Export sessions

Export moves sessions out of TermZ as JSON — useful for backups, sharing a set of hosts, or editing in bulk before re-importing.

Metadata only — no secrets

Export writes session metadata only. Passwords and stored credentials are never exported — only the credential name a session references travels with it.

Export selected sessions

Export lives in the Sessions tree, not in Settings.

1. Turn on multi-select with the Select toggle in the tree header (or ⌘/Ctrl-click rows).
2. Select the sessions you want.
3. Run Export.

TermZ copies pretty-printed JSON to your clipboard — there is no save dialog. Paste it into a .json file to keep it.

What’s in the file

The export is an envelope:

{
  "version": 1,
  "exported_at": "2026-07-09T12:00:00Z",
  "sessions": [
    {
      "name": "core-rtr-01",
      "kind": "ssh",
      "host": "10.0.4.1",
      "port": 22,
      "username": "netadmin",
      "auth_method": "PublicKey",
      "aux": "~/.ssh/id_ed25519",
      "folder_path": "/Datacenter/Core",
      "equipment_type": "router",
      "tags": ["prod", "core"],
      "notes": "Border router"
    }
  ]
}

Each session carries name, kind, host, port, username, auth_method, aux, folder_path, equipment_type, tags, and notes.

Round-trip

This is the same shape Import sessions reads, so an export drops straight back into TermZ.