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Secure Shell

by Google Ireland, Ltd. · hterm.org · Developer Tools
Established publisherBy GoogleManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Terminal emulator and SSH and SFTP client.

Users
900K
0 in 30 days
Rating
3.4 / 5
−0.66 in 30 days
Ratings
254
+2 in 30 days
Store rank
#464
#432 among extensions
Version
0.82
updated 12 Oct 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
200K550K900KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 900,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
70162255Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 254 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Secure Shell

Secure Shell is an xterm-compatible terminal emulator and stand-alone ssh client for Chrome. It uses Native-Client to connect directly to ssh servers without the need for external proxies. A SFTP command line client is included. On ChromeOS, you can create SFTP mounts and access them from the Files app! An alpha build of Mosh is included now too. It has been well tested for a couple of years. Please read the FAQ, available here: https://hterm.org/x/ssh/faq. You can also exchange feedback in the chromium-hterm mailing list, available here: https://hterm.org/x/ssh/contact. The changelog is available here: https://hterm.org/x/ssh/changelog

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%0−0.66
30 days0+0.0%+2−0.66
6 months+100K+12.5%+3−0.67
1 year+100K+12.5%+1−0.68

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Secure Shell appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
secure#9+1
changelog#200
security#40+8

Version history

51 versions recorded
0.8212 Oct 2026
0.8116 Sep 2026
0.8024 Aug 2026
0.7920 Jul 2026
0.783 Jun 2026
0.7711 May 2026
0.7622 Mar 2026
0.759 Feb 2026

Details

Category
Developer Tools
First seen
21 May 2020
Size
6.1 MB
Languages
de, en, en-GB, fil, id, sw, ms, nl
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
policies.google.com
Support
hterm.org
Extension ID
iodihamcpbpeioajjeobimgagajmlibd

Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 1, likelihood 1
Permissions
clipboardReadclipboardWritecontextMenusidlenotificationsstorageterminalPrivateunlimitedStoragefileSystemProvideraccessibilityFeatures.read

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