What are the best web based terminal emulators?

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What are the best web based terminal emulators?

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Best web based terminal emulators	Price	Platforms	License
68 Butterfly	-	Web browser	GPL-3.0-or-later
-- GateOne	-	-	-
-- Xiki	-	-	-
-- web-terminal	-	-	-
-- Web Console	-	-	-

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score 57 · Answer 1

Butterfly

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Platforms:Web browser

License:GPL-3.0-or-later

Initial Release:2015-10-16

Latest Release:2018-09-12

score 7 · Answer 2

GateOne

Top Pro

Persistent sessions

Terminal sessions can be resumed even if the browser is closed or disconnected. They can also be resumed from a completely different computer. You'll never have to worry about the office VPN disconnecting again. See More

score 8 · Answer 3

Xiki

Top Con

Requires learning many new concepts and ways of using them

Xiki adds a lot of concepts which are not found on other terminals. You have to learn a lot of new tricks to make it useful which unfortunately you cannot use on other terminal emulators. See More

CulturedHermes's Experience

SSL doesn't work, the system still go for SSL V3 and tried to configure to TLS 1.2, doesn't work, no instruction on that either. I went for Shellinabox in the end See More

Top Con

SSL still uses V3, impossible to configure TLSv1.2

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web-terminal

Top Pro

Open the terminal in the same directory that the command is called

Top Pro

Does not need login credentials when a new terminal is opened

Top Pro

Can be installed with one command

Top Pro

Works out of the box

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Web Console

Top Con

No update in the last 3 years

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Shell-in-a-Box

Top Con

Not maintained anymore

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What are the best web based terminal emulators?

6 Options Considered

Butterfly

My Recommendation for Butterfly

My Recommendation for Butterfly

GateOne

My Recommendation for GateOne

My Recommendation for GateOne

Persistent sessions

Xiki

My Recommendation for Xiki

My Recommendation for Xiki

Requires learning many new concepts and ways of using them

SSL still uses V3, impossible to configure TLSv1.2

web-terminal

My Recommendation for web-terminal

My Recommendation for web-terminal

Open the terminal in the same directory that the command is called

Does not need login credentials when a new terminal is opened

Can be installed with one command

Works out of the box

Web Console

My Recommendation for Web Console

My Recommendation for Web Console

No update in the last 3 years

Shell-in-a-Box

My Recommendation for Shell-in-a-Box

My Recommendation for Shell-in-a-Box

Not maintained anymore

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