Tools: I Built a Cloud Terminal Because I Was Tired of Babysitting My Laptop
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For the last 8 years, I have been building software mostly inside terminals. SSH sessions. Long running scripts. AI agents. Deployments. Background workers. And there was always one annoying problem. If I closed my laptop, lost internet, logged out, or switched devices… everything stopped. Processes died. Sessions broke. Progress was gone. So I built something to fix that. But even with tmux, you are still tied to a specific machine. If your laptop shuts down or you move away from your setup, you are limited. A cloud hosted terminal. Your sessions run on the server. Not in your browser. Not on your local machine. If the browser disconnects, the process keeps running. If you log out, it keeps running. If you switch devices, you reconnect and continue exactly where you left off. How It Works (High Level) Security: Security was a priority from day one: You can also test it with non critical servers first if you want to evaluate it. I started building this about a month ago, and now it is live. I would genuinely love feedback from other developers. Especially those who live inside terminals daily. If you have thoughts, concerns, or ideas, I am open. Let us build tools that make our lives easier. Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Are you sure you want to hide this comment? It will become hidden in your post, but will still be visible via the comment's permalink. Hide child comments as well For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse - Local terminal
- SSH into servers
- Maybe tmux or screen
- AI tools running from CLI - Sessions that never die
- Device independence
- Real time sync
- No babysitting my laptop - Persistent PTY layer
- Server side session management
- Secure WebSocket communication
- Encrypted sensitive data storage
- Per user isolated sessions
- The browser is just a window.
- The actual shell runs in the cloud. - HTTPS and secure WebSocket connections
- Encrypted sensitive data
- Isolated sessions per user
- Optional server lock and inactivity auto lock