Elra

Edit Local, Run Anywhere.

Elra lets you connect your local project directory to a remote machine over SSH. It automatically syncs files, watches for changes, and lets you run commands remotely — as if you were developing locally.

✨ Features

• 🔄 Live file sync between your local and remote project directories
• 🖥️ Run commands remotely as if they were local
• 🧠 Persistent SSH connections managed by the Elra service
• ⚙️ Simple CLI interface with add, run, ls, and rm

🚀 Installation

Using go install

If you have Go 1.24+ installed:

go install github.com/tjsmart/elra@latest

Make sure your GOPATH/bin is in your PATH:

export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin

🧩 Usage

elra [command]

Available Commands

Command	Description
add	Add a new ssh connection for a project directory.
completion	Generate autocompletion script for your shell.
help	Show help for any command.
ls	List connections.
rm	Remove an ssh connection for a project directory.
run	Run a command over ssh.
serve	Start the elra service.

Use:

elra [command] --help

for detailed help on a specific command.

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🧠 Examples

Start the service:

elra serve

Connect the current working directory to a remote machine:

elra add user@hostname

Elra will sync the current project to a temporary directory on the remote machine. Elra watches the local project directory and will update the remote machine on any creation/modification/deletion of a project file.

To list active connections:

elra ls

Run a command in the remote working directory:

elra run user@host "ls -la"

Remove a connection:

elra rm user@host

🧪 Development

Elra is made of 49.5% fun, 49.5% education, and 1% for potential use cases. Doing this project has taught me a lot about Go, web sockets, ssh, and pseudo terminals!