SSHelper

Didn't scratch the surface but what I did use worked great. I needed to recover data off a phone with a dead screen and with only a keyboard for input. This was the only app I could find that had a simple enough set up that I could do it unsighted. Pulled my precious stupidly not backed up photos and so happy customer. Many thanks to the author I'll try my best to pay your efforts forward as suggested.

Update: Had unresolvable issue with rsync not parsing whitespace, so switched to a different SSH app. Original review: Outstanding. Truly in the linux spirit of free and good. I came across this in the quest for a 'SSH Server', WITH PUBLIC KEYPAIRING, and I'm still not sure why I overlooked it till now, maybe the icon?... After only been using it for a few hours, I can already see this is the perfect solution for setting up rsync and SSH protected filetransfer/shell connectivity to my devices. Never mind how useful zeroconf and browser-based clipboard read/write and logs are. I even like the documentation :) Thank you very much Mr Lutus!

Super awesome great SSH app, with rsync support. Works very well, is easy to use, with good documentation. Really much better than other apps I have tried! Very well implemented, and rsync has many options, it works "like the real thing". Also ssh supports public keys, rsa and dsa, many cyphers, etcetc. I love it! 5 Stars, would give 6 if possible!

A great awesome app. A life saver to back up precious data when many many other solutions fail. Using SSHelper after a few days of trying many other solutions was the only way I could copy my data reliably to my Linux machine. Using MTP I couldn't even see all the files. Using FTP client I could finally see all the files, but copying is unreliable. If the connection dropped for a reason or another I might get half a file in which case I have to either overwrite all files or skip all files. Using SSHelper and rsync was the best way possible. Also the interface was implemented in a great way: simple, easy and efficient. It just works without any hassle. This tool should have been part of Android OS itself.

It works well and includes busybox which is GREAT! The only problem is when i click stop&quit, actually the server process doesnt close... (I have to remove it manually from the recent apps.)

The only one that works with modern SSH clients. However it has serious issues with user access rights. Currently the server does not allow Public Key encryption. Also any user with the password can log in. Passwords are also visible by people using wireshark, compromising this application's security. So looking for a better alternative.

Excellent - a must-have utility which has saved my bacon more than once. If you're ever in Barcelona, Mr. Lupus, I owe you a couple of pints!

I have yet to run into a problem with this app. It has a good UI and is well documented. Will be checking out more options from this developer.

This is the best SSH server app I've found (& I tried several)! This works on (64-bit) Pine A64+ SBC running Android 5 and 7. Does not require wifi (most do) but works over Ethernet. Easy setup, good security Gets my vote..

I tried half a dozen SSH apps without success, but SSHelper worked! Run the app, type the right path into Thunar's address bar, and up popped my files, SD card and all.

Kudos to Paul - 5 stars! This is by far the best SSH server I've seen (I've tried many ... SSHdroid, Icecold SSH Server, ... , you name them). Very clean implementation, very mature and stable and fully compliant with the SSH specs. I'm even able to mount my /sdcard/ via sshfs and it works like a charm. Please keep on maintaining this excellent app! May I kindly ask you to update the helpers included (e.g. busybox).

I needed to connect the phone to Linux operating systems for file transfer. This lets me connect directly to the phone using the file manager. Simple and direct without all the unnecessary junk from several of the other apps available

My beloved QuickSSHd doesn't work on new chips, and SSHelper has finally filled the void. Clipboard server is a great feature, too. Would like to request a widget that lets me turn server on and off, and shows current status. Thanks!

Finally, something that worked on my phone, i tried SSHDriod and some other stuff that used to work on my phone, but they stopped working after i upgraded from kitkat to lollipop.

I kept searching for quite a while, tried at least four other implications only to find this one. Simple, stable, works.

Wow! Very nice setup and reconfiguration after addition of a few extra tweaks. Now K9 mail will run since it took forever to tell me it required ssh! Love your logo, BTB!

This rocks! Contains all the busybox shell commands including vi and crond. Also has rsync, and openssh CLIENT as well as server and scp/sftp/etc. Sweet! Thanks Paul!

Thank you for your effort in writing a GPL SSH server for Android. I wish there were more GPL Android apps. I'll try and pay it forward... Edit: with this app installed, backing up your phone is as simple as: rsync -av -e 'ssh -p 2222' --progress user@192.168.0.29:/sdcard/ /home/user/phone-backup

5 Stars because it's a way cool app. However, on my Blu Life XL it crashes when I'm making config changes; by that I mean that the screen "disappears" and won't reappear for more than a few milliseconds before it goes away again. So I re-install the app, and it works for a while. I'm not sure which config options crash it. Seems stable on my V88, which is a dirt cheap Chinese Android box I got to run Netflix on (but NF is out of sync on it misfortuneatly) and I'm not sure what my username is. I can always be root. Then I can't get a connection across my WLAN. But my devices are rooted, (which you don't seem to think is a good idea: see, I read the help file) so I can probably figure it out, maybe even get it up on port 22 like a good little app. But blah blah blah Like I said, 5 stars for all the hard work you've put into it, it's pretty neat stuff & I promise to get it working. Also 5 stars for your documentation which is written articulately in plain English; 5 stars for your attitude and making it a free app with no ads.

Works as expected. UI is little weird. And source code is available :)

When first opened, starts server with default password of "admin". Worst possible first impression.

I works super great on my phone, but it is not available on my android TV box, possibly because of device type restrictions on google play store. Please fix this.

It's one of the most powerful and flexible solution for data synchronization. Thank you!

Have used this for a while. Great way to connect your phone to a linux box. 5 stars.

Not really comfortable, no start stop….

It doesn't what it should do, nothing less, nothing more. Perfect.

Super impressed unfortunately I was looking for a client and this is a server. When I need a server this is the app I will use.

Rsync your heart out!

Works great, ideal for creating scheduled rsync backups.

Top & thank you! Please add unison support.

Thanks!!!

Exactly what I needed. Quick and easy setup.

The best app for developers.

Thanks for making this

Works fine!

Perfect

Very useful for transferring data from computer to phone and vice-versa. One problem is that, it seems that on Marshmallow, "Stop Server and Quit" does not actually stop the server - the app will continue accepting connections/not terminate existing connections.

Use it all the time to transfer data.

Copying sdcard to laptop for backup couldn't be easier.

Backed up by simple and clear technical documentation on website