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ttyd

Share your terminal over the web

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ttyd is a simple command-line tool for sharing terminal over the web.Use case: doing a demo, mostly presenting from a browser, and need a terminal window to demonstrate something? Open one directly in a browser tab via ttyd so that you don't need to share your entire desktop.

HN · launched Jul 7, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 89%) · 0 views

Niche: terminal emulators and utilities · 106 launches, 1 in the last 7 days ▼ -88% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Dev tools
  • Developer
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

Yes Binding a local PTY process to a WebSocket server and rendering it via xterm.js in the browser is a standard, well-documented architecture that AI coding assistants can generate readily.

Discussion

2 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: ssh

Concerns raised: security

Feature requests: web user terminal control, terminal session sharing for debugging

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 120 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #116 of 121 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 237 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Tt · hn · 2026-01-06 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.45
  • Embed a real Linux terminal on your website · hn · 2026-08-14 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.44
  • Quay Term · ph · 2026-11-08 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.44
  • MYNA · ph · 2026-10-25 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.44
  • Easy SSH · ph · 2026-10-16 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.43
  • CMDrop · ph · 2026-09-08 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.42
  • terminal-mac · github · 2026-11-03 · 2226 upvotes · similarity 0.42
  • SSHL · ph · 2026-11-13 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.42

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