Repository management on remote machine using SSH connection
I often work on servers via ssh connection and develop directly there (for example using VS-Code Remote Development using SSH: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/ssh).
But unfortunately, I can not manage these local repositories on the remote machine through my local machine's GitKraken client. It would be a really nice feature to have because the in-built git client/extensions in VS-Code are not so good as GitKraken.
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16 Jul, '25
A MayHighlighted comment
Now that tools such as VSCode and the Jetbrains suite offer a range of remote development options, not having the ability to remote inspect git repositories over SSH leaves GitKraken behind. This leaves me in a position where I'm assessing whether GitKraken will be part of my development toolset going forward.
I am quite happy to pay for a tool that offers advantages over others, but I don't think it's good value to pay for one that has disadvantages. Sure, effort has been put into building out AI functionality, but it's pretty pointless/useless in my opinion. -
21 Mar, '22
Axel HeiderSeems this is the same feature request as https://feedback.gitkraken.com/suggestions/198549/ssh-tunneling
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26 Aug, '22
Ean MoodyMy organization uses dockerized development environments (where the code is cloned and built within a docker container) and they seem to be getting more popular.
The primary way I've seen to work with these environments is via SSH. The lack of this feature means I'm going to have to discontinue use of GitKraken despite loving it. -
06 Jun, '23
Patrick*EDIT: it may just be a URL and SSH issue for me. I might not have the same use case as the above posters, and I may have the feature I need already available after all.
Just came across the need for this recently. Would love to have something akin to the abilities that PHPStorm has with SSH deployment. I have to code locally and test remotely, but for various reasons I need to manage git activity on the remote server due to shared scripts. Would be nice to identify that server as a valid remote repository so I can leverage GitKraken. -
06 Jun, '24
Louis THave to work with code checked out into build environments on AWS instances (we have a "no code on local machine" policy).
I have been using the remote development tools in PyCharm and would seriously like to be able to manage the repos on these remote machines using GK. -
17 Mar, '25
MattYeah i have the same usecase as op here, i often develop with VS code on remote servers for web development. Having the ability to manage repos on remote servers would be a godsend.
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03 Apr, '25
PhilJust updated to version 11 and realized we got AI commit messages instead of this feature. The entire roadmap is AI nonsense that nobody needs.... Thinking of cancelling my subscription
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08 Apr, '25
Jonas FlintI know. I'm tired of the AI bits on everything also. It's the buzzword that nobody really needs atm. But remote git management through git kraken would be game changing.
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13 May, '25
Chris RickardHaving GitKraken be able to manage the repos on remote machines would be incredibly useful. Add my vote to the list.
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10 Jun, '25
MirkoThis would be a gamechanger for me and so many other users. Come on Axosoft, please integrate this functionality into Gitkraken!
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11 Jun, '25
RaghavBeen paying for and using GitKraken for years at this point and in my eyes this is the only missing feature to make it a perfect product for me. Please add this feature!
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26 Jun, '25
NathanChecking on 06/26/2025.
Hi Really need this feature, do you have any plan on this feature? -
30 Jul, '25
OzzyIs there an update on this? It is July-2025 and this suggestion has been receiving upvotes since 2022.
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11 Oct, '25
rtkushnerYup, agreed with the last 2 years of comments her.
Nuke the ai slop and just put one dev on this for a month. Cmon fellas
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30 Dec, '25
jbondhusFurther agreed on this. Modern IDEs including JetBrains products and Cursor both support remote development, it eliminates issues regarding line endings and simplifies environment setup significantly. Gitkraken not supporting this is making me seriously consider if I want to continue using it, because although it's a nice tool, it's virtually useless if my development environment can't be accessed remotely.
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29 Apr
El TebeA large portion of developers and DevOps engineers no longer work on their local machines. Their IDEs connect to remote environments instead (internal company codebases, fast onboarding processes). Coder, DevPods, and Codespaces are extremely popular solutions, and in 2026 it is absurd for a dedicated tool not to support this—especially when all kinds of open-source/free plugins can already provide this functionality even inside VS Code.
And we have not even mentioned the mandatory corporate policies and increasingly strict legal/regulatory requirements (for example, where code and environments may be stored, where they may run, who can access them, and in what traceable, logged manner).
Because of this, renewing a GitKraken license will become pointless, and it is not valuable enough for an entire team or company to avoid adopting a full remote development solution solely because this feature is missing.
Of course, AI support is very important as well (which, again, often cannot si