# liftoff/GateOne

Gate One is an HTML5-powered terminal emulator and SSH client

Repository: https://github.com/liftoff/GateOne
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gateone
Homepage: http://liftoffsoftware.com/Products/GateOne
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-03-17T14:15:06+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": 5439, "days_push": 1265, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6298, forks 907 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:41.524904+00:00)

## What it is
Gate One is an HTML5 web-based terminal emulator and SSH client that runs in the browser without plugins. It supports many simultaneous users, resumable sessions, multiple authentication mechanisms, and extensibility via Python/JavaScript/CSS plugins.

## Use cases
- access ssh servers from a browser
- web-based terminal emulator for my servers
- resume terminal sessions after disconnect
- give users ssh access without a vpn
- embed a terminal into a web application
- log and record user terminal sessions
- multi-user ssh gateway with sso

## When to choose
- you need browser-based SSH/terminal access with no client install
- you want resumable, persistent terminal sessions across devices
- you need multi-user access with Kerberos/PAM/SSO authentication
- you want to embed a terminal into an existing web app

## When to avoid
- you need a native desktop terminal with local shell access
- you require actively developed software with frequent updates
- you need modern SSH features beyond what the plugin provides
- you want a lightweight single-user SSH client

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ssh, terminal-ui, web-framework, auth, logging, plugin-system, internationalization
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, security, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, python, browser, cross-platform
- tags: html5-terminal, web-based-ssh, session-resume, terminal-emulator, remote-access, browser-based-terminal, command-line, web-server, linux, javascript

## Member repositories
- liftoff/GateOne (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:41.524904+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 2026-08-29T17:46:16.318759+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/liftoff/GateOne (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:41.524904+00:00, sha 1ee8469579df)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.