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Upterm

Secure terminal sharing for pair programming and support

Remote Access & VPN ★ 1.3k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

Upterm is an open-source tool for sharing terminal sessions securely over SSH for pair programming and remote assistance. It can be used with a self-hosted relay server.

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Key features

  • Terminal session sharing
  • SSH-based security
  • Self-hostable server
  • Pair programming

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • Active community (1.3k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Go
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM

Is Upterm secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Upterm'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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