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Neat, you can setup SSH connections as native terminal sessions.

When you type in your server info and click connect, this happens:

  prompt> connecting to user@host...
  prompt> error connecting to remote: mshell client not found
  prompt> trying auto-install
  prompt> installing mshell v0.3.0 to user@host...

Install something on a server without even asking? Also, what is "mshell client" or "mshell v0.3.0"?

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Not to shill, but WezTerm can also do this and isn't built on web stacks, if anyone is looking for something similar.

And not backed by venture capital.

The wezterm built-in mosh+tmux I use all.the.time and it works great. Working from my personal macbook I have a wezterm window running on my work Linux machine with multiple screens and windows and having first-class multiple window support in the terminal has been nice.

Wezterm rules…

That is my main issue as well. What is mshell? Why do I have to install it on my remote? Surely a dependency like that should be pointed out front and centre...

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