shio

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Free and open source · Notarized · Apple silicon · macOS 14+

塩Orchard▾

shells

%This Mac

%basiltmux

repos

⎇orchard-api3

⎇orchard-web✓

⎇orchard-infra✓

▣Projects3

⌗Machines4

▤Files

塩 shio

This Mac~/orchard-api · tmux

~/orchard-api $ git status -sb

## main...origin/main

M src/router.ts

M src/db/pool.ts

?? src/cache.ts

~/orchard-api $ npm test

✓ router 18 passing

✓ pool 7 passing

✓ cache 4 passing

~/orchard-api $ git commit -am "cache warm path"

[main 4f2a1c9] cache warm path

3 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

~/orchard-api $ ssh basil

Last login: Tue Sep 9 09:02:11 from 100.84.2.7

basil ~ $ systemctl status orchard

● orchard.service — Orchard API

Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/orchard.service)

Active: active (running) since Mon 18:41

Memory: 214.8M

basil ~ $

Projects3

OOrchard2m

⎇ main · 3

3 repos · this mac

LLantern1h

⎇ main · clean

2 repos · this mac

MMeridian3d

⎇ release · clean

2 repos · basil

+New project

▣home ▤files ⌗machines

Built around what you're working on

Not a list of hosts you have to remember the purpose of.

Projects, not a wall of tabs

A project holds its repos, the machines they live on, and the shells you opened for them. Open it and you're in the right directory on the right machine.

All projects3 projects · 7 repos

OOrchard2m

⎇ main · 3 uncommitted

3 repos · this mac · basil

LLantern1h

⎇ main · clean

2 repos · this mac

MMeridian3d

⎇ release · clean

2 repos · basil

+New project

A folder on this Mac, or any machine

A real terminal, not a viewer

libghostty compiled natively, so vim, htop and lazygit render properly. Even on a phone.

basilhtop · ssh

1[||||||||| ] 42%

2[||| ] 18%

M[||||||||| ] 3.4G

PID USER CPU% COMMAND

1841 dev 31.2 node

2093 dev 8.4 postgres

774 root 1.1 tailscaled

3310 dev 0.7 tmux

Close the lid. Open your phone.

tmux holds the session open on the machine running it, so nothing is tied to the device you started on. The build that was running is still running, and the output that arrived while you were gone is there.

This Mac~/orchard-api · 09:14

~/orchard-api $ git pull --rebase

Successfully rebased and updated refs/heads/main.

~/orchard-api $ npm ci

added 412 packages in 9s

~/orchard-api $ npm run lint

✓ no problems found

~/orchard-api $ npm run build:all

[1/4] compiling api…

[2/4] compiling web…

[3/4] bundling assets…

— you close the lid here, 09:16 —

Orchardthis mac · 09:21

[1/4] compiling api…

[2/4] compiling web…

[3/4] bundling assets…

[4/4] done in 3m 12s

✓ build succeeded

api 1.2 MB

web 840 kB

~/orchard-api $ git push

To github.com:you/orchard

4f2a1c9..9be07d1 main

~/orchard-api $

▣home ▤files ⌗machines

Your machines, nobody in between

There is no Shio server. Your phone connects straight to your Mac over SSH, on your network or your own Tailscale. Keys stay in the keychain.

Machines4 · no relay

●This Maclocal

●basiltailscale

●raspberry pi192.168.1.14

○iPhonethis device

Free, and yours to read

MIT licensed. Check what it does with your keys before you trust it with them.

$ git clone github.com/shio-sh/shio

Cloning into 'shio'…

✓ MIT licensed

✓ No account

✓ No telemetry

✓ No server of ours

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