mobile-shell/mosh

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

14401 stars · 855 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Mosh is a remote terminal application that replaces interactive SSH sessions with a UDP-based protocol that survives roaming, IP changes, sleep, and intermittent connectivity. It provides intelligent speculative local echo so typing feels instant even on high-latency or lossy links.

Use cases

• keep a terminal session alive while switching between Wi-Fi and cellular
• resume a remote shell after laptop sleep or network drop
• get instant typing feedback over high-latency SSH connections
• work on a remote server over spotty or lossy networks
• roam between IP addresses without dropping the terminal session

When to choose

• you need interactive remote shells on mobile or unreliable networks
• your SSH sessions drop when changing networks or waking from sleep
• typing lag over long-distance links makes SSH painful
• you want a terminal that works with full-screen apps like vim or emacs on bad links

When to avoid

• you need X forwarding or port forwarding
• you need non-interactive uses like scp, tunnels, or automation scripts
• your environment is not UTF-8
• you cannot open UDP ports on the server or firewall

Facets

application · maturity stable

networking security cli terminal-ui networking developer-tools cross-platform windows bsd cross-platform cli remote-terminal ssh-replacement roaming udp intermittent-connectivity local-echo mobile-shell command-line linux macos android ios

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