Mosh
Mobile shell with roaming and intermittent connectivity
Mosh is a remote terminal application that allows roaming, supports intermittent connectivity, and provides responsive local echo for typing over high-latency links. It is a robust replacement for SSH sessions.
Key features
- Roaming terminal sessions
- Intermittent connectivity support
- Responsive local echo
- UDP-based transport
Strengths
- Released under the GPL-3.0 license
- Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
- Mature project with 14.3k GitHub stars
- Written in C++
Mosh replaces
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