Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to SSHtron
Multiplayer tron in your terminal
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. SSHtron launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2016 · sshtron.zachlatta.com · its alternatives →
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2025 · tron.kanishkdan.com · its alternatives →
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Yes, that Fortran.
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I've posted this game here before, hopefully a repost is fine as the game has changed quite a bit (improved AI, improved mapeditor, much quicker gameplay, etc). Game is based on JavaScript/Canvas and WebSockets. On the browser side the map is pre-rendered (as a background image), just the mobile units/buildings and animations are dynamically rendered. The lobby server is made in node.js, but the game server is C++ for performance reasons (mainly the pathfinding). I found the C++ WebSocket libraries out there to be too difficult to use so I made my own based on the rfc. Overall I…
2022 · battle-of-flags.com · its alternatives →
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SCTP is a low level protocol focused on reliable packet transmission. Unlike hopelessly flinging packets from one device to another, it makes sure that the packets are correct using CRC, removes duplicate packets, and allows for packets to be sent in any order. Going into an established library, I thought that everything was already implemented and that there wasn't anything to do until I went through the existing issues and organized all the tasks and decided on an order. Sean DuBois (https://github.com/Sean-Der), one of the co-creators and current maintainers of Pion, an…
2025 · pion.ly · its alternatives →
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