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This project provides a proxy that allows telnet/tcp connections to be made to serial ports on a machine.
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Thinstation is a thin client linux distro using std. x86 hw. It can boot from network, pxe, syslinux, CD, floppy or flash-disk and connect to servers using VNC, RDP, XDM, SSH, Telnet, tn5250, tarentella, 2X, NX, Thinlinc, VMWare VDI or ICA.
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tmux
tmux is a terminal multiplexer
tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached. This release runs on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, OS X and Solaris. tmux depends on libevent 2.x, and on ncurses. To build tmux, a C compiler (for example gcc or clang), make, pkg-config and a suitable yacc (yacc or bison) are needed. Some platforms provide binary packages for tmux. -
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setserial is a program designed to set and/or report the configuration information associated with a serial port.
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SyncTERM
Cross-platform BBS (ANSI) Terminal
A cross-platform ANSI-BBS terminal designed to connect to remote BBSs via telnet, rlogin, or SSH. Supports ANSI music and the IBM charset when possible. Will run from a console, under X11 using XLib, or using SDL. -
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pythondialog
Python module to build dialogs for terminal-based applications
This is a Python module for doing terminal-based user interaction. It wraps the dialog/Xdialog program, and provides a nice, object-oriented programming model.">
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empty
Run applications under pseudo-terminal (PTY) sessions
empty - run applications under pseudo-terminal (PTY) sessions to dialogue with interactive programs. Replace TCL/Expect with a simple tool and use your favorite shell (sh, bash, csh, tcsh, ksh, zsh, etc) -
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This project maintains the Linux Console tools, which include utilities to test and configure joysticks, connect legacy devices to the kernel's input subsystem (providing support for serial mice, touchscreens etc.), and test the input event layer.
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tn5250
5250 telnet client
tn5250 emulates a 5250 terminal or printer over telnet, for connecting to IBM Power Systems, iSeries and AS/400 computers running IBM i, i5/OS and OS/400. It runs on any Unix or Windows system. Note that this project is now on GitHub at https://github.com/tn5250/tn5250 -
Labra enables you to launch your solutions on Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud quickly and seamlessly—without a single line of code.Labra is designed for cloud businesses, independent software vendors (ISVs), and channel partners looking to streamline their go-to-market strategies, accelerate product listings, and enhance sales efficiency through AI-powered automation and CRM integration. Additionally, it caters to teams seeking to enhance collaboration with cloud providers and partner ecosystems while maintaining control over their sales processes and optimizing their growth potential
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AA means Ascii Art - the AAlib (ascii art GFX library), BB (audiovisual demonstration for your terminal), aview (image browser/animation player), AAvga (SVGAlib wrapper for AA-lib), ttyquake (text mode quake), aa3d (random dot stereogram generator)...
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mcrcon
Console based rcon client for minecraft servers.
Mcrcon is IPv6 compliant minecraft rcon client with bukkit coloring support. It is well suited for remote administration and to be used as part of automated server maintenance scripts. - Does not trigger "IO: Broken pipe" or "IO: Connection reset" spam bug on server side. - Has workaround for server side bug (https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-154617) ****************************************************************** Further development and new releases has moved to Github Github page: https://github.com/Tiiffi/mcrcon Official upstream: https://github.com/Tiiffi/mcrcon/releases https://api.github.com/repos/tiiffi/mcrcon/releases/latest ****************************************************************** -
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SSHTOOLS
Java SSH API
This project now hosts the third-generation of Java SSH API, Maverick Synergy. This API builds on the Maverick Legacy commercial APIs and delivers a new API in a unified client/server framework. This API is available to the community under the LGPL open source license. This update includes ed25519 support, support for the new OpenSSH private key file format and stronger key exchange algorithms. The project continues to host both the original API and legacy applications created around it, however, these are now considered deprecated and we do not recommend their use in anyway. -
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Arabeyes
A project to increase free Arabic fonts on Unix/Linux
Arabeyes is a Meta project that is aimed at fully supporting the Arabic language in the Unix/Linux environment. It is designed to be a central location to standardize the Arabization process. Arabeyes relies on voluntary contributions. -
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PHP File Manager
phpFileManager a complete filesystem management tool on a single file.
phpFileManager is a complete filesystem management tool on a single file. A server administration tool using PHP, meant for rapid file access, and also to verify the server configuration and security. The script can be renamed and deployed on an unique known url, and offers password protection.. All dependencies, like images, js and css files, are included inside the same file, so that the script can run even on offline devices, like a local Raspberry Pi, or ESP32 microcontroller. The size of the script is bellow 1Mb, and i want to make it even smaller. To conclude, this script is also a repository of several hand made functions, organized in sections, meant for learning PHP and explore all PHP capabilities. You can learn, copy and use them on your own projects. Help the project with a donation: Will allow the view of two phpFileManager from diferent URLs on the same screen. Like MC (Midnight Commander) does. https://www.dulldusk.com/product/donation-for-phpfilemanager/ -
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SSVNC adds encryption security to VNC. It provides a GUI for Windows, MacOSX, and Unix that automatically starts up an SSL or SSH tunnel for connections to any VNC server. It also supports VeNCrypt encryption. The Unix viewer has many new features.
