# ekzhang/sshx

Fast, collaborative live terminal sharing over the web

Repository: https://github.com/ekzhang/sshx
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sshx
Homepage: https://sshx.io
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: terminal, collaborative, rust, web, ssh, share, tty
Last push: 2025-06-19T14:09:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 46/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 27, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1663, "days_push": 440, "days_rel": 567, "gap_med": 22.0, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7653, forks 299 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:02.210148+00:00)

## What it is
sshx is a Rust-based CLI tool that shares a live terminal over the web via a secure link, rendering sessions on a collaborative infinite canvas with real-time cursors. It uses end-to-end encryption (Argon2 and AES) and connects to a globally distributed mesh of servers for low-latency access.

## Use cases
- share a terminal with a teammate for pair debugging
- let a friend run commands on my machine via a browser link
- pause a GitHub Actions workflow and debug it interactively
- teach a terminal session to multiple students watching live
- access remote cloud shells through a browser
- collaboratively troubleshoot a server from anywhere

## When to choose
- you need to share live terminal access quickly with a single command
- you want end-to-end encrypted terminal sharing without SSH keys
- you need multi-user real-time collaboration in a terminal
- you want to debug CI jobs interactively
- you need cross-platform terminal sharing including Windows and ARM devices

## When to avoid
- you need self-hosted infrastructure, which is not currently supported
- you only need classic one-to-one SSH access
- your security policy forbids piping install scripts from the web
- you need persistent long-lived remote access rather than ad-hoc sessions

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: ssh, terminal-ui, web-framework, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: collaborative-terminal, terminal-sharing, end-to-end-encryption, remote-debugging, pair-programming, infinite-canvas, ci-debugging, command-line, real-time, linux, macos, web-server

## Member repositories
- ekzhang/sshx (main) score 46

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.210148+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 2026-08-29T17:36:45.090281+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ekzhang/sshx (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.210148+00:00, sha dbb83bdb4091)
  - homepage: https://sshx.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:50.560248+00:00, sha c896a30ff02b)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/sshx (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:50.569296+00:00, sha 09fbcb9c69f7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.