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Next Terminal

Self-hosted SSH bastion with web terminal and audit

Remote Access & VPN ★ 5.7k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

Next Terminal is a self-hosted bastion host offering browser-based RDP, SSH, VNC and Telnet access with session recording and access control. It runs in Docker as a small set of services.

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Key features

  • Browser RDP/SSH/VNC
  • Session recording
  • Access control
  • Self-hostable bastion

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 5.7k GitHub stars
  • Written in TypeScript

Is Next Terminal secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Next Terminal's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

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

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