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RelayBar

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RelayBar is a tiny native macOS menu-bar app for structured SSH forwarding profiles and exact-path remote file access. It runs macOS's built-in /usr/bin/ssh and /usr/bin/sftp directly.

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  • Free
  • Open Source (MIT)

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Since

  • Since 2026

Updated

  • Updated Sep 2026

Releases

  • 9 releases last year9 last year

Platforms

  • Mac
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What is RelayBar?

RelayBar is a tiny native macOS menu-bar app for structured SSH forwarding profiles and exact-path remote file access. It runs macOS's built-in /usr/bin/ssh and /usr/bin/sftp directly.

What it does:

  • Imports repeated and mixed -L, -D, and -R rules from forwarding-only SSH commands
  • Supports TCP ports, Unix sockets, local SOCKS, reverse SOCKS, and automatic remote ports
  • Runs every rule in a profile over one managed SSH connection
  • Optionally groups saved profiles into lightweight menu-bar sections
  • Starts and stops each profile with one click
  • Opens an unambiguous local TCP forward in the default browser with one click
  • Retries unexpected disconnects up to 10 times with exponential backoff
  • Shows startup failures directly beside the tunnel
  • Stores tunnel definitions in local UserDefaults
  • Stops child SSH processes when RelayBar quits
  • Opens an exact remote folder from a pasted absolute path and saved server
  • Downloads remote files or folders with progress, cancellation, and Finder reveal
  • Previews supported remote images without adding editing or gallery features
  • Renders remote Markdown in a safe, read-only view with GFM, callouts, inert tags, syntax highlighting, footnotes, and native math