Tempest 3 - SSH, RDP & Mosh
SSH, S3, RDP, Mosh, Everything
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Tempest is the SSH and Remote Desktop client built for people who actually manage servers.
Connect via SSH, SFTP, or Mosh. Forward ports. Transfer files. Manage Kubernetes clusters. Collaborate in real-time. All from your phone, tablet, or Mac — with end-to-end encrypted cloud sync across every device.
CORE FEATURES
• SSH & Mosh — Reliable connections, even on flaky networks. Mosh keeps your session alive where SSH drops.
• SFTP File Manager — Browse, edit, and transfer remote files with a native file manager experience.
• Port Forwarding — Set up local and remote SSH tunnels in seconds.
• Storm AI (Pro) — An AI agent that plans, executes, and completes terminal tasks for you. Not a chatbot — a copilot that actually runs commands.
• Real-Time Collaboration — Invite teammates into your live terminal session. Debug together, resolve faster.
• Kubernetes — Sync kubeconfigs, switch clusters, manage pods with AI-assisted workflows.
• Post-Quantum Cryptography — One-tap switch to PQC key exchange. Protect your connections against future quantum threats today.
• Connection Multiplexing — Reuse TCP connections. New sessions open instantly as additional channels.
• Hardware Security Keys — FIDO2 / YubiKey authentication via ed25519-sk and ecdsa-sk.
• 1Password Integration — Pull credentials directly from your vault.
SECURITY FIRST
Zero-knowledge architecture. Your data is end-to-end encrypted before it ever leaves your device. Encryption keys stay on your device — we never see them. Encryption is fully open-sourced for transparency.
SYNC EVERYTHING
Sessions, keys, snippets, and configurations sync across major OS. Pick up exactly where you left off.
PRO UNLOCKS
• Background connection persistence
• Biometric app lock
• Server performance monitoring dashboard
• Full Storm AI access
• Cloud sync
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Developer Response 您好,感谢您的支持!我们正在增加更多翻译,桌面版的 Tempest 已支持中文。Tempest 目前已有服务器分组功能,在编辑页面,在 Category 中选择 Emoji 即可分组;然后您可以在右上角的菜单里过滤分组
希望增加中文,和服务器分组
您好,感谢您的支持!我们正在增加更多翻译,桌面版的 Tempest 已支持中文。Tempest 目前已有服务器分组功能,在编辑页面,在 Category 中选择 Emoji 即可分组;然后您可以在右上角的菜单里过滤分组
### v3.17.1
#### New Features
* Apple Intelligence in Copilot, with on-device models and Private Cloud Compute where supported (iOS)
* Browse version history for saved hosts, compare changes, and restore an earlier version (Pro)
* Pair SSH private keys with public-key certificates
* View unlocked and available features in Account Settings
#### Improvements
* Terminal highlighting now updates automatically when vault rules change
* Easier SSH key editing, with private key, passphrase, and certificate controls together
* Clearer SSH host fingerprints when reviewing saved keys or a host-key mismatch
* More reliable terminal rendering during long sessions
#### Fixes
* Fixed importing SSH keys from files
* Fixed serial sessions losing output immediately after connecting
3.17.1 4d ago
Split view on iPad, with the host list beside your workspace
A new Handoff tab for sessions running on your other devices, and for joining a colleague's
Multiple accounts, including self-hosted servers
File and folder icons in the SFTP and Drive browsers
3.17.0 Oct 1
The phone joins the notification centre
System notification banners
A Live Activity while sessions are open (iOS)
Desktop notifications from the terminal, through OSC 9 / OSC 777
A custom SFTP server start command per host
The file pane follows the terminal's folder
Attach a file or a Tempest Drive document to a Copilot message
3.16.5 Sep 23
Long-press a Copilot message to copy it on its own, or to rewind the conversation back to that point and continue from there.
Browse saved connections as folders
Session recording for every protocol
3.16.4 Sep 18
Tempest Drive is now a file browser — folders and the same row layout as the SFTP browser. Opening a document lists its attached files beneath it.
File attachments on Drive documents (Pro) — attach a PDF, a spreadsheet, an image or any other file to the document it belongs with. Browsing Drive remains available on every plan.
