# zhaojh329/rtty

🐛 Access your device from anywhere via the web.

Repository: https://github.com/zhaojh329/rtty
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rtty
Homepage: https://zhaojh329.github.io/rtty/
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: webshell, webssh, remote-shell, remote-control, remote-console, remote-debug, tty, nat, http-proxy, proxy, websocket
Last push: 2026-08-12T05:11:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 71, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3383, "days_push": 21, "days_rel": 118, "gap_med": 39.5, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4033, forks 549 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:32.816696+00:00)

## What it is
rtty is a remote terminal solution consisting of a lightweight C client for embedded Linux devices and a Go server with a Vue web frontend. It lets users access and manage devices behind NAT from anywhere via a web browser, using unique device IDs.

## Use cases
- access a device behind NAT from a web browser
- remote shell into embedded Linux devices
- remotely debug and maintain fleets of IoT devices
- manage large-scale distributed Linux devices over the web
- transfer files to remote devices through the browser
- provide a web-based terminal without exposing device ports

## When to choose
- you need remote terminal access to embedded or resource-constrained Linux devices
- devices sit behind NAT with no public IP or port forwarding
- you want browser-based access with no client software for operators
- you manage many distributed devices and need device-ID-based routing

## When to avoid
- you only need SSH to machines with public IPs or VPN access
- you need full graphical remote desktop rather than a terminal
- you cannot run a publicly reachable rtty server
- you need Windows device support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, websocket, proxy, file-upload
- domain: developer-tools, networking, iot, self-hosted, embedded-systems
- platform: embedded, cross-platform
- tags: remote-terminal, webssh, nat-traversal, embedded-linux, reverse-connection, device-management, webshell, remote-shell, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- zhaojh329/rtty (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.816696+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 2026-08-29T18:23:50.191004+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zhaojh329/rtty (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.816696+00:00, sha cf1b4add569a)
  - homepage: https://zhaojh329.github.io/rtty/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:16:24.191198+00:00, sha 30d7aaf3d0a6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.