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Terminal emulator?

I hope I am not asking too much here but I have always wondered...

How does PythonAnywhere create terminal windows in a browser? They seem be fully functional and really push the commands on the server.

Is there some open source Javascript project you use or is this proprietary code? Thanks for any leads.

Beloved premium user joeg | 75 posts | Dec. 3, 2020, 4:52 p.m. | permalink

It's an open source project -- well, actually two of them :-) Normally we use hterm, but for some accounts we use xterm.js.

Staff giles | 12096 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | Dec. 3, 2020, 5:53 p.m. | permalink

Nicely implemented! :)

Beloved premium user joeg | 75 posts | Dec. 3, 2020, 6:14 p.m. | permalink