--- title: place over SSH | daily.dev description: ssh.place is a shared collaborative drawing canvas accessible entirely over SSH. No account or installation required — just run `ssh ssh.place` with any SSH... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/place-over-ssh-56gxvjve5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: place over SSH | daily.dev og:description: ssh.place is a shared collaborative drawing canvas accessible entirely over SSH. No account or installation required — just run `ssh ssh.place` with any SSH... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/place-over-ssh-56gxvjve5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/56GxvJve5.png og:image:alt: place over SSH og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # place over SSH **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 5 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary ssh.place is a shared collaborative drawing canvas accessible entirely over SSH. No account or installation required — just run `ssh ssh.place` with any SSH key. The 200×60 cell canvas is color-only (no text), and each user can place one cell every 15 seconds with a cooldown tied to their SSH key. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How does ssh.place let people draw on a shared canvas over SSH? Connecting with 'ssh ssh.place' drops a user into a shared 200x60 cell canvas with no account or install required, using any SSH key. Movement is controlled with wasd or hjkl, colors are picked with keys 0 through 9, and each SSH key can place one cell every 15 seconds, with the cooldown persisting across reconnects. _daily.dev surfaces playful terminal experiments like this for developers who enjoy exploring SSH-based tools._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@kramer** · 1 upvotes > We can finally die peacefully. Thank you @capjavert > >  ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Show HN: ssh ssh.place](https://daily.dev/posts/show-hn-ssh-ssh-place-uqvmhvcjb) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ssh](https://daily.dev/tags/ssh) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/place-over-ssh-56gxvjve5) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"place over SSH","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/place-over-ssh-56gxvjve5","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/place-over-ssh-56gxvjve5"},"datePublished":"2026-08-03T02:27:15.764Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T20:32:32.709Z","description":"ssh.place is a shared collaborative drawing canvas accessible entirely over SSH. 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