a-Shell 17+
Local Unix terminal (with ssh)
Nicolas Holzschuch
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
a-Shell is a complete local terminal emulator, allowing to run most Unix commands on you 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 iOS underlying BSD Unix.
a-Shell includes Python, Lua, Perl, JavaScript, C, C++ for programming and TeX (texlive 2023, 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.
What’s New
Version 1.15.0
- In-Extension Shortcuts have access to the same information as In-App Shortcuts (bookmarks, Python files, etc)
- ffmpeg updated to version 7.0.0
- LLVM/clang updated to version 18.1.5
- webAssembly commands can now use interactive keyboard input
- fixed multiple bugs.
Ratings and Reviews
Imprescindible
Imprescindible. si apple quiere aprender a hacer dispositivos útiles, debería empezar a distribuirlos con una consola de este tipo
Life-saving app for scientists
This app really makes buying an iPad worth for me. It lets me edit and compile LaTeX documents. It provides a full TeX Live installation, with lualatex. Other apps out there make you pay for a disfunctional LaTeX fork. It has way more features but this is what I use the most.
Buena app pero
No me guarda mis proyectos en iCloud por mas que le indico la ruta no me guarda solo queda en el iPad porfa si pueden arreglar eso
App Privacy
The developer, Nicolas Holzschuch, 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.
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Information
- Provider
- Nicolas Holzschuch
- Size
- 1.6 GB
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 17+ Unrestricted Web Access
- Copyright
- © Nicolas Holzschuch
- Price
- Free