tty-share mit Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Repository
• Upstream-Dokumentation
• Paketmanager-Seite

Befehle und Aliase

• tty-share

Projektgeschichte

The official README describes tty-share as a simple tool written in Go that builds to a static cross-platform binary with no dependencies and can run even on Raspberry Pi. It connects through a proxy server for public Internet sessions, with an instance running at tty-share.com and the option to run one's own server.

The project positions itself against heavier collaboration tools. Its README credits xterm.js for browser terminal rendering, gotty and tmate as inspiration, and discusses Visual Studio Code Live Share and tmate as similar solutions with different setup and dependency tradeoffs.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The README documents Docker, Homebrew, binary releases, and Repology as install/distribution paths. The supplied package facts add Homebrew, Alpine, Debian, Ubuntu, and Nix, showing adoption as a small networking/collaboration command rather than a platform-specific app.

The project website markets the same adoption story in simpler terms: share a terminal with no tool on the remote side, source code on GitHub, one binary locally, and encrypted communication.

Wie es verwendet wird

A host can run `tty-share --public` to create a public session URL plus a local URL, then share the URL with a participant. Participants can join in a browser or by running `tty-share <secret URL>`.

The README also documents read-only sessions, local-network sharing, public proxy sharing, running a custom proxy, Docker trial usage, and SSH-like TCP port forwarding with `-L`.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

tty-share is interesting to package maintainers because it compresses a collaboration workflow into one Go binary, avoiding browser extensions, editor accounts, or a full SSH/tmate setup for the guest.

It also represents a common CLI packaging pattern of the late 2010s and 2020s: static Go network tools that package cleanly, run on small ARM machines, and expose a web UI through embedded assets.

Zeitleiste

• 2022: Project website copyright line identifies the public tty-share site era.
• Undated: README documents Homebrew, Docker, binary releases, public proxy sessions, and self-hosted proxy support.
• 2025: GitHub repository page lists v2.4.1 as the latest release on January 12, 2025.

Related projects

• xterm.js is used for the browser receiver.
• gotty and tmate are credited as inspiration and motivation.
• Visual Studio Code Live Share and tmate are discussed as comparable collaboration approaches.

Quellen

• https://github.com/elisescu/tty-share#readme
• https://tty-share.com/
• source_facts.package-manager