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chaterm
AI-native SSH terminal that plans and runs ops tasks across servers and Kubernetes
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- Stars
- 3.1k
- License
- custom license
- Last commit
- Nov 2026
- Last release
- Oct 2026
- Language
- TypeScript
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Overview
Chaterm is an Electron terminal app for macOS, Windows and Linux, with iOS and Android clients, that adds an agent to SSH sessions. The agent plans and runs multi-host tasks such as deployment and fault diagnosis, with audit logs and rollback. It also includes a knowledge base with hybrid vector and keyword retrieval, reusable agent skills, and a database workspace for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and Oracle.
Who it is for: DevOps engineers and SREs managing servers and Kubernetes over SSH
Strengths
- Agent works across multiple hosts and Kubernetes clusters, with audit trail and rollback
- Reusable agent skills package ops procedures for repeat use
- Knowledge base uses hybrid vector and keyword retrieval with RRF fusion and reranking
- Built-in database client for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and Oracle
Weaknesses
- License is not identified (NOASSERTION), so reuse terms need checking
- Parts of the agent system are adapted from Cline
- Default reranking models are cloud-hosted (Qwen-Plus, Gemini 2.5 Flash)
- Building from source needs Electron and native module rebuilds for better-sqlite3
What it needs
- no GPU
- Needs Electron, Node.js, LLM API provider
- Models: custom models with per-model context and max output limits, Qwen-Plus, Gemini 2.5 Flash
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