An SSH client
with no account.
Termius is a mature, well-built product. The reasons to pick something else are usually specific: you do not want an account, you want the source to be readable, or you do not want the feature you rely on to move behind a subscription.
No account, and nothing to sync
Kammel has no sign-up because it has no server. Your hosts, keys and passwords are on the device, encrypted in the Android Keystore or in libsecret on Linux. Nothing is uploaded, and the only outbound traffic the app makes is the SSH connection you asked for.
The trade-off, stated plainly
That is the same sentence read from the other side: there is no cross-device sync, no team vault and no shared host list, because there is nowhere to sync to. If several engineers need one managed inventory of servers with role-based access, Termius is built for that and Kammel is not. This page is not going to pretend otherwise.
Everything ships in the one build
There is no free tier and no Pro tier. Port forwarding, SFTP, the code editor, the git panel, the Docker console, the database browser, agent notifications and biometric app lock are all simply present.
Built around driving coding agents
The clearest difference in day-to-day use: Kammel raises an Android notification when a backgrounded session signals for input, keeps a prompt library, takes dictation, and uploads a pasted screenshot over SFTP so it can hand the remote path to an agent. That loop is what the app is designed around.
You can read the source
Kammel is public under MIT and GPL. For a program that holds your private keys, being able to check what it does with them — or hand it to someone who will — is the point.
Kammel vs Termius
| Kammel | Termius | |
|---|---|---|
| Account required | No account at all | Account required; vault sync is the core feature |
| Source code | Open source (MIT / GPL) | Closed source |
| Pricing | Free, every feature | Free tier plus paid Pro and Team plans |
| Cross-device sync | None — data stays on the device | Encrypted cloud vault across devices |
| Team features | None | Shared vaults with role-based access |
| Platforms | Android 8.0+ and Linux x86_64 | macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android |
| Docker and database console | Docker, SQL console and ER diagram built in | Not part of the client |
| Agent notifications | BEL / OSC 9 / OSC 777 heads-up alerts | Not offered |
Termius details as published on termius.com, checked August 2026. Termius offers a usable free tier; the rows below describe defaults and structure, not a judgement of quality.
Questions
Is Kammel a drop-in replacement for Termius?
For single-device use, largely yes. If you rely on syncing one host list across several machines or on shared team vaults, Kammel does not do that — it has no cloud component by design.
Can I move my Termius hosts across?
There is no importer. Hosts are re-entered once, and Kammel can generate an ed25519 key pair on the device if you would rather not move the existing private key.
Does Kammel cost anything later?
No. It is open source under MIT and GPL with no paid tier, and there is no account through which to bill you.
Free, open source.
Keep reading
Free SSH Client for Android
Kammel is a free, open-source SSH client for Android: multi-session terminal, SFTP explorer, code editor and port forwarding. No account, no subscription.
JuiceSSH Alternative for Android
JuiceSSH was unpublished from Google Play in December 2025 and last updated in 2021. Kammel is a free, open-source, actively developed replacement for Android.
SSH Client for Linux
The Kammel Linux x86_64 desktop build: same codebase as the Android app, same profiles, SFTP explorer, code editor, Docker console and port forwarding.