# nickola/web-console

:desktop_computer: Web-based shell in your browser

Repository: https://github.com/nickola/web-console
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/web-console
Homepage: https://nickola.dev/projects/web-console
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: web, shell, console, browser, remote
Last push: 2021-04-10T16:20:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4579, "days_push": 1971, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1556, forks 348 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:03.196853+00:00)

## What it is
Web Console is a lightweight web-based shell that lets you execute shell commands on a server directly from a browser. It is a single PHP file requiring no database, deployable in minutes even on shared hosting, with basic user/password authentication.

## Use cases
- run shell commands on a server from a browser
- get a web-based terminal on shared hosting
- remotely administer a server without SSH access
- quickly deploy a browser console to a web server
- execute commands on a host behind restrictive firewalls
- manage a server from a device with only a web browser

## When to choose
- you need a quick, zero-database web shell on shared PHP hosting
- you cannot use SSH and only have HTTP access to a server
- you want a minimal single-file remote console with simple credentials

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured terminal emulator with sessions, tabs, or tmux-like features
- you require strong security, audit logging, or multi-factor authentication
- the project must be actively maintained - releases stopped in 2021 and it lacks a formal license file
- you need a persistent SSH connection rather than one-shot command execution

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-server, cli, auth, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, self-hosted, web-development
- platform: self-hosted, browser, php
- tags: web-shell, remote-shell, browser-terminal, php-single-file, shared-hosting, command-line, web-server, docker, javascript

## Member repositories
- nickola/web-console (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.196853+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 2026-08-30T04:29:59.483902+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nickola/web-console (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.196853+00:00, sha fc17a6dfa166)
  - homepage: https://nickola.dev/projects/web-console (fetched 2026-08-29T11:30:14.993135+00:00, sha 5e0f661d96fe)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.