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ssh late.sh

a cozy command-line Clubhouse for computer people

Details

External ID
48396398
Source
HN
Company
—
Product
ssh late.sh
Website domain
late.sh
Launched
June 4, 2026
Cohort
—
Upvotes
18
Upvotes percentile
0.73224043715847
Tags
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Fetched at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
Updated at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:26 p.m.

Description

So first, what are we? A Clubhouse inside the terminal, where people can take a break, chill, chat with others all around the globe, listen to music, play some games, or paint on a live artboard :).ssh late.sh (or use the companion CLI)That's all. No passwords. No OAuth. No accounts. Your SSH key is your identity.Honestly, I've been a little nervous to post this. I wanted the Clubhouse to be something I'm genuinely proud of before sharing, and I think we are finally there :)There is so much here, so I'll really try to focus on the core:- full-scale chat, mentions, rooms, public and private, DMs, reactions, image previews, full-quality images, icon picker, anything you need- music, hop into the YouTube booth (WebView using wry) to listen to the community playlist, submit, vote, skip, or listen to 600+ server tracks divided into three categories (lofi, ambient, classical)- games, single and multiplayer, sudoku, minesweeper, tetris, snake, nonograms, poker, blackjack, chess, and much more. Leaderboards and badges! First truly server-wide game is in the PR!- live artboard, think r/place but in a TUI, draw, paint, or just enjoy. Daily and Monthly snapshots, check them out here: https://late.sh/gallery- shop, buy a new fully-dynamic bonsai to take care of, or maybe a new aquarium, fill it with ASCII fish, or what about a new pet to play with? Quests, daily and weekly + streaks to help you win more chips- news, rss/atom feeds, connect your own, share with others, auto-generated summaries with a nice ASCII thumbnail shared globally- directories, a dedicated space to showcase your projects, another to build your "work" profile, and it all rolls up into your live web profile: https://late.sh/profiles (someone has already been hired thx to it!), and another one for co-op tools, right now a canvas builder inside the TUI- and the NEWEST addition, VOICE chat :) without a browser!This has already grown into a team effort. Amazing people, amazing contributions, amazing vibe.Big ones in the pipeline: more BBS/full-scale server, real-time games :)Hop in, take a break and enjoy ;)Code: https://github.com/mpiorowski/late-sh Landing: https://late.sh Demo: https://late.sh/play License: FSL-1.1-MIT

Enrichment

Theme
network bypass and Discord utilities
Vertical
Horizontal
Function
Communication
Audience
Prosumer
AI stance
Not AI
Project type
Hobby / open-source project
Normalized one-liner
command-line social platform for developers
Manually corrected
False

Could you build this?

Yes An SSH-accessible BBS/TUI application built with standard terminal UI libraries (e.g. Charm Bubbletea or Rust Ratatui) connected to a PostgreSQL database can readily be vibe-coded.

Discussion

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Attention rank: #59 of 195 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 214 days after the earliest competitor.

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