billchurch/webssh2

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2767 stars · 579 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

WebSSH2 is a web-based SSH client that proxies browser terminal sessions to SSH servers over WebSockets using ssh2, Socket.IO, and xterm.js. It runs as a Node.js server (also distributed as a Docker image) with optional telnet support and environment-variable configuration.

Use cases

• access ssh servers from a browser
• web-based terminal for remote hosts
• provide ssh access without installing a client
• self-host a web ssh gateway
• browser terminal emulator for jump hosts
• ssh into servers behind a firewall via web proxy

When to choose

• you need browser-based SSH access without local client installs
• you want a self-hosted, Docker-deployable web terminal
• you're on a restricted network where only HTTP/WebSocket traffic is allowed

When to avoid

• you need full-featured local SSH features like agent forwarding or port tunneling
• you require multi-user session management or auditing out of the box
• you can't run a Node.js proxy server between browsers and SSH hosts

Facets

application · maturity active

http-server websocket terminal-ui ssh web-development developer-tools self-hosted networking self-hosted cross-platform ssh-client web-terminal xtermjs socket-io telnet remote-access nodejs docker web-server

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