RDP over an SSH jump host (Pro) — reach a Windows host behind a bastion by selecting a saved SSH host as its jump host.
BattlEye RCON over UDP — support for Arma 2, Arma 3, DayZ and Arma Reforger. Select the protocol when adding the host; server chat and the admin log stream into the session as they happen.
Third-party MCP servers in Copilot — now on the AI settings screen alongside your providers, with import by pasting an existing configuration.
File attachments for Copilot (Pro) — PDF, Word, PowerPoint, spreadsheet, CSV, HTML and plain-text files in any encoding.
Copilot access to Tempest Drive (Pro).
AI settings now synchronise across devices — configure them on the desktop and they are available on your phone.
3.16.3 Sep 15
New Features
Kubernetes node view — inspect your nodes and open a host shell on the machine behind one.
Docker containers get a full action menu: exec, attach, logs, restart, and start/stop.
Move or copy a host, or a whole group, to another vault.
Rename, duplicate, or delete a group from its chip or from the group picker.
Browse SFTP as root — a sudo toggle in the file manager menu.
Auto-reconnect is now on the edit screen.
A suspended session shows its reconnect and close choices in the terminal itself.
Improvements
Host-key confirmation and password entry now happen inside the terminal.
After you type a password in the terminal, Tempest offers to save it to the host.
Terminals open at the size of the screen.
Port forwarding can ask for credentials.
Broader terminal compatibility: full keyboard-protocol support and correct replies to terminal queries.
Fixes
Fixed crashes.
3.16.2 Sep 10
v3.16.1
New Features
Redesigned AI provider setup.
Copilot permission modes now match the desktop.
RDP asks for credentials when you connect, and the connected desktop can now be driven by the AI Copilot.
Improvements
Much faster Kubernetes pod lists on large clusters.
Lock a modifier key by double-tapping it, and hold a locked modifier down so Ctrl-click and friends reach the remote machine.
Fixes
Fixed the missing host-key confirmation prompt for RDP on iOS.
Fixed SSH sessions hanging after the network drops on iOS.
3.16.1 Sep 1
Kubernetes clusters (Pro) — save a cluster like any other connection, browse its namespaces and pods, and open a pod shell, attach to a container, or stream logs, with copy IP and delete in the same sheet.
Raw TCP and UDP consoles, with UDP relayed over SOCKS5 when you go through a proxy.
Latency test — time a host's connection from its long-press menu.
3.16.0 Aug 29
right mouse button support for herdr
3.15.1 Aug 23
v3.15.0
New Features
Output highlighting (Pro) — colour terminal output by matching it against regular expressions, with rules synced from your desktop.
SSH algorithm presets — a dedicated preset picker, and algorithms can now be set for many hosts at once in bulk edit.
Dragging a selection handle to the edge of the screen now auto-scrolls, making it easier to select text in long output.
Fixes
Bug and stability fixes
3.15.0 Aug 20
New Features
HashiCorp Vault support for SSH credentials — store keys and certificates in Vault (KV v2 and SSH certificate signing) and pick Vault as the authentication method right in the host editor (Enterprise).
Bulk edit for SSH hosts — select multiple hosts and change their settings, including group assignment, in a single step.
RDP clipboard sharing — copy text and files between your device and the remote desktop in both directions.
AI context usage meter — the Copilot usage panel now shows how much of the model's context window the current conversation is using.
Improvements
RDP now renders the remote cursor and adapts to window resizing for a smoother session.
Cleaner host list actions: the separate "set group" action has been folded into the new bulk edit flow.
Updated the underlying graphics, SSH, and AI engines for better performance and stability.
Fixes
Fixed saved authentication settings being reset in the host list and editor after connecting to a host that used a plan-restricted credential type.
Fixed keychain access on iOS so saved credentials are stored reliably.
Fixed missing RDP connection status messages while credentials were being resolved from Vault.
3.14.0 Aug 12
New Features
- RDP connections now support HTTP/SOCKS5 proxies, matching the existing SSH proxy support.
