# zachlatta/sshtron

$ ssh sshtron.zachlatta.com

Repository: https://github.com/zachlatta/sshtron
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sshtron
Homepage: http://sshtron.zachlatta.com
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, ssh, game
Last push: 2023-07-17T01:48:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3832, "days_push": 1144, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2491, forks 118 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:56.410651+00:00)

## What it is
SSHTron is a multiplayer lightcycle (Tron-style) game playable entirely over SSH by connecting to a hosted server. It is written in Go and can also be self-hosted via Docker.

## Use cases
- play a multiplayer tron lightcycle game in the terminal
- play a game over ssh without installing anything
- host my own ssh-based multiplayer game server
- fun demo to show off ssh to friends
- run a terminal game on a raspberry pi

## When to choose
- you want a quick, zero-install multiplayer terminal game
- you want to self-host a fun ssh game on your own server or Raspberry Pi

## When to avoid
- you need a polished, actively developed game
- you are uncomfortable connecting to third-party ssh servers
- you want graphics beyond a terminal

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: game-engine, ssh, networking
- domain: gaming-tools, developer-tools
- platform: go, windows, self-hosted, cli
- tags: lightcycle, multiplayer, terminal-game, ssh-server, tron, hackathon-project, command-line, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- zachlatta/sshtron (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:56.410651+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 2026-08-30T08:31:49.312981+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zachlatta/sshtron (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:56.410651+00:00, sha 5c93cefce084)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.