ctf-collab VS instant.nvim

GitHub - jstrieb/ctf-collab: Collaborative programming environment inside GitHub Actions – like Google Docs for hacking

https://github.com/jstrieb/ctf-collab/blob/9300c57364f71fe29...

I have used Apache Guacamole to use running GitHub Actions workflows as remote desktops. It worked super well for testing GUI apps on other operating systems that I didn't want to deal with setting up.

https://github.com/jstrieb/ctf-collab/blob/9300c57364f71fe29...

One of my own projects sits in a related grey area: it automates running a reverse shell inside an Action for collaborating on programming and competitive hacking challenges/CTF problems.[0] It lets anyone log into a shared session from the terminal or the browser.

My project doesn't use anywhere near the resources of cryptomining, but I still sometimes feel guilty when I fire it up. I wonder how different it is from regular GitHub Actions usage patterns, and whether it is noticeable to those maintaining the infrastructure. My hope is that the load it incurs is comparatively insignificant, and that if noticed, it will be viewed as a good-faith attempt to use resources in a creative way.

0: https://github.com/jstrieb/ctf-collab

maybe this https://github.com/jbyuki/instant.nvim.

For example, instant.nvim just shows where other clients are currently inserting. Assuming you don't do something daft like invite 500 strangers for a free-for-all, you shouldn't run into any problems.

You could also force your coworkers to use neovim and everyone can use https://github.com/jbyuki/instant.nvim (/j)

This has already been working in other forms for years, see for example https://github.com/mhinz/neovim-remote which is now more or less discontinued because the respective core implementation is indeed better longterm (again - this is a difference because this implements an unopinionated extension protocol that’s now easy to deliver with the refactoring efforts, not an opinionated packaged solution). A useful and fuller experience for the special case of remote editing would be https://github.com/jbyuki/instant.nvim for example, they also use this API principle you wanted to see - it’s just a nvim-server that is controlled remotely and you have an editor locally that acts as your direct interface (and you take this functionality into every other embedded solution!). And all of that is not just just somewhat fiddled solution but iterated solutions of the varying states of this feature implementation (on the path to neovim 1.0).

This plugin looks promising. https://github.com/jbyuki/instant.nvim

I've been keeping an eye on instant.nvim, though I haven't used it yet