# gravitational/teleconsole

Command line tool to share your UNIX terminal and forward local TCP ports to people you trust.

Repository: https://github.com/gravitational/teleconsole
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/teleconsole
Homepage: https://www.teleconsole.com
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: cli, tools, terminal-based, pair-programming, collaboration, ssh, tunnel
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-04-06T03:19:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3657, "days_push": 1975, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2761, forks 153 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:18.471157+00:00)

## What it is
Teleconsole is a Go-based command line tool for sharing a UNIX terminal session with others and forwarding local TCP ports over SSH, aimed at pair programming and remote collaboration. Its hosted relay service has been shut down by Gravitational (now Teleport), leaving the code available but the hosted workflow non-functional.

## Use cases
- share my terminal with a teammate for pair programming
- let a friend debug on my machine over ssh
- forward a local tcp port to a remote collaborator
- give temporary terminal access without opening firewall ports
- collaborate on a server session from the command line

## When to choose
- you want to self-host or fork a simple terminal-sharing tool
- you need a lightweight Go codebase to study for ssh tunneling
- you already run your own relay infrastructure

## When to avoid
- you need a working hosted service - it has been shut down
- you want actively maintained software - last release was 2021
- you need production-grade remote access - use Teleport or plain SSH instead

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ssh, networking, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, networking, security
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: terminal-sharing, pair-programming, port-forwarding, tunneling, remote-collaboration, go, discontinued-service, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- gravitational/teleconsole (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:18.471157+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 2026-08-30T08:18:44.450943+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gravitational/teleconsole (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:18.471157+00:00, sha 4cd91fd2dddc)
  - homepage: https://www.teleconsole.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:56:35.363577+00:00, sha 14823b0ebaf1)
  - site_page: https://goteleport.com/about/events (fetched 2026-08-29T09:56:35.376218+00:00, sha 71353d087215)
  - site_page: https://goteleport.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:56:35.377667+00:00, sha 514457eaa271)
  - site_page: https://goteleport.com/about/newsroom (fetched 2026-08-29T09:56:35.380139+00:00, sha 42aa44a34c6a)
  - site_page: https://goteleport.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:56:35.382286+00:00, sha 63368cd373b7)
  - site_page: https://goteleport.com/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T09:56:35.372899+00:00, sha ac6408de8c3f)
  - site_page: https://goteleport.com/integrations (fetched 2026-08-29T09:56:35.374606+00:00, sha 43dc460f0348)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.