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What it is

The successor of Another Term Lite.

Initially it was decided to fill the gap in USB serial dongle terminals that provide features allow comfortable work without a hardware keyboard. However as time passed, it has grown into something closer to Termux. Built-in SSH client has also been added.

See README.md.

Shell features

• passing content between shell and Android applications — termsh commands list;
• implemented a bit better than Termux:
  • passing descriptors via SCM_RIGHTS ancillary messages instead of copying data;
  • credentials checking to prevent possible spoofing attacks;
• shell plugins in separate APKs with dev API and signature checking;
• it's supposed to use PRoot with existing Linux repositories — Installing Linux under PRoot;
• libusb (with device enumeration and hot plug/unplug events) support on nonrooted Android;
• access USB and Bluetooth serial dongles right from the shell:

... | $TERMSH serial 9600 | ...

or python3 for example:

import subprocess

class Serial:
 def __init__(self):
  self.proc = subprocess.Popen(('termsh', 'serial', '9600'), stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=None)

 def read(self, n):
  return self.proc.stdout.read(n)

 def write(self, v):
  self.proc.stdin.write(v)
  self.proc.stdin.flush()

 def stop(self):
  self.proc.terminate()

 def __enter__(self):
  return self

 def __exit__(self):
  self.stop()
  return False

• but no am command analog yet.