What is tinlet?
tinlet is an open source lightweight Terminal entry (Terminal Inlet) tool designed to provide secure and controllable Terminal session bridging capabilities for Web applications or local development environments. Instead of a full shell, it serves as a controlled channel and supports command execution, streaming output, and basic session management.
Core features
- zero dependency on Rust writing, small binary size and fast startup
- built-in Token-based session authentication mechanism
- supports WebSocket protocol access for easy embedding in the front-end console.
- You can configure command whitelists and timeout policies to enhance security.
Applicable scenarios
it is suitable for developer tool integration, CI/CD debugging panel, education platform command experiment sandbox, and light interactive terminal module in internal operation and maintenance Kanban. Exclusive system access for production environments is not recommended.
$tinlet serve –port 8080
Lightweight · safe · embeddable
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