Blink Shell, Build & Code 4+

The Pro tool for developers

Blink Shell, Inc

    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Trial required:
** Try Blink+Build one week for free, no sign up required. Renews monthly. **
** Or subscribe annually to Blink+: The Shell of choice for developers. **

Try the new Blink Build: on-demand cloud development environments, powered by containers, so you can Code, Compile and Deploy from anywhere.

Blink+ now also includes Blink Code, our Microsoft Visual Studio Code* integration, you can code on local or remote projects. Always with a premium Blink experience: Never disconnected thanks to Mosh, SSH featuring tunnels, keys and agent, in a blazing fast terminal.

What the Blink community is saying:
“The way to use VS Code on the iPad” - programminglife.io
“In some ways, I prefer my iPad / Blink / Digital Ocean setup to coding on my Mac“ - TheVerge
"I have tried a number of terminals on iOS and this is really The One." - Twit.tv
“Connections still come up when I get back to a client project after a weekend off.“ - The Sweet Setup

What our users love the most from Blink Shell:
- Mosh connections that even survive a device reboot.
- Most complete SSH implementation on iOS.
- Code command for VS Code integration.
- Blazingly fast terminal and SFTP transfers.
- Includes Pragmata Pro with ligatures.

Blink Code integrates with VS Code:
- Code on local projects, or seamlessly on remote machines.
- Fully-loaded code editor.
- A coding experience fitted to your device, that connects to VS Code for web, GitHub Codespaces, GitPod or your own VS Code server.

Blink Shell has a fully loaded SSH toolset:
- SSH with PKI support: DSA, RSA, ECDSA & ED25519 keys.
- Support for Secure Enclave Keys and Certificates.
- Port forwarding with local, remote & dynamic tunnel support.
- SOCKS5 proxy for a private VPN.
- Agent Forwarding.
- Complete SSH Config file support.
- ControlMaster and pooled connections.
- Files.app integration for SFTP remote hosts.
- SFTP with copy-on-change.

Blink has been the leading developer tool in the AppStore for +5 years, so there is a lot more:
- External Display support.
- Legendary Hardware Keyboard support, even remap shortcuts and keyboard codes.
- Local & iCloud Blink Shell folders for Files.app access across devices.
- Host sync over iCloud.
- Link-files from other applications and work with them in Blink.
- Cool themes and fonts, and install your own!
- Smart Keys on SW Keyboard to navigate with touch.
- FaceCam command to create tutorials and streams.
- Bell notifications.
- Supports multiple windows and multiple tabs.
- Network & UNIX CLI tools, check our docs for more information.

Blink is open source software. Participate in our community, and don’t forget to leave us your feedback and your feature(s) requests. Enjoy!

http://blink.sh
http://twitter.com/blinkshell
http://GitHub.com/blinksh

Terms of Use: https://blink.sh/blink-gpl
Privacy Policy: https://blink.sh/pp

* Blink Code is not affiliated nor endorsed by Microsoft.

What’s New

Version 17.2.2

Just small update to mosh-static supported architectures.

Ratings and Reviews

3.2 out of 5
52 Ratings

52 Ratings

hsichu ,

iOS bug: swipe-up drags app up

The swipe up gesture is supposed to bring up commands in a shell’s history or scroll through the results of a less. When Blink gets launched, however, a swipe-up often works on the app’s window instead, dragging the entire app upwards.

malware ,

Forced upgrade after buying previous version

I downloaded the version I bought to be greeted with a prompt telling me to get the new version, that I would be able to use all the same features as before, the app I bought appears to be an advert now for this version as it’s no longer functioning.

So I download the new version, ready to use the same features as before but I’m greeted by a prompt that gives me two choices:

1 - Pay $10 a month for a digital ocean droplet I don’t want.
2 - Pay $20 a year to use the app I already bought.

I hit the restore purchase button thinking maybe this is how I get the original functionality back, it didn’t do anything though.

$20 a year isn’t going to break the bank or anything, but I’m not impressed I’m told I can keep using the features I had before when it clearly isn’t true.

Jabbawok ,

Essential iPad tool!

I’ve tried a load of terminal style apps for the iPad, and they all mostly work with various issues and limitations. This one, however totally works! Super well though out and easy to use. If you have to ssh into anything on your iPad this is the app you want.

App Privacy

The developer, Blink Shell, Inc, 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 Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • Purchases

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.

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