Help & guides

Setup walkthroughs and fixes for connecting to your machines with Bifrost.

Connect to PowerShell Remoting (WinRM) from your Mac

Enable WinRM on the Windows host, pick the right auth method, and get a stable PowerShell or Hyper-V session from your Mac.

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Bifrost FAQ

Quick answers: what Bifrost is, supported protocols, pricing & trial, privacy, data storage, and requirements.

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Manage Hyper-V from your Mac

Connect to a Hyper-V host over WinRM and manage its virtual machines, checkpoints and switches straight from your Mac.

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Fix “No route to host” on the first local connection (macOS)

The first connection to a machine on your LAN can fail until you allow Bifrost under macOS Local Network. Here's the fix.

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Connect to a Windows PC with RDP

Open a Windows Remote Desktop session: login (incl. domain), display & multi-monitor, redirection, gateway, and troubleshooting.

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Connect to a screen with VNC

Open a VNC screen: password, scaling & color depth, view-only, clipboard/shared, connecting to a Mac, and securing VNC over SSH.

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Connect over SSH with a key instead of a password

Use SSH keys in Bifrost: generate one in-app and auto-install it, or reuse an existing key via the agent. Plus the supported formats and troubleshooting.

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SSH port forwarding (tunnels) from your Mac

Create an SSH Tunnel connection with local, remote or dynamic (SOCKS5) rules to reach internal services through a server you can already SSH into.

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Connect through a jump host (bastion) on your Mac

Set a jump host on a connection so Bifrost reaches a private server through your bastion automatically.

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Transfer files with SFTP

Browse and move files over SFTP: connect with your SSH credentials, upload/download, edit remote files, change permissions, and switch SSH↔SFTP.

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Transfer files with FTP / FTPS

Connect over FTP or FTPS (TLS): choose the encryption mode and passive mode, then browse, upload and download with the same tools as SFTP.

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Sync your connections across Macs with iCloud

Keep connections, groups, snippets and credentials in sync across your Macs. Passwords sync separately and securely through the iCloud Keychain.

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Manage Docker over SSH from your Mac

Point Bifrost at a Docker host over SSH and manage its containers, images, volumes, networks and stacks — and switch between endpoints with Docker contexts.

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Manage Kubernetes from your Mac — a visual alternative to Lens and kubectl

Import a kubeconfig and manage your clusters visually from your Mac: pods, logs, exec, port-forward, scale, rollback and raw YAML.

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Manage Apple Containers on macOS

Manage Apple's native Linux containers on your Mac (local) or on a remote host over SSH, from one interface.

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