a-Shell is a complete local terminal emulator, allowing to run most Unix commands on your iOS device. You can transfer files using scp and curl, edit them with vim and ed, process them using grep, awk and sed. You can work with git repositories using lg2.
Most commands are compiled for iOS native Arm64 format, making them fast and well integrated with the BSD Unix that powers iOS/iPadOS.
a-Shell includes Python, Lua, Perl, JavaScript, C, C++ for programming and TeX (texlive 2025, with Tikz and LuaTeX) for text processing.
There are also multiple network utilities: nslookup, ping, whois, ifconfig... Type help for help, help -l to get the full list of commands.
a-Shell can be controlled from Shortcuts: run commands in order, process files in a-Shell, get the results as text or files, transfer files to other apps...
a-shell uses iOS 13+ “multiple windows” ability, so you can run multiple shells at the same time, with different commands, in different directories. You can edit a file in one window with vim and process it in the other with python.
Compile your C or C++ programs to webAssembly using clang or clang++, and execute the resulting binary. A complete webAssembly SDK is included (WASI-libc).
a-Shell is the complete version. If you need a smaller app, and you don't need a C compiler, a TeX engine, or numpy and matplotlib, there is a-Shell mini.
Your app is awesome, a shell on the iPad is a step closer to being able to do more kinds of work on it. And it’s free! I’d love to get node running on this, is there any way we can contribute with development?
Resposta do desenvolvedor
It's an OpenSource software and we take pull-requests. See here: https://github.com/holzschu/a-shell/
This app is really cool
s1oplus
It’s really nice to be able to just pull out a unix shell when you’re not close to a mac/linux computer.
Please add Rubberband.
littleart1
Please add rubberband and geq to A-Shell.
Very smooth and fast
vinibretas
I really love this app! It’s fast and smooth. Vim works like a charm on it and I can very easily ssh into my home computer, and it’s incredibly fast
- updated certificate files for the main app and for Python to fix for the eMudhra CA Key Compromise issue.
- support for user fonts
- support for color themes
- new commands: node, npm, npx, helix, fzf, rg, fd, ruff, gix, ein, navi
- bug fixes: the terminal remains above the keyboard, the terminal gets the focus back on its own after you dismiss a "view" or a "play" window, matching the toolbar color with the terminal color, fixed several places where the app would crash...
Versão 2.3.0
Nicolas Holzschuch, responsável pelo desenvolvimento do app, indicou que as práticas de privacidade do app podem incluir o gerenciamento de dados conforme descrito abaixo. Para obter mais informações, consulte a política de privacidade do app .
Dados não coletados
Os desenvolvedores não coletam nenhum dado deste app.
As práticas de privacidade podem variar, por exemplo, conforme os recursos que você usa ou sua idade. Saiba Mais
O desenvolvedor indicou que este app é compatível com os seguintes recursos de acessibilidade. Saiba mais
Recursos compatíveis
VoiceOver
Texto maior
Interface escura
Contraste suficiente
Informações
Venda
Nicolas Holzschuch
Tamanho
2,3 GB
Categoria
Para desenvolvedores
Compatibilidade
Requer o iOS 14.0 ou posterior.
iPhone Requer o iOS 14.0 ou posterior.
iPad Requer o iPadOS 14.0 ou posterior.
iPod touch Requer o iOS 14.0 ou posterior.
Mac Requer o macOS 12.0.0 ou posterior e um Mac com o chip M1 da Apple ou posterior.
