AuraXLabs · Open-source Terminal
SSH, serial ports and lab gear — all in one terminal
AuraTerm is an open-source, cross-platform terminal: SSH, Telnet, local serial, network serial (RFC 2217), raw TCP and local shells share one set of tabs, bookmarks and logs. When you need to collaborate, Live Sync takes a session — end-to-end encrypted — to your browser, a colleague, or your other machine.
More than another SSH client: serial, collaboration and credential security are home turf too
Local serial, network serial (RFC 2217) and raw TCP share the same tabs, bookmarks, logs and Zmodem as SSH; change the baud rate, send BREAK and toggle DTR/RTS without disconnecting.
Live Sync takes a running session to a browser, a colleague, or your other machine over end-to-end encrypted live links; who may watch and who may type is always decided on the machine being shared.
Passwords and private keys are encrypted with AES-256-GCM + Argon2id and stored apart from bookmarks; they are sealed with your master password before syncing to the cloud, and shared bookmarks never include credentials.
AuraTerm is open source under GPL-3.0-or-later, and every local feature works without an account; only cloud features such as sync and live sharing need an AuraXLabs account.
Real AuraTerm screens: session management, serial debugging and remote file transfer
From getting connected to getting the job done: connections, transfers, bookmarks, automation and security
Local shell, SSH, Telnet, serial, network serial and raw TCP share tabs and split panes: drag to reorder, right-click to rename, and get your workspace back after a restart.
Password, private key, SSH agent and multi-factor (MFA) authentication, with jump hosts and known-hosts trust management — from a direct login to a bastion setup.
Serial ports are enumerated automatically; baud rate, data bits, stop bits, parity and flow control are all configurable, with presets and recent settings one click away.
The serial port does not have to be plugged into this machine. The Telnet Com Port Control Option (RFC 2217, option 44) reaches a serial device server and makes the baud rate and framing take effect on the device at the far end.
SSH sessions come with a remote file manager: browse directories, drag and drop to upload, queue transfers and optionally resume them, over SFTP or SCP.
A full-size bookmark manager: group tree, sortable table and inline editor; multi-select to move, clone or delete in bulk; import OpenSSH config and PuTTY sessions.
Quick buttons are organised into toolbars and groups, take variable parameters, and can be limited to certain hosts or bookmark groups; the multi-line input box keeps its own send history.
A streaming chat panel plus terminal-context shortcuts, backed by Anthropic or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, with the API key kept encrypted on your machine.
Passwords and private keys are stored apart from bookmark metadata, encrypted with AES-256-GCM using Argon2id-derived keys, and zeroed from memory after use.
Optional cloud features, enabled once you sign in to an AuraXLabs account. One menu, four things — split by who is on the other end
Bookmarks, settings and known-hosts follow your account and are stored encrypted on the server; saved credentials are end-to-end encrypted with your master password before upload, so the server cannot read them. With auto sync on, AuraTerm syncs at launch, after bookmark changes and every 30 minutes.
Once a device is linked, watch your own running sessions from the Live Console page on this site, and type from the browser when the device allows it; nothing is uploaded while no viewer is attached.
Generate a one-time 12-character share code; the other person enters it in a browser or their own AuraTerm, with no account required. Both sides authenticate with SPAKE2 (RFC 9382); choose view-only, guest-may-request or auto-grant control, and take control back or end the share at any time.
Pick another AuraTerm on your account straight from the device list: mirror its sessions, request control, or — once that machine explicitly allows it — open a new local, serial or SSH session there from its own bookmarks. Off by default; credentials never leave that machine, and the device being attached to always has the final say.
Live session links are end-to-end encrypted; neither the server nor the relay can read terminal content.
From the server room to the production line: the four most common ways it gets used
Manage a fleet of servers with bookmarks, jump hosts and port forwarding; tmux / screen reconnect keeps long jobs alive, SFTP and the built-in editor handle remote files, and a share code hands a group of bookmarks to a new teammate without any credentials.
Pair it with a USB-to-TTL serial cable to read boot logs, flash firmware and verify parameters; serial presets, output rules and session logs make lab, teaching and prototyping setups quick to reproduce.
The device is plugged into a field engineer's laptop: Live Share lets a remote colleague see that serial session directly and take over briefly once authorised, while the session log keeps a full record of the troubleshooting.
The board sits in a server room or lab, reached over RFC 2217 through a device server such as ser2net or a Moxa NPort — change the baud rate, send BREAK and read boot logs from home. Sessions left open on the lab machine can also be attached to from your AuraTerm at home with Live Relay.
Software and hardware together: AuraTerm handles connection and collaboration, the serial cable gets the device on the wire
An open-source terminal built with Tauri, Vue 3, TypeScript, xterm.js and Rust, for developers, operations engineers and embedded teams.
A foundational connectivity tool for embedded systems, microcontrollers, industrial equipment, and field maintenance, suitable for serial debugging, log capture, parameter configuration, and firmware flashing.
Free to download, no sign-up; Windows, macOS and Linux installers ship with every release
Release Access
Installers, release notes and past versions for every platform are published on GitHub Releases, where each file's SHA256 can be checked; Windows users can also install from the Microsoft Store.
Current AuraTerm Version: v0.3.8 | See all versions on GitHub
AuraTerm is free and open source — download it and start working. If you are bringing up hardware, pair it with the USB-to-TTL serial cable.