u/LowLiterature5829

hey everyone lol

been working on a kinda insane side project: a real SSH terminal client for the Nintendo 3DS lmao

this video is OpenCode actually running through SSH on the 3DS, not a fake UI / not pre-rendered

current stack:

• Nintendo 3DS homebrew
• C
• devkitARM / libctru
• citro2d / citro3d for full GPU rendering
• custom terminal renderer (no libctru console stuff)
• custom VT100 / ANSI parser
• xterm-256color PTY
• libssh2 + mbedTLS
• custom touch keyboard on bottom screen
• hardware button mappings
• dynamic PTY sizing based on actual terminal viewport

basically the top screen is a GPU-rendered terminal emulator, bottom screen is the software keyboard / controls

the SSH side is real:
3DS > libssh2 > remote Linux box

so the 3DS is basically acting like a cursed tiny SSH thin client lmao

still improving:

• better VT100 compatibility
• denser rendering modes
• better font atlas
• alternate screen handling
• hardware testing weirdness (emulator vs real 3DS networking edge cases lol)

honestly didn’t expect this thing to get this far rofl

if people think this is cool i might clean it up and open source it