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Interactive Javascript Terminal as a personal website

74 points by ryduh 16y ago

hkuo 16y ago
This would be an awesome way to port over Zork or any Infocom game to the internet!
- ZenzerNet 16y ago
  You can play them all here: http://www.accardi-by-the-sea.org/Infocom/Online/ http://www.accardi-by-the-sea.org/Infocom/Online/ - Java, but nonetheless... Great games!
- wtracy 16y ago
  http://thcnet.net/zork/index.php http://thcnet.net/zork/index.php
- mieses 16y ago
  http://parchment.toolness.com/ http://parchment.toolness.com/ an interactive fiction game archive in HTML and Javascript
ncavig 16y ago
At least in chrome the backspace key performs a browser back. Should try to overload the key with keydown event. Would also be cool to have a history of ran commands or tab-completion functionality =)
miket 16y ago
i have something similar http://miketung.com/sh/ http://miketung.com/sh/ . Supports personal home directories with the 'login' command (uses oauth).
mattgauger 16y ago
Note that it won't work on mobile devices, and probably has some accessibility issues too. Fancy, shiny new things are neat, but show off that you know standards and accessibility at the same time.
Ainab 16y ago
neat stuff.
ameketa 16y ago
http://enekoalonso.com/terminal.php?command=ls&path=../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/ http://enekoalonso.com/terminal.php?command=ls&path=../.... Security fail.
- rwolf 16y ago
  glad to see HN is enjoying yesterday's release of mod_pagespeed: http://enekoalonso.com/terminal.php?command=ls&path=../../../../../../../../../../../../var http://enekoalonso.com/terminal.php?command=ls&path=../....
  - andfarm 16y ago
    We (DreamHost) don't have mod_pagespeed support out quite yet, but the feature should be available to our customers by the end of the day today, as soon as I flip the switch to turn it on. :)
- llimllib 16y ago
  That's a remarkably terrible way to implement a terminal.
  - eneko 16y ago
    It was never my intent to implement a terminal. The site does not execute any system commands at all on the server side. Pretty much, all commands are 'custom' or invented, to show stuff about me and stuff I've worked on (a long, long time ago). Nothing else.
- eneko 16y ago
  Nice. The code was already checking for '..' on the path, but the condition was erroneous. Fixed now.
  - toolate 16y ago
    You might be better off getting the canonical path and then checking against a whitelist. E.g. `strpos(realpath($command_path), '/var/www/html/') === 0`.
cowpewter 16y ago
Very cool, but no backspace/delete/arrow key support? Can't seem to correct a typo other than just hitting enter, getting the 'command not found' message and retrying.
leif 16y ago
http://adlaiff6.github.com/ http://adlaiff6.github.com/ Old data, but it runs on a (young, but) flexible sh emulation, and by messing with the virtual filesystem you can get it to do whatever you want (try readlink, for example). Grab code from github.com/adlaiff6/jsh and github.com/adlaiff6/readline.js. Doesn't work on firefox for me right now, don't remember why, I haven't touched the code in a long time.
eof 16y ago
doesn't work with vimperator on ff
- naz 16y ago
  Isn't there a pass through mode?
  - eof 16y ago
    Yep, but I didn't know about it until now.
kqr2 16y ago
Also see JS/UIX: http://www.masswerk.at/jsuix/ http://www.masswerk.at/jsuix/
Erwin 16y ago
XKCD switched their web page to such a pseudo-terminal on April's Fools day: http://uni.xkcd.com/ http://uni.xkcd.com/ (And there was a cut down adventure game hidden in it).
pinchyfingers 16y ago
Awesome idea, doesn't work so smoothly yet.
eneko 16y ago
I wrote the site on an afternoon a couple of years ago and haven't had time or energy to update it. If anyone is interested, please grab the code :) There is nothing server side other than the 'ls' command, which is nothing else than a directory listing in php (no system command at all is run on the server). All other commands are just basic Javascript.
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mkramlich 16y ago
i like that more than most websites. very fast. minimum of visual noise. substance over flashiness.
growt 16y ago
I'll just leave this here: http://goosh.org/ http://goosh.org/
metageek 16y ago
It looks so much like a terminal that I had a "that's impossible!" reaction when I typed "whois" and got a picture.

