# sorenisanerd/gotty

Share your terminal as a web application

Repository: https://github.com/sorenisanerd/gotty
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sorenisanerd-gotty
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-05T18:23:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 85, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1972, "days_push": 28, "days_rel": 101, "gap_med": 2, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2538, forks 174 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:59.218774+00:00)

## What it is
GoTTY is a Go command line tool that turns any CLI program into a web application by serving it in a browser via a built-in web server. It streams the terminal over WebSocket so users can view (and optionally interact with) the running command remotely.

## Use cases
- share a terminal session in a browser
- run htop or top from a web page
- give remote users read-only access to a CLI tool
- demo command-line tools over the web
- expose a terminal behind basic auth
- monitor long-running terminal processes remotely

## When to choose
- you want to view or share a live terminal in a browser with a single command
- you need a lightweight self-hosted web terminal without deploying a full service
- you want optional write access and basic auth for remote CLI access

## When to avoid
- you need a full multi-user SSH gateway or session recording
- you require strong security for untrusted users, since exposing a TTY over the web is risky
- you need a persistent remote shell manager like tmate or ttyd with more features

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, websocket, terminal-ui, cli
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, self-hosted
- platform: windows, go, cross-platform, cli
- tags: terminal-sharing, web-terminal, tty, remote-access, browser-terminal, command-line, linux, macos, web-server

## Member repositories
- sorenisanerd/gotty (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.218774+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 2026-08-30T02:25:11.934713+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sorenisanerd/gotty (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.218774+00:00, sha 51735f8e99d9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.