Blink Shell, Build & Code 4+

Name: Blink Shell, Build & Code
Rating: 3.2 (298 reviews)
Author: Blink Shell, Inc

Blink Shell, Inc

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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.

2024년 6월 26일

버전 17.3.0

Don't let the new features fool you. This update is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside, where a lot of work happened behind the scenes. We left this release in the oven for a while to squash even the weirdest bugs and misbehaviors. But most important, we couldn't have pulled it off without our Discord and TestFlight communities, who were extremely patient to test again and again even the smallest changes and details. We want to extend special thanks to Bahamat, Dave, Filipe, James, Jochen, krathen, l2dy, Nahuel, Neal, Polo, rob, rrgeorge, shlevy, Tahpo2, tanguy, travelingflwr, and many many others!

**What's New:**

- **Custom Mosh+17.3.0:** Our patched Mosh release includes undercurl, strikethrough, and other server-side improvements, making your sessions even more powerful. Easily update the static Mosh on remote servers with the `install-static` flag.
- **Vim for Local Editing:** Now you can use Vim for quick local edits. And the community even built a package manager to supercharge it. Special thanks here to the previous work of Nicholas Holszchu on iOS System, as his work served as the backbone to make this work.
- **New Interactive Commands:** We've also added `less`, `bc`, and `ping6` commands to enhance your terminal capabilities.
- **Default Agent Configuration:** `ssh-add` now remembers your configuration between sessions, and you can configure keys and modes within Settings.
- **Mosh with ProxyJump:** Catching up with our previous mosh client, you can now connect with ProxyJump for more flexible networking options.
- **iPad Pro and Air Support:** Blink now fully supports the latest iPad Pro and iPad Air models.
- **Shell Improvements** Numerous fixes have been made to improve command execution and overall system integration, like telnet, random segmentation faults after running consecutive commands, Ctrl-D handling, commands that may hang the shell, etc...
- **Improved Arrow Key Functionality:** Arrows now work in both terminal and application modes, improving compatibility and user experience.
- **Crash Fixes and Stability Improvements:** This release has touched practically everything. Please check out the full notes on https://github.com/blinksh/blink/discussions/1999 and do not hesitate to contact us with more questions or problems.

As we said in the beginning, this release has a lot more than meets the eye and we are sure you will notice. And please join us on Discord, GitHub or Reddit if you haven't done so yet!

3.2/5

298개의 평가

Not what is promised

I fail to see the value provided compared to the cost. The VSCode feature is extremely buggy (even down to issues with scrolling). In fact, code-server in a browser works better, even if it shares a few of the issues. I would have been willing to pay if it worked, but it leaves only the ssh/mosh features, which are largely for free elsewhere.*

*Update: The ssh/mosh experience is more responsive than other apps I have tried. That’s something at least

Unsavory Developer Practices

I happily paid 20 USD for this app a few years ago and really loved its clean responsive minimal interface and the reliability of its connections, but went a while without needing it and didn’t get any notifications or emails warning me of the eventual deprecation of that app.

Its frustrating to find that in order to continue using the app I’d have to shell out a monthly subscription. Reading some of the other comments I’m seeing the devs suggest continuing to use the old version unsupported, or build the new version from source since its open source. However, the old version seems to not even be rendering text properly on my ipad anymore, and as someone without a mac to access XCode, building from source isnt an option either.

I understand a subscription might be necessary to cover recurring server costs and add new features. But for someone who paid a not-insignificant sum for the app and doesn’t need those features, it feels like a pretty raw deal.

Turns my iPad into a full Linux terminal

I've been using Blink for several years and it just keeps getting better and better. I consider it an absolutely essential app for my iPad Pro, where I use it to SSH into a Linux machine to have full access to Emacs. And using Mosh (instead of SSH directly) means that I can simply open my iPad at any time and my previous SSH session is still there, immediately ready for me to use. Amazing. The app developer(s) are highly responsive and take feedback seriously and their dedication to keeping the software open-source makes me more than happy to support this app. I'm not a fan of subscriptions, but I was more than happy to subscribe to help support future development. I'd give it 10 stars if I could.