thomasvn / goterm

Web based xterm with golang backend.

Proof of Concept Terminal in Golang

Leverages the original "freman/goterm" and xterm.js

This is a completely insecure daemon that permits anyone to connect and control your computer, please don't run this anywhere.

Running

# Clone repo
git clone https://github.com/thomasvn/goterm.git

# Initialize the module. Download dependencies.
go mod init goterm
go mod tidy

# Build & run
go run main.go

http://localhost:3000

Architecture

The HTTP Server and Websocket Handler are written in Go. The static frontend files import xterm.js, and create a new terminal for every websocket connection to the server.