Mutagen

Grab the latest binary from here

Make sure you've already set up your SSH config for your remote machine. Here's an example from my ~/.ssh/config:

Host devbox
    HostName 192.168.1.100
    User jimbo

Sync files from remote to local:

mutagen sync create \
    --name=music-localdev ./localdev \
    jimbo@devbox:~/clones/music/localdev --ignore-vcs

Now you can open the local folder with any editor you like.

Port forwarding:

mutagen forward create --name=mysql tcp:localhost:3306 devbox:tcp:localhost:3306

This lets you connect to the remote MySQL server using your local MySQL client.

Using it along with WSL

My quick tips for WSL:

Treat WSL and Windows as separate systems
Access WSL files from Windows through the /wsl network drive
Avoid using the /mnt path in WSL for Windows files - it's slow! Use git or Mutagen instead for better performance