✨ SSH for Remote Hosts and Remote System Explorer (RSE)

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Description

Support for connecting to remote hosts via SSH is essential for developers who work in distributed or server-based environments. This feature would allow users to open remote projects, edit files, and navigate remote file systems directly within the app.

Proposed Features

• SSH Integration:
  • Connect to remote machines via SSH
  • Manage and save SSH connection profiles (host, port, auth method, etc.)
  • Support for private key authentication and passphrases
  • Maintain secure and persistent connections
• Remote System Explorer (RSE):
  • Browse and interact with remote file systems in a dedicated navigator
  • Support basic file operations (create, delete, rename, move, copy)
  • Open and edit remote files in-place with seamless sync
  • Show connection and path status in the UI
  • Optionally cache file metadata or contents for performance

Future Considerations:

• Terminal access to remote hosts
• Remote debugging support
• Integration with remote language servers and build tools

Additional Context:

This feature will greatly expand the use cases for developers working on servers, containers, or embedded systems, where local access to code is not always possible.

[Damien514]

+1

Being able to publish on server using SFTP would be a great. I am currently a Nova user and that's the main reason I can't move to CodeEdit for the moment.