jcubic/jquery.terminal

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3235 stars · 572 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

jQuery Terminal is a JavaScript library (jQuery plugin) for creating web-based terminal emulators with custom command-line interpreters. It can automatically call JSON-RPC services when users type commands, or run interpreters defined in browser JavaScript, including nested command trees and authentication.

Use cases

• create a terminal-style website
• add a command line interface to my web app for power users
• build a web-based REPL for my JSON-RPC service
• make a terminal-based portfolio website
• build an interactive CLI chatbot in the browser
• add a debugging console to my web application
• create a fake shell interpreter in JavaScript

When to choose

• you want a browser terminal with commands you define yourself in JavaScript or via JSON-RPC
• you need nested interpreters, command trees, or login/authentication in a web terminal
• you want a terminal look-and-feel for a website, portfolio, or game menu

When to avoid

• you need a real remote shell/SSH session in the browser - use xterm.js instead
• your project doesn't use jQuery or you want a framework-agnostic component
• you need a full POSIX shell emulator rather than custom commands

Facets

library · maturity stable

interpreter cli terminal-ui http-client auth templating web-development frontend developer-tools browser jquery-plugin terminal-emulator json-rpc fake-terminal ansi-art repl web-terminal command-line-interpreter command-line javascript nodejs

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