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.
I love the app, big thanks to the developer. However, I have a specific use-case where I need to use git, and after every update there is a breaking change which requires the user to change something in the authentication process to GitHub with a public key. Can this stop please? Honestly I don’t know what goes wrong, so I have to wait every time for someone else to have the same problem I have.
Risposta dello sviluppatore
Each update changes the directory where the app is located. It's not something I can control.For the location of your keys, use 'git config user.identityFile "~/Documents/.ssh/id_ed25519"´ and the location will remain valid after updates. Contact me by e-mail for more help: another_shell@icloud.com
Great app
mauro.987
Love it. I finally found what I was looking for…
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FringedCorgi1730
For install new application ?
Thanks
Samuele 😂
Thanks dude, your work is really appreciated. Will try to donate ASAP <3
- fixed an issue with "cd -" in dash
- fixed an issue with Thai keyboards
- removed automatic autocomplete after completing a directory
Versione 2.0.3
Lo sviluppatore, Nicolas Holzschuch, ha indicato che le procedure per la tutela della privacy dell’app potrebbero includere il trattamento dei dati descritto di seguito. Per scoprire di più, consulta l’informativa sulla privacy dello sviluppatore .
Dati non raccolti
Lo sviluppatore non raccoglie alcun dato da quest’app.
Le procedure per la tutela della privacy potrebbero variare, ad esempio in base alle funzionalità che utilizzi o alla tua età. Scopri di più
Lo sviluppatore ha indicato che quest’app supporta le seguenti funzioni di accessibilità. Scopri di più
Funzioni supportate
VoiceOver
Testo più grande
Interfaccia scura
Contrasto sufficiente
Informazioni
Dimensioni
2 GB
Categoria
Sviluppatori
Compatibilità
Richiede iOS 14.0 o versioni successive.
iPhone Richiede iOS 14.0 o versioni successive.
iPad Richiede iPadOS 14.0 o versioni successive.
iPod touch Richiede iOS 14.0 o versioni successive.
Mac Richiede macOS 12.0.0 o versioni successive e un Mac con chip Apple M1 o versioni successive.
Apple Vision Richiede visionOS 1.0 o versioni successive.
Nicolas Holzschuch non si identifica come operatore commerciale per questa app. Se ti trovi all’interno dello Spazio economico europeo, i diritti dei consumatori non si applicano agli accordi tra te e il fornitore.
