ttyd - Share your terminal over the web 
- ttyd is a simple command-line tool for sharing terminal over the web, inspired by GoTTY.
+ttyd is a simple command-line tool for sharing terminal over the web.
Features
-
-
- Built on top of Libwebsockets with C for speed +
- Built on top of Libwebsockets with libuv for speed
- Fully-featured terminal based on Xterm.js with CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) and IME support
- Graphical ZMODEM integration with lrzsz support
- SSL support based on OpenSSL
- Run any custom command with options
- Basic authentication support and many other custom options -
- Cross platform: macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenWrt/LEDE, Windows +
- Cross platform: macOS, Linux, FreeBSD/OpenBSD, OpenWrt, Windows
Installation
Install on macOS
@@ -35,34 +35,23 @@brew install ttyd
Install on Linux
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-
Install from ppa (ubuntu 16.04 and later):
-
-sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common -sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tsl0922/ttyd-dev -sudo apt-get update -sudo apt-get install ttyd
- -
-
Build from source (debian/ubuntu):
-sudo apt-get install cmake g++ pkg-config git vim-common libwebsockets-dev libjson-c-dev libssl-dev + +Binary version (recommended): download from the releases page.
+Build from source (debian/ubuntu):
+
-sudo apt-get install 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 && make installYou may need to compile/install libwebsockets from source if - the
+libwebsockets-devpackage is outdated.You may also need to compile/install libwebsockets from source if the
+libwebsockets-devpackage is outdated.- +
Install on Gentoo: clone the repo and follow the directions here.
Install on Windows
-ttyd can be built with MSYS2 on windows, The build instructions is here.
-- NOTE: Native windows console programs may not work correctly due to pty incompatibility issues. --
As a workaround, you can use winpty as a wrapper to invoke the windows program, eg:ttyd winpty cmd. -
Install on OpenWrt/LEDE
-LEDE 17.01.0 and later:
Install on OpenWrt
opkg install ttyd
- If the install command fails, you can compile it yourself.
Usage
Command-line Options
ttyd is a tool for sharing terminal over the web
@@ -71,7 +60,7 @@ USAGE:
ttyd [options] <command> [<arguments...>]
VERSION:
- 1.4.0
+ 1.6.0
OPTIONS:
-p, --port Port to listen (default: 7681, use `0` for random port)
@@ -80,14 +69,17 @@ OPTIONS:
-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)
- -r, --reconnect Time to reconnect for the client in seconds (default: 10)
+ -a, --url-arg Allow client to send command line arguments in URL (eg: http://localhost:7681?arg=foo&arg=bar)
-R, --readonly Do not allow clients to write to the TTY
-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
-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)
+ -6, --ipv6 Enable IPv6 support
-S, --ssl Enable SSL
-C, --ssl-cert SSL certificate file path
-K, --ssl-key SSL key file path
@@ -98,45 +90,13 @@ OPTIONS:
Visit https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd to get more information and report bugs.
- Example Usage
-ttyd starts web server at port 7681 by default, you can use the -p option to change it, the command will be started with arguments as options. For example, run:
ttyd -p 8080 bash -x
- Then open http://localhost:8080 with a broswer, you will get a bash shell with debug mode enabled.
-More Examples:
+Read the example usage on the wiki.
+Browser Support
+Modern browsers, See Browser Support.
+Alternatives
-
-
- If you want to login with your system accounts on the web broswer, run
ttyd login.
- - You can even run a none shell command like vim, try:
ttyd vim, the web broswer will show you a vim editor.
- - Sharing single process with multiple clients:
ttyd tmux new -A -s ttyd vim, runtmux new -A -s ttydto connect to the tmux session from terminal.
-
SSL how-to
-Generate SSL CA and self signed server/client certificates:
-# CA certificate (FQDN must be different from server/client)
-openssl genrsa -out ca.key 4096
-openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -key ca.key -out ca.crt
-# server certificate
-openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout server.key -out server.csr
-openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -CA ca.crt -CAkey ca.key -set_serial 01 -out server.crt
-# client certificate (the p12/pem format may be useful for some clients)
-openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout client.key -out client.csr
-openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in client.csr -CA ca.crt -CAkey ca.key -set_serial 02 -out client.crt
-openssl pkcs12 -export -clcerts -in client.crt -inkey client.key -out client.p12
-openssl pkcs12 -in client.p12 -out client.pem -clcerts
- Then start ttyd:
-ttyd --ssl --ssl-cert server.crt --ssl-key server.key --ssl-ca ca.crt bash
- You may want to test the client certificate verification with curl:
curl --insecure --cert client.p12[:password] -v https://localhost:7681
- If you don't want to enable client certificate verification, remove the --ssl-ca option.
Docker and ttyd
-Docker containers are jailed environments which are more secure, this is useful for protecting the host system, you may use ttyd with docker like this:
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- Sharing single docker container with multiple clients:
docker run -it --rm -p 7681:7681 tsl0922/ttyd.
- - Creating new docker container for each client:
ttyd docker run -it --rm ubuntu.
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