# yituorou/meatshell

一个轻量级、低内存占用的 SSH / 终端客户端（A lightweight, low-memory SSH / terminal client）

Repository: https://github.com/yituorou/meatshell
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/meatshell
Homepage: https://ixbaicn.github.io/meatshell-docs/
Language: Rust
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-26T18:24:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 6
- inputs: {"age_days": 90, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 63}
- 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 1356, forks 168 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:29.375639+00:00)

## What it is
MeatShell is a lightweight, low-memory SSH and terminal client written in Rust with Slint, inspired by FinalShell. It offers multi-tab terminal emulation, session management, SFTP file browsing, port forwarding, and local/remote resource monitoring while keeping memory usage in the tens of megabytes instead of the 400 MB+ typical of JVM-based alternatives.

## Use cases
- ssh into servers with a lightweight terminal client
- replace FinalShell without the JVM memory overhead
- browse and upload files over SFTP with drag and drop
- monitor remote server CPU memory and disk usage
- set up SSH port forwarding and SOCKS5 tunnels
- manage multiple SSH sessions with tabs and split panes
- import existing FinalShell or ~/.ssh/config connections

## When to choose
- you want FinalShell-like features (resource monitoring sidebar, session management, multi-tab terminal) with native performance
- you need a cross-platform SSH client with very low memory footprint
- you require SFTP, ZMODEM, port forwarding, and Telnet/serial support in one tool

## When to avoid
- you need a mature, long-audited SSH client for high-security environments
- you rely on FinalShell features not yet implemented here
- you need a license-guaranteed product (repository currently shows no license file)

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: ssh, terminal-ui, gui, file-upload, monitoring, networking
- domain: developer-tools, networking, self-hosted
- platform: windows, rust, cross-platform
- tags: ssh-client, terminal-emulator, sftp, finalshell-alternative, port-forwarding, slint, low-memory, session-management, telnet, serial, command-line, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- yituorou/meatshell (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:29.375639+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 2026-08-30T04:41:56.371692+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yituorou/meatshell (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:29.375639+00:00, sha 7f9acc39f2c7)
  - homepage: https://ixbaicn.github.io/meatshell-docs/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:12.163163+00:00, sha c050d0ae0e9e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.