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+# ttyd - Share your terminal over the web ![backend](https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd/workflows/backend/badge.svg) ![frontend](https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd/workflows/frontend/badge.svg)
+
+ttyd is a simple command-line tool for sharing terminal over the web.
+
+![screenshot](https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd/raw/master/screenshot.gif)
+
+# Features
+
+- Built on top of [Libwebsockets](https://libwebsockets.org) with [libuv](https://libuv.org) for speed
+- Fully-featured terminal based on [Xterm.js](https://xtermjs.org) with [CJK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJK_characters) and IME support
+- Graphical [ZMODEM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZMODEM) integration with [lrzsz](https://ohse.de/uwe/software/lrzsz.html) support
+- SSL support based on [OpenSSL](https://www.openssl.org)
+- Run any custom command with options
+- Basic authentication support and many other custom options
+- Cross platform: macOS, Linux, FreeBSD/OpenBSD, [OpenWrt](https://openwrt.org), Windows
+
+> ❤ Special thanks to [JetBrains](https://www.jetbrains.com/?from=ttyd) for sponsoring the opensource license to this project.
+
+# Installation
+
+## Install on macOS
+
+Install with [homebrew](http://brew.sh):
+
+```bash
+brew install ttyd
+```
+
+## Install on Linux
+
+- Binary version (recommended): download from the [releases](https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd/releases) page.
+- Build from source (debian/ubuntu):
+
+ ```bash
+ sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake git libjson-c-dev libwebsockets-dev
+ git clone https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd.git
+ cd ttyd && mkdir build && cd build
+ cmake ..
+ make && sudo make install
+ ```
+
+ You may also need to compile/install [libwebsockets](https://libwebsockets.org) from source if the `libwebsockets-dev` package is outdated.
+
+- Install on Gentoo: clone the [repo](https://bitbucket.org/mgpagano/ttyd/src/master) and follow the directions [here](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Custom_repository#Creating_a_local_repository).
+
+## Install on Windows
+
+[Compile on Windows](https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd/wiki/Compile-on-Windows).
+
+## Install on OpenWrt
+
+```bash
+opkg install ttyd
+```
+
+# Usage
+
+## Command-line Options
+
+```
+ttyd is a tool for sharing terminal over the web
+
+USAGE:
+ ttyd [options] <command> [<arguments...>]
+
+VERSION:
+ 1.6.3
+
+OPTIONS:
+ -p, --port Port to listen (default: 7681, use `0` for random port)
+ -i, --interface Network interface to bind (eg: eth0), or UNIX domain socket path (eg: /var/run/ttyd.sock)
+ -c, --credential Credential for Basic Authentication (format: username:password)
+ -u, --uid User id to run with
+ -g, --gid Group id to run with
+ -s, --signal Signal to send to the command when exit it (default: 1, SIGHUP)
+ -a, --url-arg Allow client to send command line arguments in URL (eg: http://localhost:7681?arg=foo&arg=bar)
+ -R, --readonly Do not allow clients to write to the TTY
+ -t, --client-option Send option to client (format: key=value), repeat to add more options
+ -T, --terminal-type Terminal type to report, default: xterm-256color
+ -O, --check-origin Do not allow websocket connection from different origin
+ -m, --max-clients Maximum clients to support (default: 0, no limit)
+ -o, --once Accept only one client and exit on disconnection
+ -B, --browser Open terminal with the default system browser
+ -I, --index Custom index.html path
+ -b, --base-path Expected base path for requests coming from a reverse proxy (eg: /mounted/here)
+ -P, --ping-interval Websocket ping interval(sec) (default: 300)
+ -6, --ipv6 Enable IPv6 support
+ -S, --ssl Enable SSL
+ -C, --ssl-cert SSL certificate file path
+ -K, --ssl-key SSL key file path
+ -A, --ssl-ca SSL CA file path for client certificate verification
+ -d, --debug Set log level (default: 7)
+ -v, --version Print the version and exit
+ -h, --help Print this text and exit
+
+Visit https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd to get more information and report bugs.
+```
+
+Read the example usage on the [wiki](https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd/wiki/Example-Usage).
+
+## Browser Support
+
+Modern browsers, See [Browser Support](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js#browser-support).
+
+## Alternatives
+
+* [Wetty](https://github.com/krishnasrinivas/wetty): [Node](https://nodejs.org) based web terminal (SSH/login)
+* [GoTTY](https://github.com/yudai/gotty): [Go](https://golang.org) based web terminal