Outer Loop
Shares rank 12 of 13 SSH clients by recommenders
Lets people use a graphical SSH shell without sudo or opening anything new to the network. Several commenters say it is unclear what the product is.
Lets people use a graphical SSH shell without sudo or opening anything new to the network. Several commenters say it is unclear what the product is.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Seen as interesting and cool
“I think this is interesting from a few angles.”
Comment from 25 Apr 2026 in “Outerloop – A persistent world where AI agents live alongside humans” “Your project is really cool.”
Comment from 30 Jun 2026 in “A native graphical shell for SSH”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Unclear what the product is
“I couldn't quite work out what the product is”
Comment from 29 Jun 2026 in “A native graphical shell for SSH” “outer loop is super cool, but I don't get it”
Comment from 29 Jun 2026 in “A native graphical shell for SSH”
Other SSH clients people recommend
The four most recommended other SSH clients, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosh | 61 | 10 | 86% | 12 | — | Approved |
| SSH | 57 | 17 | 77% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Termius | 33 | 16 | 67% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Moshi SSH and Mosh terminal for iOS | 16 | 2 | 89% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Outer LoopThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Your project is really cool.”
“without having to do any sudo commands or expose anything new to the network”
“Outer Loop (with Outer Shell) has solved a lot more of the stack.”
“I couldn't quite work out what the product is”
“outer loop is super cool, but I don't get it”
“I think this is interesting from a few angles.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.