ssh.place: r/place over SSH

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A shared canvas you draw on over SSH. No account, no install

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What it does

ssh.place is a shared, real-time pixel-style canvas you access entirely over SSH. Instead of using a browser app, creating an account, or installing software, you connect from a terminal with a single command (ssh ssh.place) and draw directly in the SSH session.

The canvas is a grid of colored cells (200×60). Everyone draws on the same canvas, and each participant is rate-limited to one placement every 15 seconds. Access is tied to your SSH key: any SSH key works, there’s nothing to sign up for, and reconnecting does not reset your cooldown.

Once connected, you control a cursor and navigate the canvas using arrow keys, WASD, or hjkl. Because the canvas can be wider than your terminal window, you can scroll to pan across it, and use Shift + left/right to jump an entire screen at a time. You select colors with the number keys 0–9, and Tab cycles through all 16 colors. Press Space to place a solid block of the selected color.

The drawing system is intentionally limited to color blocks only. The server rejects any placement that includes a character, which means you can’t write text—only draw shapes and patterns.

The website acts as a viewer: it reads and displays the current state of the canvas, while edits happen over SSH (and nowhere else). The site also links to canvas and stats views, a PNG export, and indicates the project is open source. Overall, ssh.place provides a lightweight, terminal-first way for multiple people to collaborate on a shared, time-gated canvas using standard SSH access and simple keyboard controls, with no accounts or client installs required beyond having an SSH client and key available to connect to the server in the first place.

Stats shown on the page (at time of viewing) include current users online and the number of cells drawn out of a total cell count, giving a quick sense of activity on the shared canvas at any moment in time. This makes it easy to join, explore what others are drawing, and contribute small changes on a steady cadence.

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