A JuiceSSH
replacement.
JuiceSSH was unpublished from Google Play on 11 December 2025, and its last release, v3.2.2, shipped in February 2021. If you are looking for somewhere to move your servers, this is what Kammel offers instead.
Why this matters more than a missing app
An SSH client holds your private keys and your server credentials. Software that has not shipped a security update since 2021 and is no longer distributed is not a good place to keep them — not because anything specific is known to be wrong with it, but because nothing will be fixed if something is found.
What you keep
The parts of JuiceSSH people actually relied on all exist here: saved connections with keys or passwords, several sessions at once, a usable soft-keyboard layout for the keys a phone lacks, port forwarding and SFTP.
Saved servers
Host, port, user and either a password or a private key — plus the tunnels that belong to that server. One form, one tap to connect.
Multiple sessions
Terminal tabs, each with its own shell and working directory, kept alive in the background by a foreground service.
Port forwarding
Local, remote and SOCKS5, tied to the session's lifecycle and restored automatically on reconnect.
What you gain
Kammel is not a like-for-like clone — it is a workspace rather than only a terminal.
An SFTP explorer and code editor
Browse the server, edit a source file with syntax highlighting, and save back over SFTP on the same connection.
A git panel and a Docker console
Stage, diff, commit and push; start and stop containers and drive Compose projects.
Agent notifications
A heads-up notification when a backgrounded session signals that it needs input — built for driving coding agents over SSH.
Moving your servers over
There is no import path — JuiceSSH's connection database is not exportable in a format another client reads, and its keys are held in its own storage. Re-adding a server means entering the host, port and user once and either pasting the private key or generating a fresh ed25519 pair on the phone and appending the public half to the server's authorized_keys. Generating a new key is the better option anyway if the old one has been on an unmaintained app for four years.
Kammel vs JuiceSSH
| Kammel | JuiceSSH | |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | Published on GitHub Releases, updated actively | Unpublished from Google Play since Dec 2025 |
| Last release | Current — in-app update check against GitHub Releases | v3.2.2, February 2021 |
| Source | Open source (MIT / GPL) | Closed source |
| Price | Free, all features | Free tier plus a paid Pro unlock |
| SFTP file explorer | Built in, with a syntax-highlighting editor | Not included |
| Git and Docker | Git panel and Docker console built in | Not included |
| Key storage | Android Keystore (EncryptedSharedPreferences) | App-managed storage |
JuiceSSH facts as of August 2026: unpublished from Google Play on 11 December 2025, last release v3.2.2 in February 2021. Existing installs still run; new installs are not available from Play.
Questions
Why was JuiceSSH removed from Google Play?
It was unpublished on 11 December 2025. Google requires apps to target recent Android API levels to stay listed, and JuiceSSH's last release was v3.2.2 in February 2021, built against much older APIs.
Does my installed copy of JuiceSSH still work?
Existing installs generally keep running — it is new installs that are unavailable. The concern is that an app holding SSH keys is no longer receiving security updates.
Can I import my JuiceSSH connections into Kammel?
No. JuiceSSH does not export its connection database in a format other clients read. Servers are re-added once by hand, and Kammel can generate a fresh ed25519 key on the phone for you to install on the server.
Is Kammel free like JuiceSSH's basic tier?
Kammel is free in full. There is no Pro unlock — the source is public under MIT and GPL and every feature ships in the one build.
Free, open source.
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