Anees Iqbal — software engineer in France
Software engineer in France. Open-source maintainer behind node-ssh, ffmpeg-over-ip, and the Atom linter — work that has crossed 100M+ downloads on npm.
Selected work
- node-sshSSH2 client for Node.js with a promise-based API25M+ downloads
- ffmpeg-over-ipGPU-accelerated ffmpeg over the network1.1k ★
- LemurCamAny IP camera as a virtual webcammacOS app
- RDPeekNative macOS RDP client written in SwiftmacOS app
- php-serializePHP-formatted data (de)serialization in JavaScriptNode.js library
Latest essay — April 2025
Walled Gardens Can Kill
I'm an Apple ecosystem user, owning an iPhone ever since a past employer got it for me to test our company app some 8 years ago. Over time, as I've upgraded, I've also incrementally moved over my family to the ecosystem, replacing our hp/dell laptops with macbooks and Samsung Galaxy phones with Apple iPhones.