Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderNote that Mosh has not had release for 4 years, even when pull requests are accepted on github, and the team lead says "we are too busy/burned out". https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh/issues/1115
When mosh came out back in 2013, it solved a pretty real problem of ssh crapping out when you changed networks (like moving from in-office to home). It solves it at the app layer and uses UDP and is designed to work in high loss / latency environments. Very cool. At the same time, in recent years, I've found that ssh running on top of Wireguard / Tailscale is way more usable than 2013 days. Those latter tools address the…
Unfortunately Mosh doesn't support native scrollback. The alternative is Eternal Terminal [1] [1] https://mistertea.github.io/EternalTerminal/
They wrote a paper about it for Usenix, at https://mosh.org/mosh-paper.pdf . In general, it's always possible to put your own reliability layer on top of UDP. Other protocols do it too. g, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_Control_Transmission_Pr...
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 3
- Total points
- 782
- Total comments
- 290
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-05 | Mosh: the mobile shellFirst breakout | nichodges | 145 | 49 |
| 2016-09-17 | ASK HN: How does mosh shell use UDP but provide reliability like TCP? | sabya | 3 | 1 |
| 2018-04-12 | Mobile Shell | j0e1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-12-16 | Mosh | tosh | 23 | 9 |
| 2021-08-12 | Mosh: The Mobile ShellHall induction · Best thread | chrisaycock | 449 | 153 |
| 2023-12-04 | mosh: Mobile Shell | kernel_cat | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-08-14 | Mosh: The Mobile Shell | tosh | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-08-28 | Mosh Mobile ShellLatest 20+ point return | rbinv | 155 | 78 |