a-Shell 17+
Local Unix terminal (with ssh)
Nicolas Holzschuch
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
Local Unix terminal for iOS. Run Python, Lua, JavaScript, C, C++, TeX, sh and all Unix commands directly on your iPhone/iPad, no network connection required.
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 1.14.0
- moved to texlive-2024
- changed the texlive installation process to something more reliable
- fixed an issue in Perl that prevented tlmgr from downloading more than 300 packages
- changed the C SDK generation process for faster start-up
- fixed an issue that prevented running more than 1278 commands in-extension, or more than 852 commands in-app.
- fixed an issue where the app would sometimes run through command history instead of scrolling vertically
- fixed an issue with cursor position in editors in llines with spaces or tabs
- added option "--reset" to jsc
Ratings and Reviews
Breaking changes
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.
Developer Response ,
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
Love it. I finally found what I was looking for…
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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