OmniTerm
A cross-platform terminal built with PyQt6. OmniTerm gives you SSH, serial, local, and Unix-like "Home" shell sessions in a tabbed interface, an integrated SFTP file browser, encrypted credential storage, a native terminal renderer, and a headless CLI for scripts and agents.
Features
- Multiple session types — SSH (password or key auth), serial (configurable baud / data bits / parity / stop bits), local PTY shells, and a MobaXterm-style "Home" Unix shell.
- Native terminal renderer —
pytescreen model drawn directly withQPainter(no embedded browser): smooth output, minimal input latency, true 256/true-color, and a real alternate-screen buffer for vi/htop/btop. - Tabbed sessions with a sidebar session tree (folders), drag-to-reorder, split view (2/4 panes), and saveable layouts.
- Integrated SFTP browser that attaches automatically to SSH sessions: navigate, drag-and-drop, double-click a remote file to edit it locally and sync changes back, and transfer with a progress bar.
- Shadow command prediction (opt-in) — inline suggestions of your next command from your own history; accept with Ctrl+F / End / →. Secrets are never suggested or stored.
- Ergonomics — copy-on-select, full clipboard support, keyboard text selection, bracketed paste (clean pastes into vim), and Ctrl+wheel font zoom.
- Encrypted credentials — passwords stored with Fernet encryption, optionally protected by a master password (PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256).
- Headless CLI (
omniterm-cli) — drive sessions, remote command execution, and SFTP from scripts and agents without the GUI (see below).
Installation
pip install omniterm
Usage
Launch the GUI:
omniterm
Command-line interface (headless)
omniterm-cli controls OmniTerm's capabilities without the GUI — ideal for
scripts, automation, and AI agents. It reuses the sessions you've saved in the
app. Every command supports --json.
# Sessions
omniterm-cli session list --json
omniterm-cli session add prod --host example.com --user deploy \
--auth key --key-path ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
omniterm-cli session show prod
# Run a remote command (captures stdout/stderr, propagates the exit code)
omniterm-cli exec prod "systemctl is-active nginx" --json
# SFTP
omniterm-cli sftp ls prod /var/log --json
omniterm-cli sftp get prod /var/log/app.log ./
omniterm-cli sftp put prod ./build.tar.gz /tmp/
# Interactive REPL
omniterm-cli repl
Driving a running GUI
If the OmniTerm window is open, omniterm-cli ctl … controls it live over a
token-authenticated localhost socket:
omniterm-cli ctl ping
omniterm-cli ctl open --type ssh --session prod
omniterm-cli ctl run --tab 0 --text "uname -a"
omniterm-cli ctl capture --tab 0 # read the tab's output back
omniterm-cli ctl list-tabs --json
Set OMNITERM_NO_CONTROL=1 to disable the control socket.
For agent use, a SKILL.md describes the whole interface for
discovery. The CLI imports no PyQt, so it runs anywhere — no display required.
Development
git clone https://github.com/fbobe321/omniterm
cd omniterm
pip install -e .
python -m omniterm.main # GUI
python -m omniterm.cli --help # CLI
# Tests (headless)
QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen python -m pytest tests/
License
MIT — see LICENSE.
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