tsl0922/ttyd

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

ttyd is a simple command-line tool written in C that shares a terminal session over the web using WebSockets and an xterm.js-based browser frontend. It supports SSL, basic authentication, file transfer (ZMODEM/trzsz), Sixel images, and runs on macOS, Linux, BSD, OpenWrt, and Windows.

Use cases

• access a remote terminal from a browser
• share a shell session over the web
• run a web-based terminal on a router with OpenWrt
• give students browser access to a Linux shell
• debug an embedded device terminal remotely
• expose a CLI tool through a web interface

When to choose

• you need browser-based access to a terminal without SSH client setup
• you want a lightweight, fast, cross-platform terminal sharing tool
• you need terminal access on resource-constrained devices like OpenWrt routers
• you want built-in SSL and basic auth for terminal sharing

When to avoid

• you need multi-user session management or recording (use a full bastion/SSH solution)
• you require fine-grained authorization beyond basic auth
• exposing a raw shell to untrusted networks without additional hardening

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

websocket http-server terminal-ui cli developer-tools web-development self-hosted windows cross-platform cli terminal-sharing xtermjs remote-terminal tty zmodem openwrt command-line linux macos web-server docker

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