# petethepig/devtools-terminal

Terminal in Chrome Devtools

Repository: https://github.com/petethepig/devtools-terminal
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/devtools-terminal
Homepage: http://blog.dfilimonov.com/2013/09/12/devtools-terminal.html
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: devtools, javascript, terminal
Last push: 2016-11-10T23:00:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4743, "days_push": 3583, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1312, forks 88 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:20.272148+00:00)

## What it is
A Chrome DevTools extension that embeds a system terminal inside the browser's Developer Tools panel. It connects via Chrome's Native Messaging API on Mac/Linux or through a Node.js websocket server for remote connections.

## Use cases
- run a terminal inside Chrome DevTools
- tail development logs without leaving the browser
- access a rails console or psql from DevTools
- connect to a remote host's shell over websocket
- run git commands from a browser panel

## When to choose
- you live in Chrome DevTools and want quick shell access
- you need a lightweight remote terminal over websocket
- you're on Mac or Linux and want native messaging integration

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained tool - the project hasn't been updated since 2016
- you need native messaging on Windows
- you want a full-featured standalone terminal emulator

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: terminal-ui, websocket, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, browser-extensions
- platform: browser-extension, cross-platform
- tags: chrome-devtools, terminal-emulator, remote-terminal, native-messaging, command-line, nodejs, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- petethepig/devtools-terminal (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:20.272148+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:49:25.532232+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/petethepig/devtools-terminal (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:20.272148+00:00, sha 2fac7396c815)
  - homepage: http://blog.dfilimonov.com/2013/09/12/devtools-terminal.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:07:57.047104+00:00, sha 722746d770c7)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/devtools-terminal (fetched 2026-08-29T12:07:57.056318+00:00, sha b680461596c0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.