Termites

Local multi-terminal manager with web interface.

npm install -g termites

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    Server                           │
│  ┌─────────┐  ┌─────────┐  ┌─────────┐             │
│  │ Terminal│  │ Terminal│  │ Terminal│  ...        │
│  │  (PTY)  │  │  (PTY)  │  │  (PTY)  │             │
│  └─────────┘  └─────────┘  └─────────┘             │
│                     │                               │
│              WebSocket + HTTP                       │
└─────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────┘
                      │
                      ▼
                  Browser

Usage

# Start server (default port 6789)
termites

# Or with custom port
PORT=8080 termites

Open browser at http://localhost:6789

Features

• Multi-terminal - Create and manage multiple terminals from one web interface
• Auto hostname detection - Panel updates automatically when SSH to different machines
• Mobile-friendly - Touch support, virtual keyboard buttons, long-press to select
• History scrollback - iTerm-like history overlay (scroll up or tap Hist button)
• Themes - Solarized Light/Dark, Monokai, Dracula, Nord, GitHub Dark
• Customizable - Font family, font size, toolbar visibility
• Password protection - Set password on first visit

License

MIT