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sshx

Fast, collaborative live terminal sharing over the web

Remote Access & VPN ★ 7.7k stars Medium setup MIT

sshx is a lightweight terminal sharing tool that creates collaborative sessions accessible via a link. The server is open source and can be self-hosted for private terminal collaboration.

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Key features

  • Collaborative terminal sessions
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Self-hostable server
  • Multiple cursors

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 7.7k GitHub stars
  • Written in Rust

Is sshx secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for sshx'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.

sshx replaces

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SelfHostIndex: 76 · good

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