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TinTin++ Mud Client
A MUD client for Android, iOS, Linux, Mac OS X and Windows
TinTin++ is a console mud client for any type of text mud or bbs. The mud client's main assets are an easy to learn scripting language, triggers, automapping, and a split screen interface to separate mud output from client input. Installation instructions for Android, iOS, and several other operating systems are available on the website. https://tintin.mudhalla.net -
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httpstat
It's like curl -v, with colours
Windows/BSD/Linux supported, HTTP and HTTPS supported as well. For self-signed certificates use -k, and skip timing the body of a response with -I. Follow 30x redirects with -L. Change HTTP method with -X METHOD. Provide a PUT or POST request body with -d string. To supply the PUT or POST body as a file, use -d @filename. Add extra request headers with -H 'Name: value'. The response body is usually discarded, you can use -o filename to save it to a file, or -O to save it to the file name suggested by the server. HTTP/HTTPS proxies supported via the usual HTTP_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY env vars (as well as lower case variants). Supply your own client-side certificate with -E cert.pem. -
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testssl.sh
Testing TLS/SSL encryption anywhere on any port
testssl.sh is a free command-line tool that checks a server's service on any port for the support of TLS/SSL ciphers, protocols as well as recent cryptographic flaws and more. testssl.sh is free and open-source software. You can use it under the terms of GPLv2, please review the License before using it. Works for Linux, Mac OSX, FreeBSD, NetBSD and WSL/MSYS2/Cygwin out of the box, no need to install or configure something, no gems, CPAN, pip or the like. OpenBSD only needs bash to be postinstalled. You can test any SSL/TLS enabled and STARTTLS service, not only webservers at port 443. Several command line options help you to run your test and configure your output. If a particular check cannot be performed because of a missing capability on your client side, you'll get a warning. You can look at the code, see what's going on and you can change it. -
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xterm.js
A terminal for the web
xterm.js is a TypeScript-based front-end terminal emulation component that lets web applications embed fully-featured terminal interfaces. It powers in-browser terminals in tools like VS Code and browser IDEs. Xterm.js works with most terminal apps such as bash, vim, and tmux, including support for curses-based apps and mouse events. Xterm.js is really fast, it even includes a GPU-accelerated renderer. Xterm.js is not a terminal application that you can download and use on your computer. Xterm.js is not bash. Xterm.js can be connected to processes like bash and let you interact with them (provide input, receive output). -
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Bashish is a theme enviroment for text terminals. It can change colors, font, transparency and background image on a per-application basis. Additionally Bashish supports prompt changing on common shells such as bash, zsh and tcsh.
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Alacritty
A cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator
Alacritty is the fastest open source terminal emulator there is. How is it the fastest? With such a strong focus on simplicity and performance, Alacritty’s included features are very carefully considered, ensuring that it remains blazingly fast. It’s got a GPU for rendering that makes a whole lot of optimizations possible. In various benchmarked terminals, Alacritty has shown to be either faster, or way faster than others. Alacritty requires no additional setup, but still allows configuration of many aspects of the terminal. It supports Windows, macOS, Linux and BSD. -
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LibVNCServer/LibVNCClient are cross-platform C libraries that allow you to easily implement VNC server or client functionality in your program.
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mlterm is a multi-lingual terminal emulator , which supports various character sets and encodings in the world.
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Install Nothing
A terminal application that simulates installing things
Install Nothing is a Rust-based project is a command-line tool that simulates the output of an installation process without actually doing any real installation, letting users watch amusing fake progress screens as if packages, kernels, or desktops were being compiled and configured. Rather than running real tasks, it produces convincing terminal output that mimics the steps, logs, and scrolling messages of installation scripts, making it entertaining for demonstrations, jokes, or screensaver-style displays in terminal sessions. It’s designed for simplicity and safety, doing nothing destructive or permanent on your system while still delivering a satisfying illusion of intense computing activity. Users can configure its behavior to include or exclude specific fake stages, so the output can be tailored to the experience they want.