How to open remote files in sublime text 3

On macOS, one option is to install FUSE for macOS and use sshfs to mount a remote directory:

mkdir local_dir
sshfs remote_user@remote_host:remote_dir/ local_dir

Some caveats apply with mounting network volumes, so YMMV.


On server

Install rsub:

wget -O /usr/local/bin/rsub \https://raw.github.com/aurora/rmate/master/rmate
chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/rsub

On local

  1. Install rsub Sublime3 package:

On Sublime Text 3, open Package Manager (Ctrl-Shift-P on Linux/Win, Cmd-Shift-P on Mac, Install Package), and search for rsub and install it

  1. Open command line and connect to remote server:

ssh -R 52698:localhost:52698 server_user@server_address

  1. after connect to server run this command on server:

rsub path_to_file/file.txt

  1. File opening auto in Sublime 3

As of today (2018/09/05) you should use : https://github.com/randy3k/RemoteSubl because you can find it in packagecontrol.io while "rsub" is not present.