ssh-chat Wiki

Welcome to the ssh-chat wiki. Here you can find answers to questions, tips, and other things involving ssh-chat.

What is ssh-chat?

ssh-chat is a service that allows you to chat over an ssh connection. Simply run this server and have your users connect using the ssh command, and you can chat in a simple chat room over a secure shell connection.

Users can chat in a chat room via ssh
Users can private message eachother via the /msg command
The color theme of the chat can be changed provided your ssh client supports it
Support for whitelisting/blocking users as well as kicking users
Can check any user's public key fingerprint for identification purposes
Easy to download and run!

Questions

See the FAQ page for more info.

Chatrooms

ssh-chat's self-titled chat server, connect with ssh user@ssh.chat
#ssh-chat on Matrix