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webpty
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Web based application to access shell & shell based applications via a browser.
Use pip and install webpty.
pip install webpty
webpty
Creates a tornado server which will be serving bash shell on http://localhost:8000/
webpty -c $SHELL
or
webpty --cmd=$SHELL
This $SHELL can be bash, sh, python, vim, wtfutil, etc. that is available in the system.
webpty -p $PORT
or
webpty --port=$PORT
Creates a tornado server that server on the specified port http://localhost:$PORT/
By default, server will accept request from all the hosts without any restriction, to make it accept only from certain hosts,
webpty -ah $ALLOWED_HOSTS
or
webpty --allowed-hosts=$ALLOWED_HOSTS
Server accepts only requests from $ALLOWED_HOSTS. This $ALLOWED_HOSTS should be list of strings seperated by a comma.



Pull requests are welcome. Raise a issue and start a discussion before submitting a pr.

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A web-based application to access shell & shell based applications via a browser
We found that webpty demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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