Web Terminal
A real terminal in your browser, talking to the BBS's local
Telnet listener via xterm.js over WebSockets.
Where
/terminal/ on the web UI. Logged-in users only.
What you get
A full CP437/ANSI terminal — the same UI you'd see in
SyncTERM or
NetRunner, rendered in the browser:
- 80×25 default; resizable to whatever your viewport allows
- ANSI color, bold, blink (animated)
- Mouse-driven copy/paste
- Doors run inline, including DOS doors via the DosBridge
Auth
You must already be logged into the web UI to open /terminal/ at
all — but the emulated terminal itself is a plain socket straight to
the local Telnet listener (localhost:2233 by default; a sysop
can point it at any host/port from the connect dialog, telnet or
SSH). It does not use rlogin and there's no auto-login token: you
still see the normal (G)uest, (L)ogin, (N)ew user prompt and type
your username/password inside the emulated session, same as any
telnet client. See Rlogin for what auto-login rlogin actually is.
Why use it
- Zero install: no telnet client needed
- Mobile-friendly: works on phone browsers
- Useful as a sysop tool: jump into a user's experience to
reproduce something they're seeing - Sometimes the only thing that gets through restrictive
firewalls (your gym, an airport, …)