- Added optional secure (FTPS/HTTPS) endpoints for FTP, S3, and WebDAV transfers (Pro).
Improvements
- Improved RDP performance
- More reliable SSH secondary channel handling to avoid hangs on slow networks.
Fixes
- Fixed a false "failed to render" error.
3.13.3 Aug 8
v3.13.2
New Features
Added sudo elevation support to SSH session monitoring: toggle sudo mode and reconnect directly from the session switcher menu
Added more color schemes
Added kill-process and Docker container actions to the Monitor view, plus Docker port information
Added a sudo password field to connection edit forms and a "send sudo password" terminal action
Added SSH agent forwarding support (Tempest Keychain agent)
Improvements
Improved team-scoped vault switching, fixing issues when switching between teams
Membership entitlement checks are now correctly scoped to the currently active team
Added compatibility for servers with the personal vault disabled
Fixed incorrect wording in connection-multiplexing messages
Fixes
Fixed terminal/RDP crashes caused by the system tearing down the rendering surface early, and a related ANR deadlock
Fixed a race condition between the mosh control bar disconnect action and an in-flight reconnect
Fixed a low-level crash that could occur when a terminal view was torn down on some devices
3.13.2 Aug 3
New Features
RDP: now with hardware-accelerated video decoding, for a much smoother experience.
Added trusted host-key verification for RDP.
The AI Copilot agent can now run commands over Telnet and Local Shell sessions, not just SSH.
Improvements
SSH connections are more robust: faster reconnects and safer handling of multi-factor (2FA) authentication.
Membership and policy settings moved to the web console. Non-team accounts will not be able to create new shared vaults.
Various performance and stability improvements under the hood.
Fixes
Fixed an intermittent SSH crash on iOS.
Fixed navigation getting stuck after opening Performance Monitor.
Fixed the session menu button on tablets.
Fixed occasional freezes and crashes when switching between workspace sessions.
3.13.0 Jul 27
v3.12.10
New Features
Connect to hosts using legacy character encodings (GBK, Big5, and more) with a new per-host terminal encoding setting.
Refreshed monitoring screen with section icons.
Improvements
Snippet runs across multiple hosts are more reliable and consistent.
New sessions connect in the background as soon as they're added.
Improved layout and performance metrics display on the SSH monitor screen.
Fixes
Fixed occasional connection drops during mosh and iperf sessions.
Fixed a file handle leak that could occur when closing SFTP sessions.
Fixed connection failure dialogs not appearing correctly in some cases.
3.12.10 Jul 18
v3.12.7
New Features
Added an "IPerf3 Benchmark" shortcut to quickly test network throughput against a host, from the host list or the active session's toolbar.
Improvements
If a downgraded account causes a Pro-only setting to be silently disabled, you'll now see an alert explaining what happened instead of the feature just quietly not working.
Port forwarding: the host picker now only shows SSH hosts, and forward rows display clearer, desktop-style icons and labels.
Port forwarding: you can now set the local bind address directly when creating or editing a forward.
New host setup screen now always has a Cancel button, so you can back out even when starting from an empty host list.
Fixes
Fixed a bug where mosh is disabled silently for free users, it is now usable for all users.
Fixed a crash/freeze (ANR) that could occur in the GPU-accelerated terminal.
Fixed remote desktop (RDP/VNC) sessions crashing or garbling text when pasting long content or typing very fast.
Fixed bulk file downloads over SFTP failing with channel errors when transferring many files at once.
Fixed local port forwarding not binding correctly to localhost on some networks.
Fixed a rare crash that could occur when an SSH session became unresponsive.
Fixed occasional local database sync errors.
3.12.7 Jul 14
Improvements
Clearer connection error messages for Remote Desktop
Streaming resolution of Remote Desktop is now temporarily capped at 1920 px on high-resolution devices, reducing bandwidth usage and improving responsiveness
Fixes
Fixed RDP connections to GNOME Remote Desktop failing with an "invalid state" error right after sign-in
Fixed a crash when browsing files on FTP / S3 / WebDAV storage
Fixed VNC sessions freezing on the last frame after an internal error
Fixed crashes
3.12.4 Jul 8
v3.12.3
New Features
Remote Desktop clipboard — copy and paste text between your device and RDP/VNC sessions.
