Start with ssh.
Type a server address or an alias from your SSH config. Connect with a password or a supported SSH key.
iPad + your keyboard
A keyboard-first
terminal for iPad
Connect to your server when your computer isn’t with you.
Open a terminal. Type ssh. Pick up the task in front of you, with familiar commands and shortcuts under your fingers.
For iPad and iPhone · iOS 17.6 or later
Keep your hands on the keys
Your commands.
Your familiar rhythm.
Start with
Run the command you need.
Check a file, inspect output, or work in your server’s terminal tools. The work runs on your server.
Another task, another tab.
Open a tab with ⌘ T. Switch with ⌘ 1–9. Close the current tab with ⌘ W.
From prompt to session
A few commands.
A little more done.
SSH connection, real shell commands,
and a new tab with Command-T.
Recorded in iPad Simulator with keyboard input and an isolated SSH demo server. No production data. Silent video. Watch on YouTube ↗
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Start at the local prompt. Type ssh demo to connect to a configured SSH alias. Run ls and cat status.txt on the demo server. Press Command-T to open a local tab, run ls, then select the existing SSH tab to return to its output.
A terminal, close at hand
Ready for the
way you work.
SSH keys, in the terminal
Generate an Ed25519 key, import a supported private key, and install your public key with ssh-copy-id.
A local starting point
Use built-in commands to manage local files and edit your SSH config before connecting.
iPad first. iPhone too.
Settle into a session on iPad with an external keyboard. On iPhone, handle a short server task when your computer is out of reach.
Know what stays.
Know what’s measured.
SSH configuration and keys are stored in the app’s local files. The app remembers a server’s key on the first connection and rejects a changed key on later connections.
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