Open a terminal and replace username with your CLI-Games username:

ssh [email protected]

Sign in with your existing account password. Your email must be verified. If you use Apple sign-in and have no account password, use the password recovery flow on the website terminal first.

SSH access to these account services is free. Browse your saved home files, send mail and manage preferences on the same account you use on the website.

help [command]: List available commands
pwd [-P|-L]: Print the current directory. SSH follows physical paths.
ls [-alhFd1A] [path ...]: List saved home files. -a includes hidden entries; -l shows metadata; -h uses readable sizes; -F marks file types; -d lists the directory itself.
cd [directory|-]: Change directory. With no argument, return home; cd - returns to the previous directory.
cat <file> [file ...]: Print saved text files. Reads are limited to 32 KiB per file and 48 KiB per command.
echo [-n] [text ...]: Print text; -n omits the final newline. Quote text containing shell punctuation.
man <command>: Read the manual entry for an available SSH command.
whoami: Show your account name
mail [inbox|saved] [page]: List your inbox or archive; mail read <number> opens a message
message [user] ['<subject>' '<body>']: Compose account mail. Subject: 100 characters; body: 1000. Failed sends stay editable. Ctrl-C keeps a draft for this connection; message resumes it; message --discard removes it.
reply <number> ['<body>']: Reply to a message from the last mail listing. Omit the body to compose interactively.
profile [username]: Read an account profile
config [theme|shell] [value]: Read or change your website appearance preferences
env: Read your saved environment variables
banner: Print the CLI-Games ASCII banner
date: Show the current UTC time
clear: Clear this terminal screen
exit: Close this connection

Use arrow keys for command history and Tab for command names and file paths. Type message username to compose interactively. Failed sends leave your text ready to edit. Ctrl-C keeps the draft; type message to resume it in this connection.

Continue your games and edit your home files through the website terminal. Live chat, scripts and file transfer are not supported over SSH yet. Appearance settings change the website; your local terminal controls the SSH display.

Connections close after 15 minutes without input or two hours total. Reconnect to continue. Up to two simultaneous SSH connections are available per account.