Installation

Installation#

There are two ways to install tabby-aws-ssm-ssh.

Method 1 — Install from the Tabby Plugin Manager#

This is the recommended method for most users.

  1. Open Tabby and go to Settings → Plugins.

  2. In the search box, search for aws-ssm-ssh.

  3. Click Install, then restart Tabby when prompted.

Method 2 — Clone the Git repository and build from source#

  1. Clone the repository and move into it:

    git clone https://github.com/search5/tabby-aws-ssm-ssh.git
cd tabby-aws-ssm-ssh

  2. Install the npm dependencies:

    npm install

  3. Build the plugin:

    npm run build

  4. Copy the built plugin into Tabby’s plugin directory:

    npm run install-plugin

    npm run install-plugin copies the dist/ output into Tabby’s plugin directory:

    • Linux: ~/.config/tabby/plugins

    • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/tabby/plugins

    • Windows: %APPDATA%\tabby\plugins

  5. Restart Tabby so it picks up the newly installed plugin.

Development workflow#

If you are iterating on the plugin itself rather than just installing it, use the watch build instead of a one-off npm run build:

npm run watch          # rebuild automatically on every source change
npm run install-plugin # copy dist/ into Tabby's plugin directory

Remember to restart Tabby (or reload its window) after each install-plugin run to pick up the new build.