NovaScale, Built for Tailscale
SSH/SFTP, Remote Codex & Herdr
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
NovaScale 1.7 brings native Herdr access: switch workspaces, tabs, and agents over SSH. Plus command suggestions, Codex math rendering, and smoother remote workflows.
NovaScale is a remote-work and server-operations workspace built for Tailscale. Use SSH, monitoring, private web tools, SFTP, Herdr, and Remote Codex from one app—without switching VPN apps.
Built-in Tailscale connects your tailnet inside NovaScale. Traditional SSH hosts and Headscale are also supported.
Core SSH, monitoring, web, and Remote Codex workflows are available free with practical limits. NovaScale Pro expands capacity and adds SFTP, flexible iCloud sync, remote push, container deployment, and advanced customization.
ACCESS AND HOSTS
- Discover tailnet machines automatically with live updates
- Work with Tailscale SSH hosts and traditional SSH servers in one app
SSH TERMINAL
- Recover sessions across Wi-Fi, cellular, VPN, and foreground/background changes
- Pin important terminal and tmux sessions for faster return
- Scroll, click, and select with touch in mouse-aware terminal apps
- Use Apple’s offline on-device dictation in Terminal and Codex on supported iOS 26 devices/languages; raw audio isn’t uploaded
- Get command and argument suggestions as you type, with optional Bash/Zsh shell integration
REMOTE HERDR
- Connect to Herdr on Linux or Mac over SSH, through Tailscale or a traditional host
- Switch workspaces, tabs, and agents with native controls and follow agent status
- Pin sessions and detach without stopping remote agents
- Paste clipboard images and use on-device dictation on supported devices
- Free use includes three daily visits and one pin; Pro adds unlimited visits and pins, plus file and photo uploads
- Requires a compatible Herdr installation on your host; tested with Herdr 0.9.1
REMOTE CODEX
- Read math with adjustable text size and line spacing; search threads across projects and sync pins with compatible Codex desktop hosts
- Connect to your own Codex CLI/app-server on Mac or Linux over Tailscale
- Dictate prompts offline, follow goals and subagents, review Markdown and changes, and handle approvals remotely
- NovaScale Pro adds optional remote push when host-backed work needs you, even while NovaScale is disconnected
MONITOR AND ACT
- View resource trends for CPU, memory, network, disk, and disk I/O
- Inspect process details and end stalled processes remotely
- Monitor and manage Docker containers
- Detect and manage Apple containers on supported macOS hosts
- Deploy new Docker and Apple containers with NovaScale Pro
WEB AND FILE WORKFLOWS
- Open dashboards and self-hosted services by URL, MagicDNS name, or Tailscale IP
- Route browser traffic through a SOCKS5 or HTTP CONNECT proxy on another tailnet host
- Optionally access sites using self-signed certificates
- Keep audio playing in the background from services such as Jellyfin
- With NovaScale Pro, browse, upload, download, preview, and edit remote files over SFTP
- Share files from iOS into SFTP folders, active terminal sessions, and Remote Codex threads
COMPATIBILITY
- iOS 15+ for SSH, monitoring, Remote Codex, and file management
- In-app web access requires iOS 17+
- Remote Codex requires your own Codex CLI/app-server
- Apple Container features require a supported macOS host
TRANSPARENCY
- NovaScale is not affiliated with Tailscale Inc. or OpenAI
- Optional Remote Push uses an open-source host-side companion agent included in the Codex bootstrap repository. It can be disabled at any time.
- Remote Push sends only opaque IDs and signed lifecycle events—not prompts, code, commands, patches, responses, transcript paths, or working directories.
- Codex bootstrap wrapper and companion agent: https://github.com/GalaxNet-Ltd/nova-codex-bootstrap
- Built on a maintained libtailscale fork: https://github.com/GalaxNet-Ltd/libtailscale
- Support: nova-support@galaxnet.cc
- Terms: https://galaxnet.dev/nova/legal/tos/
- Privacy: https://galaxnet.dev/nova/legal/privacy/
NovaScale 1.7 brings your Herdr workspaces to iPhone and iPad.
- Herdr: Discover and select sessions on Linux or Mac over Tailscale or traditional SSH. Switch workspaces, tabs, and agents with native controls; follow agent status; rename and close tabs; keep multiple sessions on the same host; and detach without stopping remote agents. Pin sessions, paste clipboard images, and dictate on supported devices. Free use includes three daily visits and one pin. Pro adds unlimited visits and pins, plus file and photo uploads, including from the system Share sheet.
- SSH: Added command and argument suggestions with optional Bash/Zsh shell integration, a newline control, and dedicated debug logging. Preserve terminal history when reconnecting. Fixed tmux session detection on affected hosts. Improved the accessory keyboard, themes, and review of changed SSH host keys.
- Remote Codex: Added LaTeX math rendering, adjustable text size and line spacing, search across projects, a redesigned thread list, and pin synchronization with compatible Codex desktop hosts. Added follow-up replies and updated model and Codex CLI 0.159.0 compatibility. Improved thread-list freshness and connection recovery.
- Web and files: Improved address entry and access to history, favorites, and download progress. Fixed iPad playback controls being obscured in Jellyfin. Expanded SFTP syntax highlighting, including TypeScript.
- Monitoring and reliability: Improved external-disk monitoring, monitoring reconnection, iCloud sync, and diagnostics. Fixed Codex and microphone crashes and refined Herdr readability, selection, and foreground recovery. Added an in-app update check.
Herdr requires a compatible installation on your own host; NovaScale is tested with Herdr 0.9.1. Remote Codex requires your own Codex CLI/app-server. NovaScale is not affiliated with Tailscale Inc. or OpenAI.
Thank you to everyone who has shared feature requests and issue reports. Enjoy the update, and please keep the feedback coming.
The developer, GalaxNet Ltd., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
- Other Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Identifiers
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- GalaxNet Ltd.
- Size
- 119.6 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 4 more
- English, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- NovaScale Pro Annual $14.99
- NovaScale Pro Lifetime $39.99
- NovaScale Pro Monthly $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 GalaxNet Ltd.
