BlackPipe

BlackPipe is a simple tool to expose terminal outputs without sacrificing security.

Features

• Unique URL for each session
• Realtime
• Log filters
• Lite
• Easy-to-use
• Self hosted server support

Installation

It is better to install blackpipe globally, so that you can use it from anywhere.

npm install blackpipe -g

Usage

Piping outputs to blackpipe is easy. You can use the same bash syntax that you are familiar with.

That's easy as this.

ping localhost | blackpipe
connecting...
open  https://blackpipe.glitch.me/view/6dd41672-1637-4de8-9c85-51bcf4f183e5

Theres no limitation on what command's output you are piping to blackpipe. BlackPipe works with pretty much any command that has an output.

BlackPipe uses sockets to stream data to the web page. By default, it uses a server hosted at https://blackpipe.glitch.me/.

BlackPipe allows you to pre define the session name using --session params.

nc -zv 192.168.10.121 1-1023 | blackpipe --session "mysession"

If you want to output things to the stdout same time, use -o switch.

tree | blackpipe -o 

You can setup a blackpipe server your own if you want to. The source for blackpipe-server is available at https://github.com/shajanjp/blackpipe-server. To use your own server, use --host params to override default server.

tracepath google.com | blackfire --host "https://mydomain.com/blackpipe-server"

Common use cases

• pm2 logs | blackpipe
• tail -f /var/log/nginx/domain.access.log | blackpipe
• npm build | blackpipe