electerm

Terminal/ssh/sftp client(linux, mac, win) based on electron/ssh2/node-pty/xterm/antd/useProxy and other libs.

Features

Works as a terminal/file manager or ssh/sftp client(similar to xshell)
Global hotkey to toggle window visibility (similar to guake, default is ctrl + 2)
Multi platform(linux, mac, win)
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Double click to directly edit (small) remote files.
Auth with publicKey + password.
Support Zmodem(rz, sz).
Support Trzsz(trz/tsz), similar to rz/sz, and compatible with tmux.
Transparent window(Mac, win).
Terminal background image.
Global/session proxy.
Quick commands
UI/terminal theme
Sync bookmarks/themes/quick commands to github/gitee secret gist
Support serial Port(version > 1.21.8)
Quick input to one or all terminals.
Command line usage: check wiki

Download/install

https://electerm.github.io/electerm
From release: https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases
For Mac user: brew install --cask electerm
With snap: sudo snap install electerm --classic
For some Linux distribution, you can find it from OS default App store(Ubuntu, Deepin, Mint...).
For some linux OS, the rpm, deb, or snap release may not work, you can try the tar.gz release.
For Windows users, you can install it from windows store, command-line installer winget and scoop is also recommended:

# winget https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
winget install electerm

# scoop https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop
scoop bucket add dorado https://github.com/chawyehsu/dorado
scoop install dorado/electerm

Install from npm

npm i -g electerm

# after installation, it will immediately open for windows and linux,
# for macOS, it will open the drag to install panel

Upgrade

Auto upgrade: When a new version is released, you will get an upgrade notification after you start electerm again. You can then click the upgrade button to upgrade.
Download: Just download the latest edition, reinstall.
Npm: If you install from npm, just run npm i -g electerm again.
If use Snap or some other distribution system, these systems may provide upgrades.

Themes

Known issues

https://github.com/electerm/electerm/wiki/Know-issues

Troubleshoot

https://github.com/electerm/electerm/wiki/Troubleshoot

Discussion

Discussion board

Support

Would love to hear from you, please tell me what you think, submit an issue, Start a new discussion, create/fix language files or create pull requests, all welcome.

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Dev

# tested in ubuntu16.04+/mac os 10.13+ only
# needs nodejs/npm, suggest using nvm to install nodejs/npm
# https://github.com/creationix/nvm
# with nodejs 16+

git clone git@github.com:electerm/electerm.git
cd electerm
npm i

# start webpack dev server, requires port 5570
npm start

# in a separate terminal session run app
npm run app

# code format check
npm run lint

# code format fix
npm run fix

Test

npm run pre-test
cp .sample.env .env

# edit .env, fill your test host/username/password, may only works in mac OS
npm run test

Test build

# Tested only in ubuntu 16.04 x64+
# Install yarn first(to do yarn autoclean)
# See https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install

# Build linux only with -l
npm i
npm run pre-test
npm run release -l
# check dist/ folder

Use

Set autorun when login to os

Change log

Visit Releases.

License

MIT

ylh23y/electerm