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Eternal Terminal

Remote terminal that survives network changes

Remote Access & VPN ★ 3.9k stars Easy setup Apache-2.0

Eternal Terminal is a remote shell tool that keeps your terminal session alive across IP roaming, network drops, and long idle periods. It feels like SSH but automatically reconnects.

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Key features

  • Persistent terminal sessions
  • Survives IP roaming
  • Automatic reconnection
  • Native scrollback

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Active community (3.9k GitHub stars)
  • Written in C++

Is Eternal Terminal secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Eternal Terminal's latest release (et-v7.0.0). OSV.dev lists 7 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2023-23558, published 2023-02-16 (1336 days ago)

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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