LexShell
An SSH terminal client
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
SSH for iOS.
Sometimes you need to SSH into a server. This app helps you do exactly that.
Remote servers, Bonjour servers — we welcome them all. We'll optionally remember the servers you frequently access from a given spot, too; so if you're always connecting to one network from the coffeeshop and another from home, we've got you covered.
With built-in support for the keyboard keys that iOS forgot (Esc, Tab, and Control-combos), a slew of themes, and a ton of functionality included for free.
Need Pro features like 1Password keys, SFTP support throughout iOS, and Snippets? Take a look at a Pro subscription.
EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
more The author is a promptfondler. This app is garbage AI slop. Another reason this is trash: the website URL for the App Store goes nowhere. The planet-boiling plagiarism BS generator didn’t get that right, I guess. Stay far away!
The author is a promptfondler. This app is garbage AI slop. Another reason this is trash: the website URL for the App Store goes nowhere. The planet-boiling plagiarism BS generator didn’t get that right, I guess. Stay far away!
Some UI improvements, especially for when you're dealing with (ugh) connection errors. Now get more details about what's going wrong!
1.5 2d ago
This one's for everyone who ever opened the file browser, needed something in /var/log or /etc, and hit an invisible wall. The shell always let you cd anywhere — now the file browser keeps up:
• Go up. When you're at the top of the browser, there's a new button that takes you up a level — keep tapping and you'll land at /. Anything your login can read, you can browse.
• Go anywhere. Pick "Go to Folder…" from the menu and type a path. /var/log, ~/projects, even a bare logs relative to where you signed in — LexShell checks it's a real folder and jumps straight there.
• Know where you are. Once you wander off, the title shows the folder you're actually in instead of the server's name.
And as before, if you always want a connection to start somewhere specific, set its directory in the connection editor — that's now just where browsing starts, not a fence.
This update has other improvements to syncing, SFTP, and SSH keys. The syncing improvements include syncing your saved snippets across devices. Phew!
1.4 Sep 13
Version 1.2 introduced LexShell Pro. But you couldn't successfully sign up for the lifetime subscription. Now you can.
Previously:
Bug fixes and a whole new thing: LexShell Pro.
LexShell Pro:
1Password Integration
Fetch SSH keys from 1Password when you connect. Your keys can stay where your keys live.
SFTP File Browser
Browse remote files right inside LexShell. Upload, download, rename, delete, and create folders without fleeing to another app.
Files App Integration
Your saved remote servers can now appear as locations in the iOS Files app. The Files app: now with files from even farther away.
Snippets
Save frequently used commands and run them straight from the terminal key bar. Less typing, fewer opportunities to typo sudo.
Support an Indie Developer
Not technically a feature. Still pretty great.
Meanwhile, for everyone:
SSH connections got a little less fussy
Paste in an SSH destination however you’ve got it. LexShell is now much better at figuring out what you meant:
* example.com:2222 or even 10.0.0.5#2222 → host + port. We speak weird.
* root@example.com:2200 → username + host + port.
* ssh:// and sftp:// prefixes → politely removed.
* IPv6 → handled without losing our minds over all those colons. Bare addresses like fe80::1 stay intact, while [::1]:2222 works exactly as it should.
* Bogus ports — too big, not numbers, mysteriously empty — are rejected rather than treated as exciting new networking standards.
Also: If you try to connect without entering a username, LexShell now warns you instead of letting you boldly march toward failure.
Hardened SSH servers now like us
Some hardened servers only allow OpenSSH’s ETM MAC algorithms. Previously, LexShell would attempt to connect, receive an extremely helpful "End of file", and give up before authentication.
LexShell now supports hmac-sha2-256/512-etm@openssh.com, so those connections work normally.
Also, server login banners now actually appear in the terminal instead of being quietly tossed into the void.
New preference: Double-tap for tab completion
If one tap is good and two taps are somehow more Tab, this setting is for you.
VoiceOver support went from middling to very good in this release, too. And pasting is easier, especially via the keyboard or the new Paste button the virtual keyboard.
1.3 Aug 25
Bug fixes and a whole new thing: LexShell Pro.
LexShell Pro:
1Password Integration
Fetch SSH keys from 1Password when you connect. Your keys can stay where your keys live.
SFTP File Browser
Browse remote files right inside LexShell. Upload, download, rename, delete, and create folders without fleeing to another app.
Files App Integration
Your saved remote servers can now appear as locations in the iOS Files app. The Files app: now with files from even farther away.
Snippets
Save frequently used commands and run them straight from the terminal key bar. Less typing, fewer opportunities to typo sudo.
Support an Indie Developer
Not technically a feature. Still pretty great.
Meanwhile, for everyone:
SSH connections got a little less fussy
Paste in an SSH destination however you’ve got it. LexShell is now much better at figuring out what you meant:
* example.com:2222 or even 10.0.0.5#2222 → host + port. We speak weird.
* root@example.com:2200 → username + host + port.
* ssh:// and sftp:// prefixes → politely removed.
* IPv6 → handled without losing our minds over all those colons. Bare addresses like fe80::1 stay intact, while [::1]:2222 works exactly as it should.
* Bogus ports — too big, not numbers, mysteriously empty — are rejected rather than treated as exciting new networking standards.
Also: If you try to connect without entering a username, LexShell now warns you instead of letting you boldly march toward failure.
Hardened SSH servers now like us
Some hardened servers only allow OpenSSH’s ETM MAC algorithms. Previously, LexShell would attempt to connect, receive an extremely helpful "End of file", and give up before authentication.
LexShell now supports hmac-sha2-256/512-etm@openssh.com, so those connections work normally.
Also, server login banners now actually appear in the terminal instead of being quietly tossed into the void.
New preference: Double-tap for tab completion
If one tap is good and two taps are somehow more Tab, this setting is for you.
VoiceOver support went from middling to very good in this release, too. And pasting is easier, especially via the keyboard or the new Paste button the virtual keyboard.
1.2 Aug 25
Send any Control-Key combo with the new Control modifier, and customize the “special keys” bonus keyboard row in Settings. Plus Control-R is now a default keyboard key, because you were very clear that you needed that!
Before, you couldn’t switch the app icon to the oyster shell version. Now you can. Whoops!
1.1 Aug 22
Some UI improvements, especially for when you're dealing with (ugh) connection errors. Now get more details about what's going wrong!
more Version 1.5 2d ago
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