Supports folder and tree view in the Sessions dialog box
Batch update sessions
Import and export sessions
Authentication Profile that manages authentication information instead of scattered authentication information in session files
Customized session icon feature that improves visibility of session files with protocol-specific or user defined icons
RDP session creation and management

Security

RSA/DSA/ECDSA/ED25519 Public key, Password and Keyboard interactive user authentication
RSA/DSA/ECDSA/ED25519 New Key Wizard and import/export key
Various SSH public key authentication: RSA, DSA, ECDSA, ED25519 key file, PKCS#11, and CAPI support
User authentication using Xagent (SSH user authentication agent)
Latest encryption algorithms including AES128/192/256, 3DES, BLOWFISH, CAST128, ARCFOUR, RIJNDAEL, and Chacha20-poly1305.
Latest MAC algorithms including SHA1, SHA1-96, SHA2-25/512, MD5, MD5-96, RIPEMD160, and OpenSSH algorithms.
zlib compression
Host Keys dialog box
User Keys dialog box
Supports using master password to encrypt password

Terminal

Unicode-based terminal buffer
Tue color terminal
VT100, VT220, VT320, XTERM, LINUX, SCOANSI and ANSI terminals
Fixed terminal size option for standardized output
Horizontal scroll bar while in fixed terminal size
Multi-language output encoding (UTF-8)
Compose Bar for sending strings to multiple sessions
Compose Pane for sending multiple lines of strings to multiple sessions
Send Key Input feature that allows multiple sessions to do the same thing at the same time
Scroll buffer enabling up to 2,147,483,647 lines to be saved
Character string search using regular expressions
Supports multi-byte character strings at copy & paste
Paste string editor that allows checking and editing when pasting multi-line strings
Provides various selection methods through a combination of keyboard and mouse such as word, line and column selection and expansion of their ranges, etc.
Designates delimiters of double-click word selection in the terminal window
Triple click selects one line
Bold font and ANSI color code
Xterm terminal mouse
Xterm 256-color mode
Linux Meta key emulation
Prints terminal screen
Set line spacing and margins in the terminal window
Search a user specified web browser for selected text
Various bell options
Highlight feature that tracks strings in the terminal and highlights them
Trigger that tracks a string in the terminal and then performs a given action.
Hex Viewer that allows you to immediately check the raw contents of the terminal

Tunneling

TCP/IP and X11 forwarding
Dynamic port forwarding using SOCKS4/5
Tunneling pane for observing and managing active forwarding channels
Instant tunneling to add/remove or modify tunneling to the current connected session

Appearance

Quick Start page to increase accessibility to the recent sessions and for instance accesses
Dockable UI for the main window
Theme selection feature
Convenient and powerful user interface
Supports custom layout
Color schemes edit/import/export feature
Change cursor color and blinking
Easily changeable fonts via the Font button
Apply separate fonts for ASCII and non ASCII characters
Variable-width fonts available in terminal
Designate frequently used character strings as quick commands: Quick Commands Bar, Quick Commands Pane
Quick Command Manager to manage and use all the quick commands at a glance
Customizable Standard Buttons on toolbar
Security–lock, session selection, and network up/down traffic information display in the status bar
Full screen view (Alt+Enter)
Transparency options

Local Command

Interoperability

Interoperable with Xmanager program for X11 forwarding
Interoperable with Xagent program for agent authentication and forwarding
Interoperable with Xftp program for file transfers
File Manager pane and the File Manager tab of the Tunneling pane that allows you to view and upload/download files in the current path of the terminal
Edits scroll buffer in notepad
Sequentially selects Xshell window via the menu command

String Transfer and File Management

Send and receives files via FTP/SFTP
Send and receives files via X/Y/Z MODEM
Send ASCII files
Send Delay for preventing data loss
To prevent errors when transmitting large amounts of text, various options are provided, such as pasting into the composition window or opening the paste dialog box.
Auto save and support for various logging formats during session logging
Page setting and print preview