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Connecting

Quick Connect and importing

Connect from a URL without saving, import from ~/.ssh/config, and open sftp:// links.

Quick Connect

Press ⌘K (Ctrl+K) or click the lightning button in the sidebar and type an address:

sftp://deploy@example.com:2222/var/www
ftps://files.example.org
https://me@cloud.example.com/remote.php/dav/files/me/
s3://AKIAEXAMPLE@s3.amazonaws.com/my-bucket
user@host

user@host on its own means SFTP. BlazeSCP asks for a password if it needs one; it’s kept in memory only and forgotten when you quit. More options… opens the full form, for keys or S3 secrets.

Quick Connect servers appear under Quick Connect in the sidebar until you quit. To keep one, hover it and click the bookmark: you can name it and choose a group, and the open connection carries on.

Importing from ~/.ssh/config

Click the import button next to + in the sidebar. BlazeSCP lists the Host entries from your SSH config (following Include lines) with their user, port and key, and marks hosts you’ve already saved. Choose which to import and a group to put them in.

  • Entries with an IdentityFile use that key; others use the SSH agent, like ssh does.
  • Wildcard entries such as Host * are skipped.
  • Hosts that need ProxyJump are flagged: jump hosts aren’t supported yet.

Once installed, BlazeSCP opens sftp://, ftp:// and ftps:// links from your browser or chat as Quick Connect servers, in a new tab. If BlazeSCP is already running, the link opens in the existing window.