# Tabby

A terminal for a more modern age

Repository: https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tabby
Homepage: https://tabby.sh
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: terminal-emulators, terminal, serial, ssh-client, telnet-client
Last push: 2026-08-24T04:03:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 94, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3540, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 42, "gap_med": 8, "n_releases_24m": 22}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 74161, forks 4223 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:21.389959+00:00)

## What it is
Tabby (formerly Terminus) is a highly configurable, cross-platform terminal emulator with an integrated SSH, Telnet, and serial client plus a connection manager. It offers theming, split panes, encrypted secrets storage, and a web-based SSH/SFTP/Telnet client that can be self-hosted.

## Use cases
- modern terminal emulator for windows
- ssh client with connection manager
- manage multiple ssh sessions with tabs and split panes
- serial console terminal for embedded devices
- telnet client
- transfer files over ssh with zmodem
- self-hosted web-based ssh client
- customize terminal themes and shortcuts

## When to choose
- you want a polished, themable GUI terminal across Windows, macOS, and Linux
- you need an integrated SSH/Telnet/serial client with saved connections and encrypted secrets
- you work with WSL, PowerShell, Git-Bash, or Cygwin shells on Windows
- you want a browser-based SSH/SFTP client you can self-host

## When to avoid
- you only need a minimal, lightweight terminal with no GUI features
- you prefer a pure CLI workflow without an Electron-based desktop app
- you need advanced terminal multiplexing like tmux sessions that persist on remote servers

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: ssh, terminal-ui, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: terminal-emulator, ssh-client, serial-terminal, telnet, connection-manager, theming, split-panes, zmodem, sftp, command-line, macos, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- Eugeny/tabby (main) score 97
- Eugeny/tabby-web (backend) score 59

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:21.389959+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 2026-08-29T16:14:59.332737+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:21.389959+00:00, sha 80c31db92210)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.