74 points by ryduh 16y ago

hkuo 16y ago

This would be an awesome way to port over Zork or any Infocom game to the internet!

ZenzerNet 16y ago
You can play them all here: http://www.accardi-by-the-sea.org/Infocom/Online/ http://www.accardi-by-the-sea.org/Infocom/Online/ - Java, but nonetheless... Great games!
wtracy 16y ago
http://thcnet.net/zork/index.php http://thcnet.net/zork/index.php
mieses 16y ago
http://parchment.toolness.com/ http://parchment.toolness.com/ an interactive fiction game archive in HTML and Javascript

ncavig 16y ago

At least in chrome the backspace key performs a browser back. Should try to overload the key with keydown event. Would also be cool to have a history of ran commands or tab-completion functionality =)

miket 16y ago

i have something similar http://miketung.com/sh/ http://miketung.com/sh/ . Supports personal home directories with the 'login' command (uses oauth).

mattgauger 16y ago

Note that it won't work on mobile devices, and probably has some accessibility issues too. Fancy, shiny new things are neat, but show off that you know standards and accessibility at the same time.

Ainab 16y ago

neat stuff.

ameketa 16y ago

http://enekoalonso.com/terminal.php?command=ls&path=../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/ http://enekoalonso.com/terminal.php?command=ls&path=../.... Security fail.

rwolf 16y ago
glad to see HN is enjoying yesterday's release of mod_pagespeed: http://enekoalonso.com/terminal.php?command=ls&path=../../../../../../../../../../../../var http://enekoalonso.com/terminal.php?command=ls&path=../....
- andfarm 16y ago
  We (DreamHost) don't have mod_pagespeed support out quite yet, but the feature should be available to our customers by the end of the day today, as soon as I flip the switch to turn it on. :)
llimllib 16y ago
That's a remarkably terrible way to implement a terminal.
- eneko 16y ago
  It was never my intent to implement a terminal. The site does not execute any system commands at all on the server side. Pretty much, all commands are 'custom' or invented, to show stuff about me and stuff I've worked on (a long, long time ago). Nothing else.
eneko 16y ago
Nice. The code was already checking for '..' on the path, but the condition was erroneous. Fixed now.
- toolate 16y ago
  You might be better off getting the canonical path and then checking against a whitelist. E.g. `strpos(realpath($command_path), '/var/www/html/') === 0`.

cowpewter 16y ago

Very cool, but no backspace/delete/arrow key support? Can't seem to correct a typo other than just hitting enter, getting the 'command not found' message and retrying.

leif 16y ago

http://adlaiff6.github.com/ http://adlaiff6.github.com/ Old data, but it runs on a (young, but) flexible sh emulation, and by messing with the virtual filesystem you can get it to do whatever you want (try readlink, for example). Grab code from github.com/adlaiff6/jsh and github.com/adlaiff6/readline.js. Doesn't work on firefox for me right now, don't remember why, I haven't touched the code in a long time.

eof 16y ago

doesn't work with vimperator on ff

naz 16y ago
Isn't there a pass through mode?
- eof 16y ago
  Yep, but I didn't know about it until now.

kqr2 16y ago

Also see JS/UIX: http://www.masswerk.at/jsuix/ http://www.masswerk.at/jsuix/

Erwin 16y ago

XKCD switched their web page to such a pseudo-terminal on April's Fools day: http://uni.xkcd.com/ http://uni.xkcd.com/ (And there was a cut down adventure game hidden in it).

pinchyfingers 16y ago

Awesome idea, doesn't work so smoothly yet.

eneko 16y ago

I wrote the site on an afternoon a couple of years ago and haven't had time or energy to update it. If anyone is interested, please grab the code :) There is nothing server side other than the 'ls' command, which is nothing else than a directory listing in php (no system command at all is run on the server). All other commands are just basic Javascript.

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mkramlich 16y ago

i like that more than most websites. very fast. minimum of visual noise. substance over flashiness.

growt 16y ago

I'll just leave this here: http://goosh.org/ http://goosh.org/

metageek 16y ago

It looks so much like a terminal that I had a "that's impossible!" reaction when I typed "whois" and got a picture.