Custom control keys for Remote Desktop, with presets that sync across your devices.
Ignore Certificate Errors toggle for S3 and WebDAV connections.
Allow Remote Desktop in both landscape and portrait modes
Improvements
Redesigned Remote Desktop toolbar with a single wrench menu, quality presets.
Resume RDP/VNC sessions straight from the Sessions screen.
Smoother remote pointer with a client-rendered cursor.
Reworked two-finger scrolling and more precise pinch-to-zoom and panning.
Settings now has separate Forum, Discord, and Manual links.
Fixes
Fixed a rate SSH crash.
Fixed a Mosh session crash.
Fixed being unable to delete saved RDP/VNC hosts.
3.12.3 Jul 5
New Features
You can now tap “Upgrade Later” to dismiss the device-limit prompt and continue into the app — cloud sync stays off until you decide to upgrade.
Improvements
Unlocking a Pro feature now opens the upgrade screen directly, skipping the extra confirmation dialog.
The in-app Changelog screen is cleaner and easier to read.
Diagnostics logs now rotate automatically, so they no longer grow unbounded and take up storage over time.
Fixes
Fixed crashes that could occur when disconnecting SSH or Mosh sessions.
Fixed the Create Vault link so it opens the correct page.
3.12.1 Jun 30
v3.12.0
New Features
Fixed tab title — New option to lock a terminal tab to its connection name, ignoring title changes sent by the remote shell.
Improvements
Redesigned LLM Provider settings to match the desktop app — add a provider from the "+" button in the navigation bar, and long-press any provider for Edit / Delete (just like the SSH host list).
More powerful AI Copilot matches with the desktop app
3.12.0 Jun 28
v3.11.1
New Features
App theme selector
Improvements
Remote Desktop (RDP & VNC) now runs as tabs
Smarter Copilot agent now matches the desktop experience with step-by-step plan/reasoning, file tools, and a safety check before running shell commands.
3.11.1 Jun 24
v3.11.0
New Features
RDP & VNC viewer — Connect to Remote Desktop and VNC servers directly from your phone.
Pinch-to-zoom & pan — Two-finger pinch to zoom and pan on remote desktop sessions. Supports both direct and touchpad input
Protocol icons — SSH connections now display protocol-specific icons for quicker visual identification
Improvements
Fixes
Fixed SSH channel stability issue that could cause unexpected disconnects
Fixed paste behavior in terminals that use bracketed-paste mode
Fixed SFTP file transfer job display names
Fixed delayed collaboration text inputs
3.11.0 Jun 19
v3.10.0
New Features
Collaborative Sessions — Invite teammates to join your terminal session in real time. Share a link to let others connect, observe, or participate in your SSH session with end-to-end encryption.
Session Chat & Members — Chat with collaborators and see who's connected, right from the session screen.
Remote Sessions List — View all active sessions across your desktop devices in one place, with tab title and hostname shown for each.
Diagnostics Viewer — Per-session log files with message filtering and a one-tap export flow, accessible from Settings → Diagnostics.
Improvements
Improved terminal text selection menu positioning.
Cryptography now runs entirely through the native Rust engine for better performance and reliability.
Fixes
Zmodem file transfers now reliably show the Save-As dialog; iOS shows a preview.
Fixed a crash that could occur during native SSH operations.
3.10.0 Jun 5
### v3.17.1
#### New Features
* Apple Intelligence in Copilot, with on-device models and Private Cloud Compute where supported (iOS)
* Browse version history for saved hosts, compare changes, and restore an earlier version (Pro)
* Pair SSH private keys with public-key certificates
* View unlocked and available features in Account Settings
#### Improvements
* Terminal highlighting now updates automatically when vault rules change
* Easier SSH key editing, with private key, passphrase, and certificate controls together
* Clearer SSH host fingerprints when reviewing saved keys or a host-key mismatch
* More reliable terminal rendering during long sessions
#### Fixes
* Fixed importing SSH keys from files
* Fixed serial sessions losing output immediately after connecting
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