Mosh Mobile Shell

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Post by rbinv » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 2:59 PM UTC

Re: Mosh Mobile Shell

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Post by geoffeg » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 3:58 PM UTC

Last commit to master was over two years ago, has mosh been replaced by something else or is the project just "complete"?

Re: Mosh Mobile Shell

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Post by Kilenaitor » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 4:01 PM UTC

geoffeg wrote: post #2

Last commit to master was over two years ago, has mosh been replaced by something else or is the project just "complete"?

I have replaced it with Eternal Terminal: https://github.com/MisterTea/EternalTerminal

But I don't know how widespread that is.

Re: Mosh Mobile Shell

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Post by p0deje » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 4:01 PM UTC

It's a great project. I remember years ago, I suffered from intermittent SSH issues when using Vagrant with AWS, and I ended up writing a plugin[1] to replace `vagrant ssh` with `vagrant mosh`, which fixed most of my disconnects. It's a pity Mosh is not supported widely!

[1]: https://github.com/p0deje/vagrant-mosh

Re: Mosh Mobile Shell

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Post by craftkiller » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 4:01 PM UTC

I used to use this but ran into too many small issues that ended up outweighing the benefit compared to a plain-old ssh connection. Personally, I'm hoping for a QUIC-based alternative that reaps the benefits of being able to change IP addresses and recover from intermittent connection loss without any of the typing prediction stuff from mosh.

Re: Mosh Mobile Shell

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Post by iberator » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 4:02 PM UTC

geoffeg wrote: post #2

Last commit to master was over two years ago, has mosh been replaced by something else or is the project just "complete"?

Why update if something is perfect? Like in the old days: final version :) wait for new one in few years :)

Re: Mosh Mobile Shell

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Post by lostdog » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 4:04 PM UTC

Mosh is so good, but their unwillingness to implement OSC52 for copying to clipboard sent me back to tmux.

Re: Mosh Mobile Shell

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Post by semiinfinitely » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 4:08 PM UTC

I've tris Mosh several times and never found any tangible benefit in any scenario.

Re: Mosh Mobile Shell

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Post by snickerdoodle12 » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 4:10 PM UTC

semiinfinitely wrote: post #8

I've tris Mosh several times and never found any tangible benefit in any scenario.

It's great for SSH from my phone. The connection is just there whenever I unlock my phone.

Re: Mosh Mobile Shell

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Post by kzrdude » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 4:11 PM UTC

semiinfinitely wrote: post #8

I've tris Mosh several times and never found any tangible benefit in any scenario.

Close laptop and it's fine. Open laptop next day at work and your session is still there, it just reconnects itself. It's quite satisfying.