Shell In A Box AlternativesShells and other similar apps like Shell In A Box

Shell In A Box has been discontinued. Similar apps include Wetty, which is free and open source. Other options are TinyShell, Bastillion, Onion Terminal and SSHy. In total there are five Terminal Emulators like Shell In A Box for Linux, Mac, Windows, the web and self-hosting.

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    wetty - Terminal in browser over http/https. (Ajaxterm/Anyterm alternative, but much better)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    TinyShell is ideal for anyone who wants command line access to their server, but is limited by HTTP access. Furthermore TinyShell comes with a native MySQL command line client, that some say is even better than MySQL’s own command line interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
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    Bastillion is a web-based SSH console that centrally manages administrative access to systems, with SSH key management, two-factor authentication, and session recording for audits.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
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  4. oterm is a web browser unix terminal. It serves a console so you can access your server from anywhere in the world where you have an Internet connection. It effectively is an xterm in a browser. It emulates xterm commands, which are very similar to vt100 commands.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. SSHy icon
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    SSHy is a fast and responsive SSHv2 web client with end-to-end encryption supplied by SJCL. SSHy implements a minimal subset of the SSHv2 protocol that provides and controls a pseudo-terminal. The terminal front-end interface is provided by xterm.js.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
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