ConnectBot

org.connectbot
by Zapstore _@zapstore.dev

Simple, powerful, open-source SSH client for Android

Republished from GitHub / F-Droid by the Zapstore main account.

ConnectBot is a secure shell client for Android that lets you connect to remote servers over a cryptographically secure link. Use ConnectBot to manage SSH sessions from your phone or tablet, keep connections active while you switch apps, and work with the terminal tools you already use. It supports saved hosts, SSH public key authentication, port forwarding, terminal color schemes, custom fonts, and other settings for tailoring each connection. The F-Droid build uses the open-source ConnectBot flavor. It includes the cryptography provider in the APK and does not depend on Google Play Services.

First release: Nov 3, 2025, 25 total releases.

Most recent release: Oct 13, 2026.

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Appears in 5 app stacks.

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Releases

  • Oct 13, 2026 1.11.1
    ### Added - Add a known hosts management screen to view, import, and remove trusted keys from the host editor - Show recent app exit reasons in View Logs and allow saving the most recent available native crash report - Add a profile setting to choose whether bold text uses bright ANSI colors - Support ECDSA keys when forwarding the SSH authentication agent ### Fixed - Fix a session picker crash when multiple connections use the same saved host - Apply the terminal keyboard vibration preference to all keys and immediately reflect preference changes - Prevent crashes and duplicate closes during SSH connection teardown
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    - Reject cyclic, missing, or excessively long SSH jump host chains and clean up connections when a hop fails - Handle blank host shortcut labels and report shortcut creation failures - Keep imported keys available for retry when saving fails and prevent duplicate saves - Handle Android rejecting background service startup while keeping service binding usable - Report local shell native library loading failures as connection errors - Ignore back events from detached inputs - Handle terminal clipboard service failures without ending the session and move clipboard operations off the UI thread - Disconnect gracefully when character decoding fails - Prevent duplicate terminal relay readers and buffer corruption during connection startup - Fix dropdown positioning crashes in short windows - Apply language changes using the correct localized context - Report Curve25519 and ML-KEM hybrid key generation or agreement failures as connection errors instead of crashing - Prevent terminal accessibility crashes from stale or overlapping semantic ranges and correctly handle wide and combining characters - Fix bidirectional text rendering crashes when Unicode paragraph separators occur within a terminal row ### Changed - Probe whether SSH public keys are accepted before attempting authentication to reduce rejected login attempts, and report when no authentication methods remain - Speed up rendering of shaded block characters by batching stipple drawing ### Translations - Correct Arabic and Portuguese string formats that could cause crashes ### Dependencies - Update ConnectBot sshlib (trilead-ssh2) from 2.2.48 to 2.2.50 - Update ConnectBot termlib from 0.3.11 to 0.3.13 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/v1.11.0...v1.11.1
  • May 9, 2026 v1.10.7
    ## Added - Downloadable language packs to reduce install size; users can also download languages from Settings - Source address field for port forwards - Import private key from clipboard via text dialog - Edit key nickname at import time - Context menu paste in console screen ## Fixed - Double press on special keys - Disconnect host when deleting it
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    - Telnet connections no longer crash the app when violating internal contracts - Warning shown when notification permission is denied, explaining background connection loss - Scroll position no longer drifts when new output arrives while scrolled up in history - Enter key now works correctly when typed as a newline character from some IMEs - Clear scrollback (ESC[3J) now works correctly ## Changed - Terminal rendering performance improved by only redrawing changed rows and aligning updates with vsync **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/v1.10.6...v1.10.7
  • Apr 27, 2026 v1.10.6
    ## What's Changed * Flow profile delKey pref into Terminal by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2150 * Better network connectivity tracking by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2151 * Handle legacy ACTION_MULTIPLE IME text input by @nindanaoto in https://github.com/connectbot/termlib/pull/192 * Minimize recompositions in Terminal by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/termlib/pull/198 * [MINOR FIX] Fix incorrect Japanese translations by @nindanaoto in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2155 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/v1.10.5...v1.10.6
  • Apr 22, 2026 v1.10.5
    Untested build ## What's Changed * ci: ignore tags for main build by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2111 * Fix French Translation by @grenagit in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2110 * Bump org.connectbot:termlib from 0.0.31 to 0.0.32 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2112 * ci: fix up code coverage reports by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2113 * ci: need emulator for coverage report by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2114 * Bump org.connectbot:termlib from 0.0.32 to 0.0.33 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2117 * Bump io.github.reactivecircus.app-versioning from 1.5.0 to 1.6.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2116
