Local terminal
tTerm for Mac
Our newest addition: a local terminal on your Mac, alongside the cloud version. Work with your computer as in any terminal, and soon you will be able to move your servers and keys to the cloud right from the app.
Download for MactTerm for Mac installs on a Mac. Open this page on one, and from your phone work in tTerm Web, right in the browser.
Open tTerm WebHow it fits with the cloud
Start on your Mac,
move to the cloud
The app does not replace tTerm in the cloud, it adds to it: one account, the same servers and notes. Start on your own Mac, and when you need access from anywhere, move everything to the cloud.
tTerm for Mac
A local terminal on your Mac: this computer's shells in blocks, with its history and notes kept on it. It works without an account too.
Moving to the cloud
When you are ready, the app finds your servers and keys from ~/.ssh on the Mac and moves them to the cloud in a couple of clicks.
tTerm Web
The cloud terminal: servers, terminals and notes live in the cloud and open from any browser, from your phone and for your team.
What it does
Your Mac and the cloud in one window
Blocks on your own Mac too
This Mac's bash or zsh, every command a block with its output, exit code and time. The history stays on the Mac for 30 days.
The cloud in the same window
Once you sign in, your servers, their notes and search across everything with ⌘K open next to the Mac's terminals.
Moving to the cloud SOON
The app moves the servers and keys on this Mac to the cloud in a couple of clicks, and they open from any browser.
Your Mac from anywhere
The app opens this Mac to tTerm Web: its terminal is there from a browser and from your phone. It lives in the menu bar.
How to install
Three steps to your Mac in tTerm
Open the file
Open the downloaded tTerm.dmg and drag tTerm to Applications.
Launch tTerm
The first time, macOS asks you to confirm, here is how. After that this Mac's terminals work right away, with no account and no setup.
Sign in when you like
Sign in opens your browser: confirm it, and your servers and notes appear in the window.
The first launch, just once
- macOS 15 or later
- Open tTerm and click Done. Then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security: at the bottom, next to the line about tTerm, click Open Anyway (the button shows for about an hour after your try) and confirm with your Mac's password.
- macOS 11–14
- In Finder, open Applications, Control-click tTerm, choose Open, then click Open again.
After that tTerm opens as usual and installs new versions by itself, and macOS does not ask about them.
Other systems
Not only Mac
Windows SOON
The Windows app is in the works.
Linux SOON
Until then, a computer on Linux joins tTerm Web with a small agent.
Any browser
tTerm Web works on a phone, a tablet and any computer. Open it
Questions
How is it different from tTerm Web?
tTerm Web is a cloud terminal in your browser: the terminals of your servers and computers live in the cloud, and you open them from anywhere. tTerm for Mac is a local terminal on the Mac itself, with the whole cloud in its window. One account, the same servers and notes.
Is it free?
Yes. While tTerm is in beta it is free for everyone, the app too.
Do I need an account?
No. Without signing in, tTerm works with this Mac: shells, history and notes stay on it. An account is for the cloud: servers, notes on all your devices and this Mac from a browser.
Where are my commands kept?
This Mac's commands with their output stay on it for 30 days, in the app's folder that only you can read. Commands on servers are kept in the cloud, as in tTerm Web.
Is the app signed?
Yes, with tTerm's own certificate, and every update is signed with it too. There is no Apple Developer ID signature yet, so the first time macOS asks you to confirm, here is how. After that it does not ask again, updates included.
How does it update?
By itself. Every six hours tTerm checks for a new version, downloads it and installs it when nothing is in the way: when you quit, or when nothing is running in its terminals. In Settings → Updates you can have it ask you first.
How do I remove it?
Quit tTerm from the menu bar and drag it from Applications to the Trash. If you signed in, you can forget this Mac in Settings → Devices.
Is the code open?
Yes, under AGPL v3, like all of tTerm: github.com/tterm-net/tterm-app.
Your first command on a Mac in a minute
Download tTerm, drag it to Applications and launch it. No account needed.