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https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd
Share your terminal over the web
https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd
openwrt ssl terminal terminal-emulators tty ttyd websocket websockets xterm
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Share your terminal over the web
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd
- Owner: tsl0922
- License: mit
- Created: 2016-09-13T01:43:54.000Z (about 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-11-26T15:38:56.000Z (16 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-11-28T03:33:26.609Z (14 days ago)
- Topics: openwrt, ssl, terminal, terminal-emulators, tty, ttyd, websocket, websockets, xterm
- Language: C
- Homepage: https://tsl0922.github.io/ttyd
- Size: 19 MB
- Stars: 8,219
- Watchers: 116
- Forks: 899
- Open Issues: 47
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
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# ttyd - Share your terminal over the web
ttyd is a simple command-line tool for sharing terminal over the web.
# Features
- Built on top of [libuv](https://libuv.org) and [WebGL2](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGL_API) for speed
- Fully-featured terminal with [CJK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJK_characters) and IME support
- [ZMODEM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZMODEM) ([lrzsz](https://ohse.de/uwe/software/lrzsz.html)) / [trzsz](https://trzsz.github.io) file transfer support
- [Sixel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixel) image output support ([img2sixel](https://saitoha.github.io/libsixel) / [lsix](https://github.com/hackerb9/lsix))
- SSL support based on [OpenSSL](https://www.openssl.org) / [Mbed TLS](https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls)
- Run any custom command with options
- Basic authentication support and many other custom options
- Cross platform: macOS, Linux, FreeBSD/OpenBSD, [OpenWrt](https://openwrt.org), Windows
> ❤ Special thanks to [JetBrains](https://www.jetbrains.com/?from=ttyd) for sponsoring the opensource license to this project.
# Installation
## Install on macOS
- Install with [Homebrew](http://brew.sh): `brew install ttyd`
- Install with [MacPorts](https://www.macports.org): `sudo port install ttyd`
## Install on Linux
- Binary version (recommended): download from the [releases](https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd/releases) page
- Install with [Homebrew](https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-on-Linux) : `brew install ttyd`
- Install the snap: `sudo snap install ttyd --classic`
- Build from source (debian/ubuntu):
```bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential cmake git libjson-c-dev libwebsockets-dev
git clone https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd.git
cd ttyd && mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make && sudo make install
```
You may also need to compile/install [libwebsockets](https://libwebsockets.org) from source if the `libwebsockets-dev` package is outdated.
- Install on OpenWrt: `opkg install ttyd`
- Install on Gentoo: clone the [repo](https://bitbucket.org/mgpagano/ttyd/src/master) and follow the directions [here](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Custom_repository#Creating_a_local_repository).
## Install on Windows
- Binary version (recommended): download from the [releases](https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd/releases) page
- Install with [WinGet](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli): `winget install tsl0922.ttyd`
- Install with [Scoop](https://scoop.sh/#/apps?q=ttyd&s=2&d=1&o=true): `scoop install ttyd`
- [Compile on Windows](https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd/wiki/Compile-on-Windows)
# Usage
## Command-line Options
```
USAGE:
ttyd [options] []
OPTIONS:
-p, --port Port to listen (default: 7681, use `0` for random port)
-i, --interface Network interface to bind (eg: eth0), or UNIX domain socket path (eg: /var/run/ttyd.sock)
-U, --socket-owner User owner of the UNIX domain socket file, when enabled (eg: user:group)
-c, --credential Credential for basic authentication (format: username:password)
-H, --auth-header HTTP Header name for auth proxy, this will configure ttyd to let a HTTP reverse proxy handle authentication
-u, --uid User id to run with
-g, --gid Group id to run with
-s, --signal Signal to send to the command when exit it (default: 1, SIGHUP)
-w, --cwd Working directory to be set for the child program
-a, --url-arg Allow client to send command line arguments in URL (eg: http://localhost:7681?arg=foo&arg=bar)
-W, --writable Allow clients to write to the TTY (readonly by default)
-t, --client-option Send option to client (format: key=value), repeat to add more options
-T, --terminal-type Terminal type to report, default: xterm-256color
-O, --check-origin Do not allow websocket connection from different origin
-m, --max-clients Maximum clients to support (default: 0, no limit)
-o, --once Accept only one client and exit on disconnection
-q, --exit-no-conn Exit on all clients disconnection
-B, --browser Open terminal with the default system browser
-I, --index Custom index.html path
-b, --base-path Expected base path for requests coming from a reverse proxy (eg: /mounted/here, max length: 128)
-P, --ping-interval Websocket ping interval(sec) (default: 5)
-6, --ipv6 Enable IPv6 support
-S, --ssl Enable SSL
-C, --ssl-cert SSL certificate file path
-K, --ssl-key SSL key file path
-A, --ssl-ca SSL CA file path for client certificate verification
-d, --debug Set log level (default: 7)
-v, --version Print the version and exit
-h, --help Print this text and exit
```
Read the example usage on the [wiki](https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd/wiki/Example-Usage).
## Browser Support
Modern browsers, See [Browser Support](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js#browser-support).
## Alternatives
* [Wetty](https://github.com/krishnasrinivas/wetty): [Node](https://nodejs.org) based web terminal (SSH/login)
* [GoTTY](https://github.com/yudai/gotty): [Go](https://golang.org) based web terminal