Mosh vs SSH

Comments primarily recommend Mosh as a superior alternative to SSH for remote terminal access over high-latency, unreliable, or roaming connections, often comparing it favorably to tmux and screen.

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Sample Comments

o11c Nov 13, 2025 View on HN

Does `mosh` work better than `ssh` for this?

innagadadavida Dec 17, 2018 View on HN

Just use tmux, it might not get faster than mosh, but it never fails.

10000truths Dec 3, 2020 View on HN

I found mosh to be a huge improvement over standard SSH when connecting over roaming/unreliable/high latency networks.

geocrasher Apr 30, 2020 View on HN

Why not just use Mosh? It's stateless connections that are persistent even when internet connectivity isn't.

danuker Jul 8, 2022 View on HN

Better yet, use Mosh.https://mosh.org/

frfl Mar 10, 2018 View on HN

You may be interested in https://mosh.org/ as an alternative to ssh

coldtea Nov 10, 2023 View on HN

Have you tried SSH over Mosh? (or rather, mosh over ssh)

GoOnThenDoTell Jul 23, 2021 View on HN

mosh instead of ssh helps for unreliable connections

phillipseamore Jun 30, 2017 View on HN

Have you tried Mosh? https://mosh.org/

scumola Jun 17, 2025 View on HN

mosh is awesome for ssh over iffy connections