BURSUcm
Product tour

A closer look at BURSU Connection Manager

BURSU Connection Manager is a fast cross-platform desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux — for remote connections and credentials, with jump hosts, port forwarding, split-view terminals, broadcast input and command snippets built in. Take a guided tour of the main areas — the Home dashboard, your connection tree, live sessions, the encrypted vault and team access — the way you'll actually use them every day. A full feature list follows at the end.

Download Create free account
00 · Home dashboard

Start from the work that matters

The Home tab gives you quick stats, recent and favorite connections, vault status, account access, and a last-session restore list so you can reopen yesterday's workspace in one click or connection by connection.

  • Restore last session on demand
  • Open recent and favorite connections quickly
  • Jump to Security, Users, Settings and Add Connection
BURSUcm Home dashboard
01 · Connections

Your servers in a clean tree

Organize connections into nested folders like Network or Servers \ Production. Each row shows the protocol icon, name and host at a glance. Filter by All, Favorites or Recent, and use the search box or Quick Connect bar to jump straight in.

  • SSH, RDP, VNC, Telnet, Serial, Web, FTP & SFTP connections
  • Nested folders with collapse / expand
  • Favorites, recents and instant search
Connection tree with folders, filters and favorites
02 · Connection details

Everything about a host, at a glance

Select any connection to open its dashboard: host, port, protocol and group on one side, the linked credential and username on the other, plus tags and notes. Connect, favorite, edit or delete right from the header.

  • General + Credentials overview cards
  • One-click Connect, Favorite, Edit, Delete
  • Tags & notes for context
Connection detail dashboard for a saved host
03 · Live terminal & files

A full terminal with your files beside it

Open an SSH session in a tab with a real, fully interactive terminal and an SFTP file panel docked right next to it. Browse, upload and download without leaving the window, or go full screen when you need the room.

  • Embedded terminal with full ANSI colours
  • Side-by-side SFTP file browser
  • Split view: two sessions in one tab
  • One-click command snippets with {placeholder} prompts
  • Full-screen mode and one-click disconnect
SSH terminal session with an SFTP file panel
04 · Credentials

A dedicated, encrypted vault

Keep API keys, shared logins and admin passwords in their own grouped view, separate from connections. Secrets are encrypted at rest with a portable AES-256-GCM master password (or Windows DPAPI on Windows), and folders can inherit a default credential.

  • Grouped credentials (API keys, Shared, …)
  • DPAPI or portable master-password vault
  • Folder-inherited credentials
Credentials view grouped by folder
05 · Users & access

Share access without sharing everything

Create desktop users and choose exactly what they can do per folder — read, edit or reveal passwords — or grant a user full administrator access. Program users sign in to the desktop app only, no portal account required.

  • Per-folder Read / Edit / Passwords grants
  • Administrator role for full access
  • Desktop-only program users
Add user dialog with per-folder access permissions

Settings, your way

Storage, security, data and appearance — all in one place.

Database storage settings: Local, PostgreSQL or BURSUcloud
Storage — Local SQLite, PostgreSQL, or BURSUcloud with Google or Microsoft sign-in.
Security settings with master password options
Security — master password, saved-password handling, password policy.
Data settings for import and export
Data — import / export connections and back up the whole database.
Appearance settings with theme, language, Welcome tab, session restore and updates
Appearance — System / Light / Dark theme and 4 languages.

Everything in BURSU Connection Manager

A complete look at what the app can do — from protocols and the terminal to security, cloud sync and team access.

Protocols

  • SSH with a full interactive terminal
  • RDP in an embedded remote desktop tab
  • VNC with TLS/VeNCrypt encryption and one-click .vnc import
  • Telnet and Serial (COM port) consoles
  • Web (HTTP/HTTPS) pages in an embedded browser
  • FTP, FTPS and SFTP file transfer

Terminal & files

  • Embedded terminal with full ANSI colours and TUI support
  • Split view — two sessions side by side in one tab
  • Broadcast input: type once, send to every open session
  • Command snippets with {placeholder} prompts, synced and shared
  • Side-by-side SFTP file browser with upload and download
  • Terminal colour schemes, font family and size of your choice
  • Log a session to a file, with a configurable log folder
  • Two-pane file manager with a transfer queue, drag-and-drop and chmod
  • Multi-line paste confirmation with a preview
  • Full-screen mode and one-click disconnect

Remote desktop options

  • Our own built-in RDP engine with H.264 graphics and remote audio
  • Multi-monitor RDP: each screen in its own movable window
  • VNC sessions with clipboard sharing, scaling and view-only mode
  • Per-connection colour depth and connection quality
  • Redirect clipboard, local drives and printers
  • Choose where remote audio plays
  • Or hand off to the native Remote Desktop client on Windows

Connections & organisation

  • Unlimited nested folders with collapse / expand
  • Favorites, recents and instant search
  • Filter by All, Favorites or Recent
  • Tags, notes and last-used time on every connection
  • Wake-on-LAN: power on a sleeping machine from its own menu
  • Folder order and state synced across devices

Credentials & security

  • Dedicated, grouped credential vault
  • Two-factor (TOTP) codes stored with the credential they belong to
  • Built-in password generator where you save the password
  • Folder-inherited credentials
  • Portable AES-256-GCM master-password vault (Windows DPAPI on Windows)
  • Your master password never leaves your device
  • Encrypted app settings and a configurable password policy

SSH power features

  • Jump host / bastion chains (ProxyJump) for terminal and SFTP
  • Local (-L) and remote (-R) port-forwarding tunnels per connection
  • Keys from the OpenSSH agent — enter the passphrase once
  • Host-key verification (Trust On First Use), like PuTTY
  • Per-connection key authentication, keep-alive and timeouts

BURSUcloud & sync

  • Zero-knowledge HTTPS API — the server only ever sees ciphertext
  • An isolated PostgreSQL database per account
  • Sign in with email and password, with Google or Microsoft
  • Sync across desktop, the web portal and Android
  • Offline mode: keep working from an encrypted local copy when the network or database is down, then sync automatically

Team & access control

  • Desktop program users with no portal account required
  • Shared portal members managed right from the app
  • Per-folder Read, Edit and Reveal-password grants for everyone
  • Per-user permission to manage command snippets
  • The database owner always stays administrator

Productivity

  • Keyboard shortcuts for tabs, search and vault lock
  • Live status dot on every tab and one-click reconnect
  • Home dashboard with stats, recents and favorites
  • Restore your last session on demand or at startup
  • Automatic update notifications you can switch off

Storage, data & platforms

  • Local SQLite, PostgreSQL or BURSUcloud storage
  • Import / export connections and protected database snapshots
  • System, Light and Dark themes
  • English, Russian, Ukrainian and Georgian
  • Windows (x64/x86/ARM64), macOS (Intel & Apple Silicon), Linux (.deb/.rpm/.pkg.tar.xz) and Android — runtime bundled

Get BURSU Connection Manager

Install the desktop app and, when you're ready, sync everything through BURSUcloud.

Download BURSUcm Create free account