electerm

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    <a href="https://electerm.org">
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[English](README.md) | [中文](build/docs/README_cn.md) | [日本語](build/docs/README_jp.md)

Open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client(Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, HarmonyOS, iOS).

Besides mainstream Windows/macOS/Linux/Android, electerm also supports HarmonyOS, iOS, and older systems — Ubuntu 18, Windows 7, macOS 10+, and special Chinese Linux distributions such as UOS, Kylin, and LoongArch (both old-world and new-world).

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  <a href="https://electerm.org">Homepage / Downloads</a> ·
  <a href="https://theme.electerm.org">Theme</a> ·
  <a href="https://github.com/electerm/electerm-web-docker">Docker</a> ·
  <a href="https://demo.electerm.org">Online demo</a> ·
  <a href="https://github.com/electerm/electerm-android">Android</a> ·
  <a href="https://github.com/electerm/electerm-harmony">HarmonyOS</a> ·
  <a href="https://apps.apple.com/cn/app/electerm/id6792971552">Apple App Store</a> ·
  <a href="https://appgallery.huawei.com/app/detail?id=org.electerm.electerm">Huawei AppGallery</a> ·
  <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9NCN7272GTFF">Microsoft Store</a> ·
  <a href="https://snapcraft.io/electerm">Snap Store</a> ·
  <a href="https://repos.electerm.org/deb">deb repo</a> ·
  <a href="https://repos.electerm.org/rpm">rpm repo</a>
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<div>🌐 <strong><a href="https://cloud.electerm.org">electerm online</a></strong> — Public free online electerm app</div>
<div>🤖 <strong><a href="https://ai.electerm.org">electerm AI</a></strong> — Free AI for electerm users</div>
<div>💻 <strong><a href="https://github.com/electerm/electerm-web">electerm-web</a></strong> — Web app version running in browser (including mobile device)</div>

## Sponsors

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  <a href="https://www.atlascloud.ai/?ref=PCAEL2&utm_source=github&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=electerm">
    <img src="https://github.com/electerm/electerm-resource/blob/master/static/images/atlas-cloud.png?raw=true" alt="Atlas Cloud" height="200" />
  </a>
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[Atlas Cloud](https://www.atlascloud.ai/?ref=PCAEL2&utm_source=github&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=electerm) provides OpenAI-compatible AI APIs and model access for AI-powered workflows in electerm.

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  <a href="https://go.apimart.ai/gh-electerm">
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Thanks to APIMart for sponsoring electerm! APIMart is a low-cost API platform for AI image & video generation — GPT-Image-2 from $0.006/image, 160+ images per dollar. One async API covers both image and video: submit a task, get an ID, fetch results via polling or callback. Batch tens of thousands of images without timeouts, switch models without changing code. Pay-as-you-go with no monthly fee — [sign up here to get started](https://go.apimart.ai/gh-electerm).

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  <a href="https://www.apismart.ai">
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[ApiSmart](https://www.apismart.ai) provides unified access to leading AI models through a single API. Use one API key to connect with LLM, image, and video models through an OpenAI-compatible interface, without managing multiple providers separately. Switch models easily, simplify billing, and improve reliability with intelligent routing and automatic failover. Build and scale AI applications faster with one streamlined API platform.

