# mpiorowski/late-sh

A cozy terminal clubhouse for computer people. Lofi, games, chat, artboard, and tech news, all via SSH.

Repository: https://github.com/mpiorowski/late-sh
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/late-sh
Homepage: https://late.sh
Language: Rust
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: cli, irc, ssh, tui, terminal
Last push: 2026-08-26T17:35:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 10
- inputs: {"age_days": 144, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 364}
- flags: young, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1408, forks 94 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:38.600798+00:00)

## What it is
late.sh is a terminal-first social platform accessed entirely over SSH, offering real-time chat, lofi/classical radio streaming, terminal games, a shared ASCII artboard, work profiles, and tech news. The repository contains the Rust workspace (SSH TUI server, web frontend, and companion audio CLI) behind the hosted service, licensed as source-available (FSL) rather than OSI open source.

## Use cases
- hang out in a terminal chat room over ssh
- listen to lofi radio from the command line
- play 2048 or minesweeper in my terminal
- draw on a shared ascii artboard with friends
- meet other developers in a cozy terminal community
- self-host a terminal-based social space
- share tech news links and discuss them

## When to choose
- you want a social/chat experience that works from any SSH client with no account signup
- you want terminal games, radio, and chat bundled in one cozy TUI
- you want to self-host the stack locally with Docker
- you prefer SSH-key identity with no passwords or OAuth

## When to avoid
- you need strictly OSI-approved open-source licensing (it is source-available under FSL)
- you need a graphical social platform or mobile app
- you need production-grade moderation or enterprise chat features
- you want a fully offline experience - core features depend on the hosted service

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: chat-interface, terminal-ui, ssh, audio-processing, game, gui
- domain: social-media, gaming-tools, entertainment, self-hosted
- platform: windows, cli, self-hosted, rust
- tags: ssh-tui, lofi-radio, terminal-social, source-available, icecast, companion-cli, arcade-games, collaborative-artboard, command-line, linux, macos, android, docker

## Member repositories
- mpiorowski/late-sh (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.600798+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 2026-08-30T04:38:36.223716+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mpiorowski/late-sh (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.600798+00:00, sha 008b69660b87)
  - homepage: https://late.sh (fetched 2026-08-29T11:52:12.589439+00:00, sha 391db65c6fa5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.