Alternatives to Eternal Terminal
A remote shell that reconnects automatically after network drops without interrupting the session. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Eternal Terminal
A remote shell that reconnects automatically after network drops without interrupting the session.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Eternal Terminal.
Mosh
A remote shell that replaces interactive SSH and survives roaming, sleep and dropped connections.
Mosh also survives roaming and sleep and adds local echo, but needs UDP ports open and does not offer native scrolling.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Eternal Terminal as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
OpenSSH
The standard SSH client and server suite for encrypted remote login, file copying and tunnelling.
Eternal Terminal keeps remote shells alive through network drops and IP changes, but it must be installed on both client and server and uses existing ssh for authentication.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
tmux
Keeps terminal sessions alive on a server after you disconnect, and splits one window into many.
GNU Screen
A terminal multiplexer that runs several shell sessions in one window and keeps them alive after disconnecting.
Prompt
Panic's native terminal and SSH client for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Vision Pro, with Mosh support.
Blink Shell
An SSH and Mosh terminal for iPhone and iPad with local Unix tools and SFTP support.
Wave Terminal
A terminal with file previews, a remote file editor, web browsing and AI assistance arranged as blocks in one window.
