tmtv

share your terminal over SSH. that's it.

Get started

curl -fsSL https://tmtv.se/install.sh | sh

$ tmtv

# share the SSH token with your pair

$ ssh TOKEN@tmtv.se

Linux and macOS. Or brew install sa3lej/tap/tmtv on macOS. Or build from source.

View a session in the browser

Or open a direct link: /s/TOKEN

tmtv terminal sharing session — SSH pair programming with optional web viewer

How it works

Run tmtv. You get two SSH tokens: read-write for your pair, read-only for spectators.

Connect

Your pair runs ssh TOKEN@tmtv.se and lands in your session. No plugins, no accounts, no browser.

Or just watch

Open the web viewer if you don't have a terminal handy. Zero install.

SSH sharing

read-write + read-only

Built on

tmux 3.6a

Web viewer

view-only, zero install

What it looks like

Default theme

tmtv viewer showing a normal tmux session with split panes

Normal session

TV theme

Try it: add ?theme=tv to any viewer URL

Why tmtv?

I loved tmate but it was stuck on tmux 2.4 from 2017. Nine years of tmux improvements — popup menus, extended keys, sixel graphics — all missing.

So I rebased it on tmux 3.6a and shipped it. Same SSH-based terminal sharing you know, with a modern tmux underneath. The web viewer is a bonus — handy when someone just wants to watch without opening a terminal.

No IDE plugins. No accounts. No Electron app. Just SSH.

What's new

1.2.6 Your terminal, your rules.

1.2.5 Detach and come back.

1.2.4 Refresh without regret.

1.2.3 The viewer gets a makeover.

1.2.2 The status bar that keeps its promises.

1.2.1 Your links now have faces.

Full changelog on GitHub

Built by Lars-Erik Jonsson (SA3LEJ) with Claude Code.

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