late.sh

A cozy command-line clubhouse for computer people. Chat, music, games, art, coding, and tech news. Connect with any SSH client!

ssh late.sh

late.sh is a terminal-first social app: real-time chat, music, games, news, profiles, and a shared always-on space you can enter from any SSH client.

Status

This repository is the main codebase for late.sh.

The project is open for source reading, local development, audits, and contributions.
The public hosted late.sh service remains the canonical deployment.
The code is source-available, not OSI open source, during the FSL protection period.

Read the details in LICENSE, the plain-English policy in LICENSING.md, and contribution rules in CONTRIBUTING.md.

What It Includes

SSH TUI with dashboard, chat, profile, news, and arcade screens
Real-time global chat and shared activity feed
Audio streaming via Icecast/Liquidsoap, played by the paired CLI or the public /listen page
Terminal games including 2048, Sudoku, Nonograms, Minesweeper, and Solitaire
Web frontend for landing, profiles, and the token-less /listen page
Companion CLI for local audio playback and synced visualizer data

Workspace

This is a Rust workspace with five crates:

Crate	Role
`late-cli`	Companion CLI for local audio playback, paired controls, and visualizer sync
`late-core`	Shared domain code, database layer, migrations, and infrastructure helpers
`late-ssh`	SSH server and terminal UI application
`late-web`	Web server, landing page, profiles/gallery, stream proxy, and the public `/listen` page
`late-webview`	Helper process hosting the official YouTube IFrame Player for the CLI

The stack is backed by PostgreSQL, Icecast, and Liquidsoap.

Quick Start

Try the live service:

ssh late.sh

The SSH login name is discarded rather than used as a public handle. On the first connection, a new account receives a random modifier-and-noun username; the username can still be changed later in Settings.

Run it yourself (requires Docker):

git clone https://github.com/mpiorowski/late-sh