# mistertea/eternalterminal

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3,749 stars · 215 forks · C++ · Apache-2.0

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/MisterTea/EternalTerminal
- Homepage: https://mistertea.github.io/EternalTerminal/
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/mistertea-eternalterminal.md

## Topics

`mosh` `remote-shell` `ssh` `terminal` `tmux`

## Description

EternalTerminal is a persistent SSH remote shell and secure remote terminal. It functions as a TCP connection manager that automatically restores shell sessions after network disconnects, ensuring a continuous connection between a client and server.

The project enables the maintenance of a persistent remote shell, allowing users to resume active sessions and recover terminal states immediately after a network failure or manual reconnection. This ensures that long-running processes and scripts on a remote server continue executing even when the local client loses its connection.

The system provides remote access and connectivity capabilities designed for secure remote server management. It supports session recovery to prevent the loss of active processes during IP changes or signal loss.

## Tags

### System Administration & Monitoring

- [Persistent Shell Sessions](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/persistent-shell-sessions.md) — Provides a persistent remote shell session that automatically reconnects after network drops to prevent process loss. ([source](https://mistertea.github.io/usermanual))
- [Connection Heartbeats](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/connection-heartbeats.md) — Uses periodic keep-alive signals to monitor server liveness and trigger automatic reconnection sequences.

### Development Tools & Productivity

- [Session Restoration](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/terminal-automation/terminal-session-management/session-restoration.md) — Provides mechanisms for reconnecting to previous shell processes and restoring environment states after network failure. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mistertea/eternalterminal@master/README.md))

### Networking & Communication

- [Resumable Terminal Sessions](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/resumable-terminal-sessions.md) — Enables resumption of shell state and command output immediately following a network failure.
- [Connection Persistence Managers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/connection-persistence-managers.md) — Functions as a networking layer that handles automatic reconnection and session persistence for remote shells.
- [Network I/O Multiplexing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/network-i-o-multiplexing.md) — Implements system-level multiplexing to manage concurrent data streams for terminal input and output without blocking.
- [Stream Encapsulations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/tcp-stream-handlers/stream-encapsulations.md) — Wraps terminal input and output in a persistent stream to maintain data integrity during network socket handovers.

### Security & Cryptography

- [Secure Remote Access](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/secure-remote-access.md) — Establishes encrypted tunnels and authenticated channels that survive IP changes or signal loss for server management.
- [Persistent Terminals](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/secure-remote-connectivity-tools/persistent-terminals.md) — Provides a secure shell environment that keeps long-running processes active even during client network loss.
- [Handshake Protocols](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/handshake-protocols.md) — Provides a structured handshake protocol to negotiate session IDs and credentials during reconnection.

### Web Development

- [Terminal Session State Persisters](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/server-side-state-persistence/terminal-session-state-persisters.md) — Persists terminal session state on the server to allow users to resume active shells after disconnection.

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [Persistence Monitoring](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/client-server-architecture/long-running-task-protocols/persistence-monitoring.md) — Ensures that scripts and commands on a remote server continue executing even when the local client disconnects.