Here is a simple demo of a web terminal (over HTTP or HTTPS). It was initially based on the Wetty project. It uses WebSocket (socket.io) for "real-time" communication between a backend command (e.g. bash) running on a node.js server and a frontend presentation in your browser (based on xterm.js). An express web server is also used on the 'node.js' server, to serve some static pages.
By default, "npm install" will install all modules listed as dependencies in 'package.json'.
git clone https://github.com/orel33/webterm.git
npm installnode app.js -p 3000Then open http://localhost:3000 with a modern browser...
To build a default 'package.json', run npm init with the --yes or -y flag:
npm set init.author.email "aurelien.esnard@u-bordeaux.fr"
npm set init.author.name "orel33"
npm set init.license "GPL-3.0-only"
npm init -yLet's install some dependencies and save it in the file 'package.json':
npm install xterm --save
npm install socket.io --save
npm install express --save
npm install node-pty --save
npm install optimist --save- https://www.npmjs.com/package/wetty (socket.io + hterm)
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/webssh2 (socket.io + xterm.js)
- https://saisandeepvaddi.com/blog/how-to-create-web-based-terminals
- clean code (remove session, https, ...)
- try to use the lateste release of xterm.js (version "^4.18.0")