IOSTerm: SSH Client & Terminal
SFTP, Remote Shell & Server
$12.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
IOSTerm is a native SSH, SFTP, and terminal client for developers and system administrators who want a fast, clean tool that feels like it belongs on their
iPhone and iPad.
TERMINAL
A full-featured SSH terminal with proper ANSI colors, mouse support, and UTF-8. Optional tmux integration lets your sessions survive wifi drops and backgrounding:
reconnect and pick up exactly where you left off.
FILES
Every server you add appears as a location in the Files app. Browse, open, edit, and save remote files with any app that supports document providers, just
like iCloud Drive or Dropbox.
RUN
One-shot commands without opening a full shell. Drop into the Run sheet, type the command, see the output. Your command history syncs through your private iCloud
account across your devices.
AI ASSISTANT BRING YOUR OWN KEY (OPTIONAL)
An in-terminal AI drawer with context-aware help. Ask about output you don't understand, or describe what you want in natural language and get a command you can
review before running. The feature is opt-in and bring-your-own-key: you add your own API key in Settings, stored in the Keychain on your device, and
your device talks directly to Anthropic. The developer operates no backend, sees no prompts, and has no visibility into this traffic. Use of Anthropic's API is
billed by Anthropic. You can skip this feature entirely; it is off by default.
SECURE BY DEFAULT
Modern ciphers and key-exchange algorithms out of the box
Optional legacy mode for older servers (OpenSSH 6.7, RHEL 5/6)
Passwords and SSH keys stored in the Keychain
iCloud Keychain sync across your Apple devices, end-to-end encrypted by Apple
No analytics, no advertising SDKs, no third-party trackers
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Hardware keys on iPad
• SSH with a YubiKey over USB-C. IOSTerm now signs in with the key in PIV slot 9a, which works over USB-C on iPad and over NFC on iPhone — one key for both devices.
• Set up from the app. "Protect with YubiKey" in a server's settings asks the YubiKey to create a key that never leaves it, installs the public half on the server, and switches the connection over. No desktop, no command line.
• Read the public key straight from the YubiKey whenever you need to add it to another server.
• Hardware key options now match the device: FIDO2 stays NFC-only and is no longer offered on iPad, and each method says which key type the server expects.
• Fixed: the PIN and two-factor prompts could fail to appear while a setup sheet was open.
PIV requires a YubiKey 5 with firmware 5.3 or later. Existing FIDO2 (sk-ssh-ed25519) keys keep working over NFC.
The developer, carlos prieto ortiz, 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 Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- carlos prieto ortiz
- Size
- 22.7 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- 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.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- 2026 © Carlos Prieto Ortiz
