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Chuchu: A Better, Native Android SSH client powered by libghostty
Brings libghostty's rendering engine to Android with native Tailscale SSH support.
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Chuchu, a modern Android SSH client powered by libghostty
by jossephus01·May 26, 2026·4 points·0 comments
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Finally brings Ghostty's GPU-accelerated terminal rendering to Android SSH clients.
Strengths
- •Embeds libghostty for kitty protocol and GPU-accelerated rendering on mobile.
- •Zig orchestration handles JNI bridging cleanly without heavy Java overhead.
- •Supports Tailscale SSH natively, matching modern infrastructure workflows out of the box.
Weaknesses
- •No Play Store distribution limits adoption to manual side-loading APKs only.
- •Crowded SSH client category where Termux already dominates the power user market.
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Target Audience
Android developers, sysadmins managing servers on mobile
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Termux · JuiceSSH · ConnectBot
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