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Can a chrome extension host a terminal emulator?
Jun 2, 2025 · original
Last week, I wrote on using my browser as a terminal emulator. The post caught a lot of attention on lobster.rs , and I received some interesting feedback. The most common criticism was that running a terminal from a browser tab was inherently insecure. There were also some concerns about the complexity of the setup, and the fact that it requires a server to run at all times. I'm happy to report that I have a solution for both of these: Tweety is now distributed as a chrome extension! Why a Chrome extension? Chrome extensions have a lot of interesting api to leverages. In addition to putting terminals in browser tabs, i'm now a able to create them as a sidebar, or even in the devtools panel! Since chrome extensions page have an url, I can leverage query parameters to open specific views. Ex: chrome-extension://your-extension-id/term.html?app=ssh&arg=vps : opens a terminal in SSH mode, co
The case for using a web browser as your terminal
May 29, 2025 · original
Note Tweety has changed a lot since I've written this article, and is now distributed as a web extension. If this article catch your interest, you should read the following one to learn more about the new features. I don't actively use a terminal emulator app on my computer anymore, and use tweety instead from my web browser. I think you should consider doing the same. My browser is eating all my apps, and I like it I don't really have a usecase for native apps anymore. All of the apps I use are web-based, so it make sense for me to use a web browser as my only opened app. Instead of having a bunch of window with their own set of tabs, I can manage everything from a single one. However, as a developer, it is unthinkable to not have a terminal emulator app opened to run commands, manage and edit files, or interact with remote servers. Ideally, I would like those two remaining apps to be m

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