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rkudiyarov commented on Show HN: Termius (YC W19) – Share your terminal session like Google Docs · Posted by u/rkudiyarov

yakshaving_jgt · 4 years ago

> Of course, there is always a way of using a multiplexor like tmux, byobu or screen. However, it’s a bit annoying because you have to deal with access like adding keys or passwords.

This isn’t a problem with tmate, however. I’ve been using tmate for several years, and it works great. How does Termius differ?

Also, you said that both sides need Termius for sharing to work. With tmate, only one person needs it. The other person can SSH in, or they can even just view it in their web browser.

rkudiyarov · 4 years ago

Yes, tmate is similar to what we launched.

Btw, is there any feature that you always wanted in tmate? I'm asking because we are going to develop the Terminal Sharing.

rkudiyarov commented on Show HN: Termius (YC W19) – Share your terminal session like Google Docs · Posted by u/rkudiyarov

vitorbaptistaa · 4 years ago

Congratulations on the launch! Quickly sharing a terminal session is very useful, not only for getting help but also in a classroom setting.

I built a similar thing a few years ago named ShellShare [1]. It's much simpler than what you're building. Free software and read-only (think broadcast).

I wish you all the best in your startup.

[1] https://shellshare.net

rkudiyarov · 4 years ago

We give the product for free to students via GitHub Student Pack https://education.github.com/pack

Yep, we didn't invent the wheel but we made it easier to use it. Just two clicks to get a link :-)

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garf21 · 4 years ago

Termius on Windows is slow and buggy in my experience. It could be great software but little has been done to address this for at least the past two years.

It’s also yet another subscription, cheapest being $8.33 per month which is more than Microsoft Office. The Enterprise plan at $29 per month is even more unreasonably priced and is one of the reasons why, as an organisation with 1,000 engineers, we’re not using the software.

I’ve been using VanDyke’s SecureCRT/FX bundle for Mac/Windows/Linux - their support forum is great and they’re super responsive at adding new features.

The only benefit of Termius seems to be a few nice colours and the dis benefit of being able to store your SSH keys on Termius’ servers.

rkudiyarov · 4 years ago

Termius has a free version that can be used on Mac/Windows/Linux/iOS/Android. We charge for sync and professional features. It's a common model for professional software, IMHO.

The pricing for Enterprise has changed. We are also working on additional value for bigger customers. Please let me know if your company wants to know more roman[at]termius.com

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rhtgrg · 4 years ago

I was looking for something like this recently, and found tmate [0], which is an open source solution to the terminal-sharing problem.

I have no idea what Termius is, but I have some feedback for you — your landing page takes over 4 seconds (!) to show anything for me on Firefox, even if I have visited the page before. This doesn't seem to be related to loading resources alone, since that happens fairly fast.

(I am not on a 56kbps connection.)

[0] https://tmate.io/

rkudiyarov · 4 years ago

thank you for the feedback.

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DiabloD3 · 4 years ago

Neat idea, but any reason why I can't also pipe the output to an existing terminal (ie, tmux-esque faux terminal resizing)?

Also, is this the company that forced the Electron-based terminal named Tabby to switch names?

Also, any reason terminals keep re-using the name of the old bitmap font that all of us Linux users back in the early 00s used? Terminus is a great font.

rkudiyarov · 4 years ago

It's more about easiness of doing it in the moment when you need help or to demonstrate something. It's especially helpful for less advanced users.

Can't comment on Tabby as we never contact them directly or in-directly. The same about the font, our company name is Termius :-)

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ziggus · 4 years ago

Aside from the whole "Why are terminals over WebRTC a thing!?" arguments, I have a minor nitpick: give some indication that the 'viewing' terminal is read-only. If I have a dozen terminals open, some of which are 'mine' and some are 'yours', it would be nice to be able to see at a glance which ones are which.

rkudiyarov · 4 years ago

great suggestion, we will take it into account!

rkudiyarov commented on Launch HN: Termius (YC W19) – SSH client that works on desktop and mobile · Posted by u/rkudiyarov

keithah · 6 years ago

Excited you guys made it into YC! I've been in a Termius subscriber since 2016 (please don't kill early adopter subs!) and it's been worth every penny. Also used ServerAuditor and paid for that too. :)

I have transitioned to using the desktop app almost entirely (altho it's annoying my mosh windows don't just stay connected all the time like they used too) and can't wait for React/WebGL to speed it up.

It would be awesome if there was a CLI app I could run that I could send a push notification that I could click on from my phone and it launches termius with the appropriate host. Currently I'm using pushover, but when I get something I have to flip into termius and manually connect.

I'll post more of my ideas into uservoice. :) Thanks for being prompt on responding to emails too, I can't wait until the new rendering engine (react I assume) doesn't suck!

rkudiyarov · 6 years ago

Thanks for your kind words! I've shared them with the team!

We are designing the push notifications from a server at the moment.

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xrd · 6 years ago

I have to say, I don't like the name and confused it just like the other people.

But, perhaps you could do something with the capitalization of the name to make it more obvious:

"termiUS"

You could accentuate that effect with using a larger font for the last two letters.

Seems like one of the benefits is synchronization, so emphasizing US fits. And then you don't lose your hard fought Google ranking.

But, in any case, it's a great product and good luck!

rkudiyarov · 6 years ago

Good point, we have another domain termi.us so we might alter the name just with a dot.