Some might call me an Emacs tramp (🤣), but I’m referring to the Emacs mode that allows for editing remote files over ssh connections.
TRAMP (Transparent Remote Access, Multiple Protocols) is a package for editing remote files, similar to AngeFtp or efs. Whereas the others use FTP to connect to the remote host and to transfer the files, TRAMP uses a remote shell connection (rlogin, telnet, ssh). It can transfer the files using rcp or a similar program, or it can encode the file contents (using uuencode or base64) and transfer them right through the shell connection.
The overall experience is pretty much seamless, while not having to deal with a bunch of warts related to distributed file systems such as SMB, AFS, Dropbox, et. al. Works great even with version control tools such as magit.
The fact that TRAMP can operate over telnet (😱) of all protocols should tell you it’s ancient though. An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age.