tty.js

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases

Adoption not part of the score

4218 stars · 475 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

tty.js is a Node.js application that serves an interactive terminal in the browser using express and socket.io, with tabs, windowing, 256-color support, and persistent sessions. It is built on term.js, a JavaScript xterm/VT100 terminal emulator, and pty.js for spawning pseudo-terminals.

Use cases

• access a shell in my browser
• run a remote terminal over https
• web-based terminal for a server
• use vim and tmux from a browser tab
• self-host a browser terminal with basic auth
• give users a web terminal on a node.js server

When to choose

• you need a browser-accessible terminal on a Node.js stack and are on an older environment
• you want a self-contained, configurable web terminal with auth and HTTPS options
• you want to embed terminal functionality programmatically into a Node.js app

When to avoid

• you need a maintained project - tty.js is abandoned and has known security risks exposing a shell
• you want modern features and active support - use xterm.js with a maintained backend like ttyd, wetty, or GoTTY alternatives
• you need robust authentication - its auth is basic and the project warns security is up to you

Facets

application · maturity abandoned

terminal-ui http-server websocket cli developer-tools web-development self-hosted self-hosted cross-platform terminal-emulator browser-terminal ssh-alternative xterm socket-io remote-shell command-line nodejs web-server

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