HOWTO: mosh + tmux + browsh in 24bit True Color

truecolortui.sh

#! /bin/bash

# Do you want to use mosh + tmux + browsh in glorious 16-million 24bit true color on your VPS? 
# Of course you do. Here's how:

# First, you need to recompile Mosh from source to enable true color. 
# (Among other things, you need protobuf to compile mosh).
apt update
apt install build-essential debhelper autotools-dev protobuf-compiler libprotobuf-dev dh-autoreconf pkg-config libutempter-dev zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libssl-dev bash-completion locales
cd $HOME
git clone https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh
cd mosh
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
make install


# Next, install tmux, and make it report 24bit true color:
apt install tmux
echo "set-option -ga terminal-overrides \",xterm-256color:Tc\"" >> $HOME/.tmux.conf
tmux


# The final piece is to install browsh, whose only dependency is firefox
apt install firefox
cd $HOME
wget https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh/releases/download/v1.6.4/browsh_1.6.4_linux_amd64.deb
dpkg -i browsh_1.6.4_linux_amd64.deb
# otherwise, check out https://www.brow.sh/downloads/ for your respective distro


# Test with:
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JohnMorales/dotfiles/master/colors/24-bit-color.sh | bash


# now browsh and enjoy!

### addendum ###
# These are all for the VPS side, of course. The computer you are using also has to support true colors in the first place!
# If your local terminal emulator is iTerm2, for example, you can report your terminal as xterm-256color in Profiles -> Terminal -> Terminal Emulation
# Your local version of Mosh also needs to be true color-enabled. If your client is a Mac, for example, just do:
#brew install mosh --HEAD