<h1 align="center" style="padding-top: 60px;padding-bottom: 40px;">
    <a href="https://electerm.org">
        <img src="https://github.com/electerm/electerm-resource/raw/master/static/images/electerm.png", alt="" />
    </a>
</h1>

[![GitHub version](https://badgers.space/github/release/electerm/electerm?corner_radius=m)](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases)
[![Build Status](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/actions/workflows/mac-test-1.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/actions)
[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/electerm/electerm)](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/blob/master/LICENSE)
[![Get it from the Snap Store](https://img.shields.io/badge/Snap-Store-green)](https://snapcraft.io/electerm)
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[![GitHub Sponsors](https://img.shields.io/github/sponsors/electerm?label=Sponsors)](https://github.com/sponsors/electerm)
[![star](https://atomgit.com/electerm/electerm/star/badge.svg)](https://atomgit.com/electerm/electerm)

[![English](https://img.shields.io/badge/English-EN-blue)](README.md) [![中文](https://img.shields.io/badge/中文-Chinese-blue)](README_cn.md)

Open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client(linux, mac, win).

- [electerm.org](https://electerm.org): Homepage, downloads, videos, etc
- [electerm-web](https://github.com/electerm/electerm-web): Web app version running in browser(including mobile device)
- [electerm-web-docker](https://github.com/electerm/electerm-web-docker): Docker image for electerm-web
- [electerm online](https://cloud.electerm.org): Public free online electerm app
- [electerm demo](https://demo.electerm.org): Online demo of electerm
- [electerm AI](https://ai.electerm.org): Free AI for electerm users
- [electerm deb repo](https://repos.electerm.org/deb): Debian repo of electerm
- [electerm rpm repo](https://repos.electerm.org/rpm): RPM repo of electerm

## Atlas Cloud

<div align="center">
  <a href="https://www.atlascloud.ai/?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" width="200" />
  </a>
</div>

[Atlas Cloud](https://www.atlascloud.ai/?utm_source=github&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=electerm) provides OpenAI-compatible AI APIs and model access for AI-powered workflows in electerm.

[![DigitalOcean Referral Badge](https://web-platforms.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/WWW/Badge%202.svg)](https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=c10bcb28b846&utm_campaign=Referral_Invite&utm_medium=Referral_Program&utm_source=badge)

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<div align="center">
  <img src="https://github.com/electerm/electerm-resource/raw/master/static/images/electerm.gif", alt="" />
</div>

## Features

- Works as a terminal/file manager or ssh/sftp/ftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice client
- Support Window 7+(X64/ARM64), Mac OS 10.15+(x64/arm64), Linux(x64/arm64/Loong64), 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 platform(linux, mac, win)
- 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 🇧🇷 🇷🇺 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇹🇷 🇭🇰 🇯🇵 🇸🇦 🇩🇪 🇰🇷 🇮🇩 🇵🇱 Multi-language support([electerm-locales](https://github.com/electerm/electerm-locales), contributions/fixes welcome)
- Double click to directly edit (small) remote files.
- Auth with publicKey + password.
- Support Zmodem(rz, sz).
- Support ssh tunnel.
- Support [Trzsz](https://github.com/trzsz/trzsz)(trz/tsz), similar to rz/sz, and compatible with tmux.
- Transparent window(Mac, win).
- Terminal background image.
- Global/session proxy.
- Quick commands
- UI/terminal theme
- Sync bookmarks/themes/quick commands to github/gitee secret gist/webdav/custom server/electerm cloud
- Quick input to one or all terminals.
- AI assistant integration (supporting [DeepSeek](https://www.deepseek.com), OpenAI, and any other AI APIs) to help with command suggestions, script writing, and explaining selected terminal content, create bookmarks
- 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

[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/badge/Discord-Join-blue?logo=discord)](https://discord.gg/855W7g8EVd)

[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 i

# start vite dev server, requires port 5570
npm start

# in a separate terminal session run app
npm run app

# code format check
npm run lint

# code format fix
npm run fix
```

## Test

```bash
npm run b
npm run prepare-test
cp .sample.env .env

# edit .env, fill your test host/username/password, may only works in mac OS
npm run test
```

## Test build

```bash
# May only works in Linux
# Install yarn first(to do yarn autoclean)
# See https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install

# Build linux only with -l
npm i
npm run b
npm run pb
./node_modules/.bin/electron-builder --linux tar.gz
# or replace tar.gz to rpm/deb/AppImage
# check dist/ folder

# build for linux arm/
./node_modules/.bin/electron-builder --linux --arm64
```

## Video guide

- [https://electerm.org/videos](https://electerm.org/videos)

## Change log

Visit [Releases](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases).

## Contact author

[zxdong@gmail.com](mailto:zxdong@gmail.com)


## License

MIT

## Star History

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