ExTerm

ExTerm is a terminal Phoenix.LiveView. By default, ExTerm provides an IEx terminal usable as a web interface, however, this is customizable and you may use ExTerm for other CLIs.

Under the hood, ExTerm is a generic interface for converting erlang IO protocol messages into web output and translating web input into responses in the IO protocol.

Installation

Add ExTerm to your mix.exs:

def deps do
[
  # ...
  {:ex_term, "~> 0.2"}
  # ...
]
end

How to create a live terminal in your Phoenix router

You must supply a Phoenix.PubSub server that is the communication channel to send important updates to the liveview. It's recommended to use the PubSub server associated with your web server.

import ExTerm.Router

scope "/live_term" do
  pipe_through :browser

  live_term "/", pubsub_server: MyAppWeb.PubSub
end

Documentation

Documentation is available on hexdocs.pm: https://hexdocs.pm/ex_term

Planned (Pro?) features:

• provenance tracking
• multiplayer mode