
SSH Client - Secure ShellFish
Terminal, Files & Finder
Free · In-App Purchases
Lightning fast SSH terminal with remote file access. No other app fuses your SSH servers and iOS devices as well as Secure ShellFish. Tap Get and see for yourself.
Terminal supports standard text editing gestures for selection, scrolling and copy/paste as well as custom gestures to send arrow keys and tabulator making shell entry and full screen editing with vim or emacs delightful. Bar above the keyboard makes it easy to type special keys and insert snippets.
Select and drag filenames out of the terminal as actual files and drag files from other apps into the terminal to upload. Use built-in tmux support to persist terminal sessions if you lose Internet access, pick existing sessions with thumbnails and Handoff sessions between devices.
Server file system is available in the Files app and recently accessed files and directories are cached to make them available when offline. Use apps like Textastic and iA Writer for a native editing experience working on your remote server files.
Upload files or entire directories from the share sheet with minimal friction as the last destination directory for each kind of file is remembered or automate file transfers in the Shortcuts app.
Connect to your Mac, Synology NAS and any other SSH server or create new Digital Ocean droplets right from the app.
Secure ShellFish is useful as a free app and paying pro users can disable ads in the terminal, upload through the Files app and configure unlimited number of servers.
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Improved handling of .ts.net hostnames for better compatibility with Tailscale VPN.
This is especially useful with multi-address hostnames like
MyMac.local, my-mac.tail2faa9.ts.net
which first attempts a local network connection before falling back to Tailscale.
Context menu for the Paste key in the middle of the keyboard bar includes a Type Sentence mode, where you can compose text using autocomplete and other standard iOS editing features. Nothing is sent to the server until you press Return and leave the mode, making it particularly useful for typing natural language while editing in Emacs or Vim, or when writing instructions for Claude Code.
Running servers listed for Digital Ocean or Hetzner have button to start terminal whether or not a ShellFish configuration exists for each server.
Fixed issue where control sequences like ^X in snippets would be confused with literal caret followed by a letter.
In-App Purchases
The developer, Anders Borum, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
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Information
- Seller
- Anders Borum
- Size
- 110 MB
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.4 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.4 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.1 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 9.0 or later.
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it is not open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- ShellFish Annual subscription USD 14.99
- ShellFish Monthly subscription USD 3.99
- ShellFish Lifetime Pro Unlock USD 29.99
- Copyright
- © 2019-2025 Anders Borum