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    * Remove old key handling code by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2090 * Bump org.connectbot:termlib from 0.0.33 to 0.0.34 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2120 * Robolectric Screen tests by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2122 * Fix reconnect by @nindanaoto in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2118 * Try to make openUrl safer by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2123 * ci: consider each scan as a new version by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2126 * Fix PubkeyEditorScreenTest flake by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2127 * TerminalKeyListener: refactor for testing by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2125 * TerminalKeyListener: distinguish between HW and SW keys by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2128 * Refactor disconnect policy into a testable unit by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2130 * Bump com.github.ben-manes.versions from 0.53.0 to 0.54.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2129 * Restore ConsoleScreen rotation preference by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2131 * Bump org.connectbot:termlib from 0.0.34 to 0.0.35 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2133 * Bump com.pswidersk.python-uv-plugin from 0.4.5 to 0.4.6 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2135 * Respect bumpy arrows by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2132 * Refactor terminal interaction for tests by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2137 * Bump com.android.application from 9.1.1 to 9.2.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2136 * Version 1.10.5 by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2138 ## New Contributors * @grenagit made their first contribution in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2110 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/v1.10.4...v1.10.5
  • Apr 17, 2026 v1.10.4
    ## What's Changed * Fix #2060: guard saveKnownHost against temporary hosts by @nindanaoto in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2084 * Fix #2058: serialize all transport writes and flushes by @nindanaoto in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2091 * Bump com.pswidersk.python-uv-plugin from 0.4.4 to 0.4.5 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2087 * Fix enckey migration by @nindanaoto in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2092 * Bump org.connectbot:termlib from 0.0.29 to 0.0.30 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2093 * Switch code coverage to SonarQube by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2095 * Add more encodings for host connections by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2097 * Bump org.connectbot:termlib from 0.0.30 to 0.0.31 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2101 * Revert UI mistake for API ~29 devices by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2102
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    **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/v1.10.3...v1.10.4
  • Apr 14, 2026 v1.10.3
    ### Fixed - More input fixes; all soft keyboards seem fixed - Home key mapping corrected - Legacy migration more tolerant of NULLs in database - System bar color fixed in older API versions - Color schemes update in profile editor after adding new scheme - No crash when no https:// handler on device (e.g., Zebra devices) ### Changed - Auto-correct disabled on custom font field
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    **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/v1.10.2...v1.10.3
  • Apr 13, 2026 v1.10.2
    ### Fixed - Control and other meta modifiers from IMEs are now working again ### Changed - URL highlight from bare text disabled until fixed - Bold-as-bright enabled by default (by nindanaoto) **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/v1.10.1...v1.10.2
  • Apr 11, 2026 v1.10.1
    ### Added - Ability to select light/dark theme in settings - More clickable URLs ### Fixed - Non-ASCII characters (e.g., üé) can be typed again - SSH host key rotation for RSA keys no longer crashes - URLs with no handlers no longer crash
  • Apr 9, 2026 v1.10.0
    Untested build ## What's Changed * Version 1.10.0 by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/2026 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/git-v1.9.13-467-g6ee19f0a...v1.10.0
  • Feb 24, 2026 git-v1.9.13-410-g2f783f64
    Untested build ## What's Changed * Bump gradle/actions from 5.0.1 to 5.0.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1958 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/git-v1.9.13-409-g3e0f62d1...git-v1.9.13-410-g2f783f64
  • Feb 22, 2026 git-v1.9.13-409-g3e0f62d1
    Untested build **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/git-v1.9.13-408-g781f7160...git-v1.9.13-409-g3e0f62d1
  • Feb 21, 2026 git-v1.9.13-408-g781f7160
    Untested build ## What's Changed * Bump org.connectbot:sshlib from 2.2.42 to 2.2.43 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1954 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/git-v1.9.13-407-gf2709736...git-v1.9.13-408-g781f7160
  • Feb 21, 2026 git-v1.9.13-406-gf069a2f9
    Untested build ## What's Changed * Bump hilt from 2.59.1 to 2.59.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1950 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/git-v1.9.13-405-g3bd54d5c...git-v1.9.13-406-gf069a2f9
  • Feb 20, 2026 git-v1.9.13-405-g3bd54d5c
    Untested build ## What's Changed * Add back keyboard shortcuts by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1948 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/git-v1.9.13-404-g6ec63286...git-v1.9.13-405-g3bd54d5c
  • Feb 20, 2026 git-v1.9.13-404-g6ec63286
    Untested build ## What's Changed * Revert termlib version to 0.0.18 by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1947 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/git-v1.9.13-403-gd5f69ca9...git-v1.9.13-404-g6ec63286
  • Feb 20, 2026 git-v1.9.13-403-gd5f69ca9
    Untested build ## What's Changed * Bump org.connectbot:termlib from 0.0.20 to 0.0.21 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1946 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/git-v1.9.13-402-gac1f3bf3...git-v1.9.13-403-gd5f69ca9
