Mochitao

Move files without leaving the terminal

Browse the server, queue uploads and downloads, edit a game data file and fix permissions — on the same connection.

4 min read

Step by step

  1. Open Files

    Open a Files tab on the host you are connected to. It uses the same SSH login, so there is nothing to sign in to again.

    Where: Files

  2. Find what you need

    Walk the breadcrumbs, filter the current folder by name, sort by name or date, and show or hide hidden files. Type a path to jump straight to it.

  3. Upload and download

    Upload several files at once, or download to Downloads or a folder you choose. The transfer queue can pause, resume, retry and remove; if a file already exists, choose resume, skip, overwrite or cancel.

  4. Edit in place

    Open a text file to read or edit it and save it back. Images open with zoom, markdown switches between rendered and raw.

  5. Fix permissions

    chmod a file on a read, write and execute grid, or type the octal value. Renaming and new folders show the resulting path before you confirm.

Good to know

  • Pin the folders you open most as quick paths in the host editor: up to 8 per host.
  • Deleting on the server has no bin. The app says so before it deletes.
  • An interrupted transfer picks up where it left off, so a dropped connection does not mean starting over.

The Files browser: Android only today.

Screens from the app. The studio, its game and every host in them are made up.