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Every SSH session includes an SFTP file browser called Files. It uses the session’s connection and credential, so there is nothing else to set up. You can browse the server, transfer files and folders in both directions, preview text files, and edit files in a local app.

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Open Files

Do one of the following:
  • In a session, click Files in the Terminal / Files switch in the session header. Click Terminal to go back.
  • On a host’s detail page, click SFTP. Termique opens a session and shows its files.
While a session shows its files, the sidebar lists it as <label> · Files. Files always shows the focused session. To browse another host, switch to that host’s session in the sidebar, or open one.
Files view browsing a remote home directory, with the breadcrumb, toolbar, and file list
Files opens at the root folder (/) of the server. Your home folder is usually under /home.
  • Double-click a folder to open it, or right-click it and select Open.
  • Click any part of the breadcrumb to jump to it. Long paths collapse the middle folders.
  • Click Go up to open the parent folder.
  • Click Show hidden files to show dotfiles.
  • Open More (…) for Filter this folder, Refresh, and Go to home folder. On the server, Go to home folder returns to /.
The list shows each entry’s Name, Size, Modified date, and Permissions. Narrow windows hide the Modified and Permissions columns. The status bar shows the item count and the selection. To select several entries, ⌘-click or Ctrl-click them, or Shift-click to select a range.

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Show local files

Click This Mac (macOS) or This computer (Windows and Linux) in the header to show your local files next to the server’s. Termique remembers the choice.
  • Drag the divider between the panes to resize them.
  • When nothing else has focus, press Tab to switch the active pane.
  • Below a window width of 1100px, the two panes collapse into one, with a toggle to switch between them.
  • On Windows, use Switch drive to change drives in the local pane.
Files view with This Mac on the left, the server on the right, and the transfer buttons between them

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Upload

Use any of these:
  • Click Upload files in the toolbar and pick one or more files. If a file with the same name exists, Termique asks before it overwrites it.
  • Drag files or folders from Finder or File Explorer onto the server pane. The pane shows Drop to upload.
  • With local files shown, drag entries from the local pane onto the server pane, or onto a folder in it.
  • Select entries in the local pane and click the arrow between the panes (Upload selection to the host).
Folders transfer recursively. Symbolic links inside a folder are skipped.

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Download

Use any of these:
  • Right-click a file and select Download…, then choose where to save it.
  • With local files shown, drag entries from the server pane onto the local pane, or onto a folder in it.
  • Select entries in the server pane and click the arrow between the panes (Download selection to This Mac or This computer).

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Resolve conflicts

When a transferred item already exists at the destination, Termique asks what to do.
  • For one item, the File exists dialog shows both copies with size and date. Click Overwrite, Skip, or Rename (then enter a New name and click Rename and transfer). Turn on Apply this choice to remaining conflicts to reuse your choice.
  • For several items, choose Overwrite all, Skip all, or Decide per file.

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Transfer progress

While a transfer runs, a progress strip at the bottom shows the current file, 3 of 5 files, bytes transferred, speed, and percentage. Click Cancel to stop the batch. If some files fail, the strip shows n failed. Click it to see each failure.

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Preview a file

Double-click a text file, or right-click it and select Preview, to read it inside Termique. Files up to 512 KB can be previewed. Click Back to folder to return.

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Edit a file in a local app

Right-click a file and select Edit externally. Termique downloads a temporary copy and opens it in your default app for that file type. Files up to 64 MB can be edited this way. Termique checks the copy every 2 seconds. When you save it, a notification asks whether to upload the changes. Click Upload to write them back to the server.

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Rename, create, and delete

  • Rename: right-click an entry and select Rename, type the new name, and press Enter. If the new name already exists, Termique asks before it overwrites it.
  • New folder: click New folder in the toolbar, type a name, and press Enter.
  • Delete: right-click an entry and select Delete, then confirm. Deleting a folder removes everything in it.
The same actions are in each row’s … menu.
SFTP delete is permanent. There is no trash or undo.

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Permissions

The Permissions column shows each remote entry’s mode, e.g. -rw-r--r--. You cannot change permissions or ownership from Files. Use chmod and chown in the terminal.

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Files in split panes

In a tab with split panes, each pane’s Files switch shows that session’s files inside the pane. These panes browse the server only. They support upload, download, preview, rename, new folder, and delete, but not local files, drag-and-drop between panes, or Edit externally. Use the full Files view of a single-pane session for those.