TermiForge

All in one SSH client

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

TermiForge is the SSH client built for developers who actually get things done on iPad. Not just a terminal — a complete remote workstation with Remote Desktop, a file manager, text editor, and browser, all talking to the same server. Remote Desktop is a Pro feature — one-time in-app purchase after a 14-day free trial. SSH Terminal, file manager, and private web browsing are always free. – YOUR MAC, ON YOUR IPAD – See and control your Mac’s screen from your iPad. Hardware-accelerated video with low latency on Wi-Fi, adaptive bitrate over cellular. Full trackpad, hardware keyboard, Apple Pencil, and MFi game controller input — all routed cleanly. Mac asleep or at the login screen? TermiForge wakes it automatically. A free menu-bar Agent on your Mac (one drag-to-Applications) gets it running. – YOUR WHOLE TOOLCHAIN, JUST WORKS – Most SSH apps break your CLI tools. AWS CLI, GitHub CLI, the Claude CLI, and similar utilities store their auth tokens in your system Keychain — and a standard SSH session can’t reach them. TermiForge automatically loads those credentials into every terminal session, so your tools authenticate exactly as they do on your Mac. No manual token copying. No broken pipelines. – BROWSE RUNNING SERVICES, PRIVATELY – Your dev server, Jupyter notebook, Grafana dashboard, or self-hosted admin panel — TermiForge tunnels any remote port through SSH and opens it in a built-in browser. Nothing is exposed to the internet. No VPN. No firewall rules to change. You see your running app as if you were sitting at the server. – EDIT FILES WHERE THEY LIVE – The built-in SFTP file manager includes a full text editor. Open any file on your server, edit it, and save — no downloading, no round-trips, no leaving the app. – A TERMINAL THAT KEEPS UP WITH YOU – Multiple tabs, each with its own SSH connection. An extended keyboard row with ESC, Tab, Enter, and Ctrl always visible. Automatic reconnection when you switch networks or return from background. Long-running processes stay alive even while your iPad is locked. – SECURE FROM THE START – Passwords and SSH keys are stored in the iOS Keychain — encrypted at rest, never sent to any server, never backed up to iCloud without your knowledge. Generate keys on-device, import existing ones, or connect with password auth. Your credentials stay yours. – WHAT YOU CAN DO – • Remote Desktop to your Mac with hardware-accelerated video and full input • Full SSH terminal with multi-tab support • SFTP file manager with built-in text editor • Browse private services through SSH port forwarding • Automatic Keychain credential loading for CLI tools • SSH key generation, import, and management • Files app integration — remote files appear system-wide • Automatic reconnection over WiFi and cellular

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New: built-in SFTP music player. Tap any audio file in your SFTP browser to stream and play it directly — no separate download step. Includes a persistent mini-player bar across tabs, a full-screen transport with seek, and background playback. Improvements: faster and more reliable relay connections (smoother SSH, SFTP, Web, and Remote Desktop over the relay path). Polish: cleaner paywall layout that no longer clips text on smaller windows.

Version 1.3

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    Information

    Seller
    • CANLIU WU
    Size
    • 19.7 MB
    Category
    • Developer Tools
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    • English
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    • © 2026 CANLIU WU
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