UPDATE: repl.run is now deprecated. More info here: https://docs.repl.it/repls/repl-run

Almost everyone's first computer program is a terminal program along the lines of:

name = input('What is your name?\n')
print('Hi, %s.' % name)

Every programmer has experienced an intense sense of accomplishment when someone uses their program. The problem is that, until today, there was no easy way to share text and terminal-based programs.

That's why we're excited to announce repl.run, where every, and I mean every, terminal program on Repl.it can be published as a website.

You'll get a website with a fullscreen terminal with your program automatically running. Here's the @pyelias's classic chatroom repl.runing:

https://storage.googleapis.com/replit/images/1539992794270_d005a7259a30aac0a7a88ae303ec0874.pn

Here's what it looks like to publish @ericqweinstein's snake game:

https://storage.googleapis.com/replit/images/1539992004450_47b122d708c762914fe14f8bebfab063.gi

You can play it at sssnake.ericqweinstein.repl.run. And the chatroom here: chatroom.pyelias.repl.run.

This is only the beginning. We think we built a whole new way to share terminal apps on the web and it's going to take us a while, with your help, to explore all the implications here.