zenMount

Secure Shell File System (SSHFS) Frontend

zenMount is a graphical user interface (GUI) for SSHFS, available for Linux and MacOS systems (Windows support coming soon).

It is written in Go and uses Wails for the frontend framework.

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Features

• Easy-to-use interface
• Multiple authentication methods:
  • Password
  • Private key (with or without passphrase)
• Organized connections structure
• Drag & drop reordering of connections
• Connection log viewer
• Light and dark theme support
• Cross-platform (Linux, MacOS, Windows in development)

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Downloads

You can download the latest release packages (.deb for Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux and .dmg for MacOS) from the Releases page.

Alternatively, you can build the app from source by following the instructions below.

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Dependencies

zenMount is built using:

• Wails v2 – to create the GUI with standard web technologies (HTML, JS, CSS)
• webkit2gtk-4.0 – web content engine for GTK (Linux only)
• golang.org/x/sys/unix – for low-level system calls
• All other dependencies are listed in the go.mod file
• Project configuration is defined in wails.json

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Building from Source

Follow these steps to build a redistributable, production-ready package.

1. Install Wails v2

go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/cmd/wails@latest

2. Install system dependencies

On Linux (Debian/Ubuntu-based):

sudo apt update
sudo apt install pkg-config build-essential     libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libgtk-3-dev     libglib2.0-dev libgtksourceview-3.0-dev

On MacOS:

go get golang.org/x/sys/unix
brew install pkg-config gtk+3 webkit2gtk

3. Initialize the project

wails init -n zenMount -t vanilla

4. Build the app

wails build

The configuration file is saved at:

~/.zenMount.json

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Live Development

To run in live development mode, execute:

wails dev

This starts a local development server with hot reload support for the frontend.
You can also open http://localhost:34115 in your browser to access Go methods directly from the devtools.

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Bugs & Feature Requests

You can ask questions, report bugs, or request new features via the GitHub issue tracker.

When reporting issues, please include:

• A clear description of the problem
• Steps to reproduce
• Crash logs (if available)
• Operating system and version

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License

Copyright (C) 2025 Luca Maroglio and contributors.

zenMount is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

zenMount is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU General Public License for details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with zenMount.
If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt.

SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later