  • Feb 19, 2026 git-v1.9.13-402-gac1f3bf3
    Untested build ## What's Changed * Move the colors under profiles by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1945 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/git-v1.9.13-400-g2c9d9fd1...git-v1.9.13-402-gac1f3bf3
  • Feb 19, 2026 git-v1.9.13-400-g2c9d9fd1
    Untested build ## What's Changed * Add build version to migration logs by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1943 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/git-v1.9.13-398-g707bc780...git-v1.9.13-400-g2c9d9fd1
  • Feb 19, 2026 git-v1.9.13-398-g707bc780
    Untested build ## What's Changed * Bump org.connectbot:termlib from 0.0.19 to 0.0.20 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1942 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/git-v1.9.13-395-g81a17a82...git-v1.9.13-398-g707bc780
  • Feb 17, 2026 git-v1.9.13-397-g8508bb7a
    Untested build ## What's Changed * Bump com.pswidersk.python-uv-plugin from 0.3.16 to 0.3.17 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1939 * Bump org.connectbot:sshlib from 2.2.41 to 2.2.42 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1940 * Bump ksp from 2.3.5 to 2.3.6 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1938 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/git-v1.9.13-394-g9278967d...git-v1.9.13-397-g8508bb7a
  • Feb 17, 2026 git-v1.9.13-394-g9278967d
    Untested build ## What's Changed * Bump org.connectbot:sshlib from 2.2.40 to 2.2.41 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1936 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/git-v1.9.13-393-g437e6851...git-v1.9.13-394-g9278967d
  • Feb 14, 2026 git-v1.9.13-393-g437e6851
    Untested build ## What's Changed * Bump org.connectbot:termlib from 0.0.18 to 0.0.19 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1932 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/git-v1.9.13-392-g2fb4fd40...git-v1.9.13-393-g437e6851
  • Feb 14, 2026 git-v1.9.13-392-g2fb4fd40
    Untested build ## What's Changed * Bump com.android.application from 9.0.0 to 9.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1930 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/git-v1.9.13-391-g8cca2cfd...git-v1.9.13-392-g2fb4fd40
  • Feb 12, 2026 git-v1.9.13-391-g8cca2cfd
    Untested build ## What's Changed * Update translations by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1929 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/git-v1.9.13-388-gc5ea7668...git-v1.9.13-391-g8cca2cfd
  • Nov 3, 2025 v1.9.13
    Untested build ## What's Changed * Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 2.2.1 to 2.2.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1504 * Bump reactivecircus/android-emulator-runner from 2.33.0 to 2.34.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1503 * Bump com.google.errorprone:error_prone_core from 2.36.0 to 2.38.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1499 * Update translations by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1505 * Translations: update to Babel 2.17.0 by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1509 * Bump actions/download-artifact from 4.2.1 to 4.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1511 * [Translations] Automatic update by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1510
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    * [Translations] Automatic update by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1515 * Bump gradle/actions from 4.3.1 to 4.4.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1520 * [Translations] Automatic update by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1526 * [Translations] Automatic update by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1532 * Bump gradle/actions from 4.4.0 to 4.4.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1548 * Bump actions/download-artifact from 4.3.0 to 5.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1550 * Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 2.2.2 to 2.3.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1530 * [Translations] Automatic update by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1558 * Bump gradle/actions from 4.4.2 to 5.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1573 * Bump actions/cache from 4.2.3 to 4.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1572 * Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 2.3.2 to 2.4.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1576 * Bump actions/setup-java from 4.7.1 to 5.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1561 * Bump com.starter.easylauncher from 6.4.0 to 6.4.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1517 * Bump actions/checkout from 4.2.2 to 5.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1549 * Add database foreign key constraints with cascade deletes by @steffen-heil-secforge in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1577 * Update to sshlib 2.2.28 by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1580 * [Translations] Automatic update by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1560 * Update targetSdkVersion to 35 by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1581 * Migrate build files to Kotlin by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1582 * Generate a better version string by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1583 * [Translations] Automatic update by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1584 * Edge to edge by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1585 * Do not pin ndk version by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1588 * [Translations] Automatic update by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1589 * Some fixes to enable espresso test reliability by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1592 * Update sshlib 2.2.31 for ChaCha20 compat by @kruton in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1591 ## New Contributors * @steffen-heil-secforge made their first contribution in https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/pull/1577 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/compare/v1.9.12...v1.9.13