TUI & CLI (sc)

The sc command brings Schooner into your terminal workflow. Use the interactive TUI picker or pass arguments for scripting and quick connections.

Installation

On first launch, Schooner offers to install the sc binary at /usr/local/bin/sc. You can also install or reinstall it any time from Settings → General → Command Line Tool → Install.

Interactive TUI picker

sc

Running sc with no arguments opens the interactive TUI picker. Your hosts are listed sorted by frecency (most recently and frequently used first). Use the keyboard to navigate:

• ↑ / ↓ — move selection
• Type anything — live fuzzy filter across alias, nickname, hostname, tags
• Enter — connect to the selected host in the current terminal
• Esc or Ctrl-C — quit without connecting

Direct connection

sc <alias>

If you know the alias, pass it directly to skip the picker and connect immediately:

sc myserver

File transfer

sc cp <src> <dst>

Transfer files between local and remote endpoints. Endpoints are specified as local:/path or alias:/path:

# Upload a local file to a remote server
sc cp local:/tmp/report.pdf prod-server:/home/deploy/

# Download a remote directory
sc cp prod-server:/var/log/app local:/tmp/logs/

# Server-to-server direct transfer (Pro)
sc cp server-a:/data/backup server-b:/backups/

Progress is printed to stdout as JSON-lines events. The transfer supports resume (--resume flag).

Other subcommands

sc list          # Print all hosts as a table
sc list --json   # Output hosts as JSON

sc open          # Bring the Schooner GUI to the foreground

Shell completion

Generate completion scripts for your shell:

# zsh
sc completion zsh > ~/.zsh/completions/_sc

# bash
sc completion bash > /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/sc

# fish
sc completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/sc.fish