Realistic Command Prompt Simulator
Tip: Perfect for pranks, videos, and making yourself look like a hacker!
A fake hacker terminal is a pre-scripted animation that looks like a real command prompt running an intrusion: network scans, password cracking, file exfiltration, progress bars, the lot. Nothing is actually executed — it's a movie-style prop that runs in your browser. Click START and the commands type and "run" themselves with realistic timing; press F11 or the ⛶ button for fullscreen and it's indistinguishable from the real thing at a glance.
The script mimics the output of well-known tools — nmap network scanning, hydra password cracking, Metasploit sessions, SSH connections, SQL dumps, and privilege-escalation chatter. The output is fiction: hostnames, IPs, and credentials are generated for show, and the page can't touch your machine or anyone else's.
The classic move: open this page on a friend's computer (or your own screen during a call), hit fullscreen, click START, and walk away. For the Windows-native version of the gag — real harmless commands like color 0a, tree, and dir /s that make an actual Command Prompt look busy — see our guide: How to look like a hacker in CMD.
Two different tools for two different jobs, and it is worth knowing which you want:
| This page | Real Command Prompt | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | None — open and click START | Win + R, type commands yourself |
| What it shows | Port scans, exploits, cracked passwords, ACCESS GRANTED | File listings, network config, process lists |
| Believability | Looks like a movie intrusion | Looks like real (boring) admin work |
| Runs on | Windows, macOS, Linux, phones, tablets | Windows only |
| Anything real happening? | No — pure animation | Yes, but read-only commands |
Want the real-CMD version instead? The CMD hacker prank guide lists 18 harmless commands and four copy-paste batch files.
The terminal was designed to be filmed. Text is large enough to read on a phone screen, contrast is high enough to survive compression, and the timing is slow enough that individual lines are legible at normal playback speed. For OBS, add the page as a Browser Source at your canvas resolution with "Shutdown source when not visible" turned off, so the animation keeps running between scenes — the streaming toolkit has the full settings.
No. Every line is a pre-scripted animation rendered in your browser. No commands are executed, no network connections are made beyond loading the page itself, and it cannot access your files or anyone else's.
Yes. It is an ordinary web page with no downloads, no installation, and no permissions requested. Closing the tab ends it completely.
Yes — it runs in mobile browsers on iOS and Android. Landscape orientation gives you more visible columns and looks considerably better.
Press F11 on Windows and Linux, Ctrl + Cmd + F on macOS, or click the ⛶ button in the terminal header. On mobile, use your browser's fullscreen or "add to home screen" option.
Yes, it is free to use in videos, streams, and presentations. No attribution is required, though a link is always appreciated.
Once the page has loaded, everything runs locally, so it continues working if the connection drops.
Yes. PAUSE freezes the script mid-run, CLEAR wipes the screen back to empty, and START begins again.