v0.1.1 — Multi-Tab Sessions & 14-Day Free Trial
Hey everyone! Quick update — we just shipped v0.1.1.
What's new:
Multi-Tab Sessions — Open multiple SSH connections in Chrome-style tabs. Switch between servers without disconnecting.
Keyboard Shortcuts — Cmd+T to open a new tab, Cmd+W to close. Tabs stay alive in the background.
One Connection Per Tab — Click an existing connection and it switches to its tab instead of opening a duplicate.
14-Day Free Trial — You can now try Pluto Door for free. No credit card, no license key needed. Just download, enter your email, and start connecting.
Bug fixes:
Fixed terminal resize crash when tabs are hidden
Fixed stale session IDs when switching between tabs
Try it:
Download from https://plutodoor.com — hit "Try Free" and you're in.
If you've been on the fence, this is a good time to give it a shot. And if you're already using it — update to v0.1.1 and let us know how tabs feel. Feedback, bugs, feature requests — drop them here. We're building this in public and your input shapes what comes next.
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Pluto Door
This is nice!!
I'm wondering how the background tabs handle resource usage when you have like 10+ connections open?
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@rohanrecommends
Background tabs are kept alive but idle — the terminal rendering loop suspends when a tab loses focus, so there's zero GPU/paint overhead.
Each tab holds:
1 persistent SSH connection — a lightweight open socket, near-zero CPU when idle
1 terminal buffer — ~2-5 MB depending on scrollback history
So 10 open sessions ≈ 10 sockets + ~20-50 MB of memory. Comparable to running multiple tabs in any native
terminal emulator. SSH connections are event-driven, so inactive sessions consume virtually no CPU — they only
wake on incoming data.
At scale, we could add idle session teardown with automatic reconnect on tab focus, but for typical usage
(10-20 tabs) it's well within comfortable limits.