Show HN: your website as a TUI, over SSH right now

7 points by keepamovin 10 hours ago | 5 comments

Try it at: ssh krnl.duetbrowser.com

No sign up, totally free - no download. Let me know what you think.

This is a real TUI browser rendering the web as ANSI with its own layout engine. The backend is Google cloud run, running browserbox and the Krnl TUI browser and it is routed through a simple SSH server endpoint.

Prior art exists (brow.sh) but I wasn't satisfied with their graphical take. I wanted the raw, old skool terminal days of the early internet - BBS, and old green phosphor library comptuers - but running the modern web, with all the bells and jingle jangle whistles (JavaScript, etc).

No funding, no VC, just 100% raw terminal fun. Not sure how long the demo will last, but try it out.

▲ zgubi 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

  ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  │  KRNL — the text-mode web browser, in the cloud │
  │  Ctrl-C or close the terminal to end the demo.  │
  └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Starting BrowserBox Terminal Kernel...

Error: Failed to start kernel - Cannot find module 'chroma-js' Require stack: - /tmp/sea-terminal-kit-f476015698c8cef721a6637233bd9330/client/node_modules/terminal-kit/lib/termkit.js - /tmp/sea-terminal-kit-f476015698c8cef721a6637233bd9330/client/noop.js Connection to krnl.duetbrowser.com closed.

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rrvsh 3 hours ago | parent [-]

same sadly

	▲	keepamovin 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		edit: Can confirm I fixed a few bugs, rolled the fleet and the new version looks pretty good. LMK what you think! Thanks! That's weird. I just confirmed a real launch is live so the service remains available generally. Can I ask what region you connected to? I'll check any logs to see what might be up. Possible timing race on module load inside SEA.

▲ quotemstr 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You might want to consider using atomic update escape codes: https://github.com/contour-terminal/vt-extensions/blob/maste...

The interface flickers like crazy right now.

	▲	keepamovin 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Thank you. Can you record a video of the flickering you’re seeing? edit: I just recorded a demo here: https://youtu.be/dbNlXjC0lo0 Which parts are flickering? In your run, what did you see? A video (or asciinema) would be most helpful! I just tested your atomics idea now and it seems to improve render speed noticably, and it might appear more smooth. Thanks for that. Please check it out and lmk what you think - the fleet will be rolled a bit later, I'll let you know when you can try the update.