RITE

Rust & TypeScript Interface for Terminal Environment

A modern, secure terminal client for SSH and more.

• Secure by default — Argon2id KDF, ChaCha20-Poly1305 AEAD, zeroized memory
• Encrypted vault — Local database encrypted at rest
• SSH client (in development) — Native SSH with xterm.js terminal emulation
• Host management (in development) — Organize servers with tags and groups

See the Roadmap for planned features (theme system, SFTP, jump hosts, profiles, sync, and more).

• Backend: Rust + Tauri 2.x
• Frontend: React + TypeScript + TailwindCSS
• Terminal: xterm.js
• Database: SQLite (encrypted)
• Crypto: Argon2id, ChaCha20-Poly1305, age
• SSH: russh (pure Rust)
• Package Manager: pnpm (monorepo)
• Build System: Task (go-task)

• Rust: 1.70+ — Install Rust
• Node.js: 18+ — Install Node.js
• pnpm: 8+ — Install pnpm
• Task: Install go-task

git clone https://github.com/Altagen/Rite.git
cd Rite
pnpm install
task dev

task dev starts the Vite dev server and the Tauri app with hot-reload.

Run the full CI check suite locally before every push:

task check

This runs in order: cargo fmt --check, clippy, cargo test, cargo audit, and tsc. Same checks as CI — if it passes locally, it passes on the remote.

task build

See RELEASE.md for the release process.

• Linux: Config ~/.config/rite/, Data ~/.local/share/rite/
• macOS: Config & Data ~/Library/Application Support/rite/

rite/
├── apps/
│   └── desktop/          # Tauri desktop application
│       ├── src-tauri/    # Rust backend
│       └── src/          # React frontend
├── packages/
│   ├── crypto/           # Cryptography module (Rust)
│   └── protocols/        # Protocol implementations (Rust)
├── docs/
│   ├── ARCHITECTURE.md
│   ├── RELEASE.md
│   ├── ROADMAP.md
│   └── SECURITY.md
├── Cargo.toml            # Rust workspace
├── pnpm-workspace.yaml
└── Taskfile.yaml

• Architecture — Technical architecture
• Security — Security policy and practices
• Roadmap — Feature roadmap
• Release — Release process and conventional commits

Issues and bug reports are welcome on GitHub.

For security vulnerabilities, please do not open a public issue. See SECURITY.md.

RITE is dual-licensed under:

• MIT License — see LICENSE-MIT
• Apache License 2.0 — see LICENSE-APACHE

You may choose either license for your use.