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## Features

- Works as a terminal/file manager, ssh/sftp/ftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice client
- Support Window 7+(X64/ARM64), HarmonyOS，Android, iOS, Mac OS 10.15+(x64/arm64), Linux(x64/arm64/Loong64 new world & old world), even old Linux with glibc 2.17+ like UOS/Kylin/Ubuntu 18.04 etc
- Global hotkey to toggle window visibility (similar to guake, default is `ctrl + 2`)
- 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 🇧🇷 🇷🇺 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇹🇷 🇭🇰 🇯🇵 🇸🇦 🇩🇪 🇰🇷 🇮🇩 🇵🇱 Multi-language support([electerm-locales](https://github.com/electerm/electerm-locales), contributions/fixes welcome)
- Double click to directly edit (small) remote files.
- All kind of auth methods: publicKey, password, ssh agent, certificates, otp, netbird etc.
- Support Zmodem(rz, sz), and [Trzsz](https://github.com/trzsz/trzsz)(trz/tsz).
- Support ssh related features: tunnel, connection hopping.
- Customizable UI: themes, background image, transparent window(Mac, win).
- Global/session proxy.
- Quick commands/triggers to do predefined tasks and automattic operations
- Sync data including bookmarks to github/gitee secret gist/webdav/custom server/electerm cloud
- Quick input/mirror input to one or all terminals.
- AI assistant integration (supporting openAI compatible API) to help with command suggestions, script writing, and explaining selected terminal content, create bookmarks/themes, and agent mode to directly do terminal operations
- MCP (Model Context Protocol) widget for AI assistants and external tools integration - see [MCP Widget Usage Guide](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/wiki/MCP-Widget-Usage-Guide)
- Deep link support: Open connections with URLs like `telnet://192.168.2.31:34554` or `ssh://user@host:22` - see [Deep link support wiki](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/wiki/Deep-link-support)
- Command line usage: check [wiki](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/wiki/Command-line-usage)

## Install

- For Mac user: `brew install --cask electerm`
- With snap: `sudo snap install electerm --classic`
- For some Linux distribution, you can find it from OS default App store(Ubuntu, Deepin, Mint...).
- For some linux OS, the `rpm`, `deb`, or `snap` release may not work, you can try the `tar.gz` or `.appImage` release.
- For Windows users, you can install it from [windows store](https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9NCN7272GTFF), command-line installer [winget](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli) and [scoop](https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop) is also recommended:

```powershell
# winget https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
winget install electerm.electerm

# scoop https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop
scoop bucket add dorado https://github.com/chawyehsu/dorado
scoop install dorado/electerm
```

- Install from Debian repository (for Debian/Ubuntu-based systems) with `apt` command

Check [https://repos.electerm.org/deb](https://repos.electerm.org/deb)

- Install from npm

```bash
npm i -g electerm

```

## Upgrade

- Auto upgrade: When a new version is released, you will get an upgrade notification after you start electerm again. You can then click the upgrade button to upgrade.
- Download: Just download the latest edition, reinstall.
- Npm: If you install from npm, just run `npm i -g electerm` again.
- If use Snap or some other distribution system, these systems may provide upgrades.

## Known issues

[https://github.com/electerm/electerm/wiki/Know-issues](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/wiki/Know-issues)

## Troubleshoot

[https://github.com/electerm/electerm/wiki/Troubleshoot](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/wiki/Troubleshoot)

## Discussion

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[Discussion board](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/discussions)

![electerm-wechat-group-qr.jpg](https://electerm.org/electerm-wechat-group-qr.jpg)

## Support

Would love to hear from you, please tell me what you think, [submit an issue](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/issues), [Start a new discussion](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/discussions/new), [create/fix language files](https://github.com/electerm/electerm-locales) or create pull requests, all welcome.

## Sponsor this project

github sponsor

[https://github.com/sponsors/electerm](https://github.com/sponsors/electerm)

kofi

[https://ko-fi.com/zhaoxudong](https://ko-fi.com/zhaoxudong)

wechat donate

[![wechat donate](https://electerm.org/electerm-wechat-donate.png)](https://github.com/electerm)

TRON TRN20

[![TRN20 donate](https://github.com/electerm/electerm-resource/blob/master/static/images/trn20.png?raw=true)]

Address: TXk3pQNmQu1vihH76RaEFnK9wg13x4LLCZ

## Dev

```bash
# May only works in Linux
# needs nodejs/npm, suggest using nvm to install nodejs/npm
# with nodejs 24.x

git clone git@github.com:electerm/electerm.git
cd electerm
npm config set legacy-peer-deps true
npm