RelayBar is a tiny native macOS menu-bar app for local SSH port forwards. It has no external dependencies and runs macOS's built-in /usr/bin/ssh directly. Download the latest release Imports common commands such as ssh -N -L 8080:localhost:3000 user@host Adds tunnels manually with five small fields Starts and stops each tunnel with one click Starts a tunnel and opens its local URL in the default browser with one click Retries unexpected disconnects up to 10 times with exponential backoff Shows startup failures directly beside the tunnel Stores tunnel definitions in local UserDefaults Stops child SSH processes when RelayBar quits RelayBar intentionally manages one local (-L) forward per item. Safe connection options such as -p, -J, -i, and a restricted set of -o values are preserved when importing a command. Options that can execute local commands, select arbitrary configuration files, or write logs are rejected. RelayBar never invokes a shell. RelayBar is distributed outside the Mac App Store and is intentionally not sandboxed. Its SSH process behaves like the command-line client: it reads the user's normal ~/.ssh/config and known_hosts, can use configured identity files, and inherits access to the user's SSH agent. SSH still runs non-interactively, so password prompts are not supported. On recent macOS versions, the first connection to a .local or LAN host may ask for Local Network access. The concise architecture and behavior archive starts at docs/system-specs. Requires macOS 13 or newer and the Xcode command-line tools. ./scripts/build-app.sh open .build/RelayBar.app The packaged app is written to .build/RelayBar.app. The build script automatically finds the first valid Developer ID Application certificate in the login keychain and signs with the hardened runtime. To create a signed ZIP: ./scripts/package-release.sh This writes .build/RelayBar.zip. A Developer ID signature identifies the publisher, but a downloaded app should also be notarized to pass Gatekeeper...
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