vipershell

Your machine, anywhere. A full-featured terminal in your browser — no tmux required.

Quick Start

npx vipershell

Open http://localhost:4445 in your browser.

That's it. vipershell spawns and manages your shell sessions directly via a persistent PTY daemon — no tmux, no extra setup.

Options

npx vipershell --port 8080        # custom port
npx vipershell --host 0.0.0.0     # listen on all interfaces (for remote access)
npx vipershell --log-level debug  # verbose logging

Install globally

npm install -g vipershell
vipershell

Features

• Terminal in the browser — full xterm.js terminal with mouse, scroll, and color support
• Persistent sessions — PTY daemon keeps your shells alive across server restarts, no tmux needed
• Pre-warmed shell pool — new sessions open instantly, no shell-startup lag
• Workspaces + split panes — single, horizontal, vertical, three-pane (4 variants), and 2×2 grid layouts
• Drag & drop everywhere — reorder workspaces, swap panes within a workspace, move panes between workspaces, or extract a pane into a new workspace
• Git integration — branch status, PR links, diff viewer, worktree management
• File browser — navigate, edit, and preview files with syntax highlighting
• Search — grep across your project from the browser
• AI session naming — sessions get auto-named based on terminal activity (requires claude or codex CLI)
• Hindsight memory — optional long-term memory via Hindsight so coding agents recall context across sessions
• Mobile-friendly — responsive UI with touch scrolling and a tap-only session list
• File upload — drop files from your desktop onto any terminal to upload and paste the path
• Unseen output indicator — highlight on sessions with new output you haven't seen

Requirements

• Node.js 18+

License

MIT