# Opening GUI applicationswith ssh

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/opening-gui-applicationswith-ssh/4691>\
**Category:** balenaEngine\
**Created:** [December 12, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/opening-gui-applicationswith-ssh/4691 "2018-12-12T20:51:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/opening-gui-applicationswith-ssh/4691/1 "2018-12-12T20:51:19Z")

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I am curious if it is possible to open a GUI application through a Xserver running inside the container. I can ssh into the hostOS locally for development images, but I am not sure how I can implement this from the container side.

The intention is to open a GUI application running inside the container from a client machine e.g. `ssh -X clock`

The intention is NOT to display this through the HDMI display

Thank you in advance.