Gateway 01 · Shared Console
BeamMeUp opens a real terminal, on Windows as on Linux, where you and an AI agent type into the same session, live. What the agent does, you see. What you type, it sees. No hidden window, no ghost process.
Code agents run inside a sandboxed shell whose standard input
is not a real terminal. The result: the slightest arrow-key menu, the
slightest y/n confirmation, the slightest interactive wizard
(eas credentials, npm init, an installer...) fails outright.
> npx eas credentials -p android
Input is required, but stdin is not readable.
PROCESS INTERRUPTED · NO INPUT POSSIBLE
BeamMeUp is not a server you start ahead of time, nor an MCP extension to
configure. The agent simply calls the program, the way it would call
git or npm. If the console isn't lit up, it
lights up, visible, right away.
Types on the keyboard, watches live, takes back control at any moment on the same session.
Opens sessions, sends commands, reads results, never without the console being on screen.
DIRECTIVE 01 No stealth mode. No execution without a visible window. Ever.
On Windows: PowerShell 5.1 and 7, cmd.exe, Git Bash,
every WSL distribution. On Linux: your login shell, then everything
declared in /etc/shells. Nothing is assumed, everything is scanned on the
real machine at every launch.
The system's real ssh/scp client is used as
is: your known_hosts, your key agent, no
homemade library to trust.
Name a session to find it again without memorizing a UUID, built for several agents running in parallel on the same machine.
Save a frequent command, replay it with one keyword, without ever storing a secret in it.
Grab a session's scrollback into a file, with or without ANSI codes, in full or just since the last command sent.
Remotely driven fullscreen, and a real screenshot of the console: the agent can literally look at what's on screen.
The agent sends a command and waits for it to actually finish: output and return code sent back directly, no more guessing a delay then re-reading.
List, read, write, rename, or delete a file on an SSH server without opening a tab: a minimal SFTP equivalent, via the same system client.
Duplicate a session, reopen the last closed one, close everything without quitting the console, or bring a specific tab to the front among several running at once.
Closing the window kills no session: a discreet icon stays in the notification area, with a menu to reopen the window, clear the tabs, or quit for good.
Off by default. Opt in to view and control a session from your phone over the network (your Tailscale network, for instance): you choose the bind address and the authentication, nothing is forced on you.
Four transmissions are enough to open a session, work in it, then read back the result.
Survey the systems available on board
beammeup shellsOpen a named workstation (the identifier comes from the
previous command: pwsh5 on Windows, bash on
Linux)
beammeup open --shell bash --label my-workSend an instruction
beammeup send my-work "npm run build" --enterRead back the log, with no visual noise
beammeup read my-work --plain --lastOr wait directly for the command to finish, with its result
beammeup exec my-work "npm run build"The full tutorial (every command, every case) lives in the repo README.
No password, no key, no token. Everything goes through your already
configured system tools (SSH agent, known_hosts).
The console runs as administrator so local sessions inherit its rights, without repeated prompts: a deliberate choice for a personal machine, not a shared server.
The control channel and the screenshot port only listen locally, restricted to the Windows account that launched the app.
The one deliberate exception to local only, and it stays opt-in: you pick the bind address and the token, the console never decides for you.
Windows 10/11 and Linux. Installers built and signed on every release.
MSI or NSIS installer, signed (Azure Trusted Signing).
winget install Breizhzion.BeamMeUpDebian package via the in-house repository, or a universal AppImage.
sudo apt install beammeupFull instructions (apt repository key, AppImage, building from source) are in the repo README.