Spectre documentation

Spectre gives you browser terminals on the machines you own. Deploy one control server, enroll your machines, and connect from your laptop, tablet, or phone.

Start here

• Install Spectre and connect a machine
• See what gets installed
• Prepare for production

Operate your deployment

• Configure the server and inspect its API
• Manage agents, services, and tmux sessions
• Upgrade and back up your installation
• Troubleshoot a connection

Build with Spectre

• Run the project locally
• Build container images
• Read the WebSocket protocol
• Contribute documentation

Know the trust boundary

Spectre is self-hosted and MIT licensed. There is one administrator and no per-machine access control. Anyone with the admin password can open a shell on every enrolled machine. Read the production checklist before exposing your server.