Remote hosts

You need SSH access to a Linux host running on x86-64 or AArch64. Accent uses your system SSH settings, including hosts in ~/.ssh/config, and uploads its helper when you connect. The Flatpak can connect to a host with the same processor architecture as its own build.

Open a vault

Choose Open Remote… on the start screen or in the menu. Enter the SSH host and the vault’s path on that host, then choose Connect. The host field accepts an SSH config alias, and ~ in the path means your home folder there. You can also open a vault with accent ssh://user@host/path/to/vault.

Your files stay on the host, where search, Git, language servers, and notebook kernels run. New Terminal opens a shell there too; see Terminals for local and other remote shells. Deleting a file from a remote vault is permanent, so Accent asks before doing it.

Forward a port

Open the Ports pane to make a service on either computer reachable from the other. For example, set Local to 8080 and Remote to 8000, then choose Add. Now localhost:8080 reaches port 8000 on the host. Click the arrow between the fields to reverse the direction, or use Stop Forwarding on a row to remove it. Accent restores active forwards after a reconnect.

Reconnect

If an established connection drops, Accent retries and shows the next attempt in a banner. Choose Reconnect Now if you want to retry sooner or need to enter a passphrase. If the first connection fails, choose Reconnect after fixing the problem.