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SSH Files – Secure ShellFish 4+
SFTP & Terminal
Anders Borum
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Finally Secure ShellFish is available on the Mac bringing seamless access to SSH servers to your most used computer.
Server files are available in the ShellFish location of the Finder and available as part of the filesystem anywhere on the Mac.
First class tmux support is particularly useful on the Mac. Never worry about losing the network connection and handoff sessions between iPhone, iPad and Mac. It feels like magic.
Send notifications and update widgets from the terminal. This will work from any terminal even from cron jobs once Shell Integration has been installed.
Servers are synced between iPhone, iPad and Mac using iCloud Keychain for ideal convenience and security.
The rich Shortcuts support has also been brought to the Mac making it easy to work with files on your servers from shortcuts.
Secure ShellFish is useful as a free app and paying pro users can disable ads in the terminal, upload through the Finder and configure unlimited number of servers. You payment is shared between Mac, iPhone and iPad.
What’s New
Version 2024.15
Fix negotiation error when connecting to servers where banner was larger than 256 characters.
Cursor/Selection color can be configured for color themes as one of the 16 palette colors by right clicking the color and picking "Use for Cursor" from the context menu.
Ratings and Reviews
just an excellent tool, continuously extended and cared for
I'd written a five-star more than a year ago, and find much appreciation often enough, for the thought forward and care of abilities this developer steadily provides.
It does 'just work' -- and with many of those features making it very smooth, quick, and nice to use. I monitor and upgrade my droplets from it regularly, very nice to be able to do that on the iPad. And the multi-window full-screen support into Linux means complex matters can be handled as easily -- think more than one vi, a shell window, a monitoring one too...
If I had anything to wish for, it would just be a password ing option, for the one-button signin that's so effective, handling my certificate etc. so that getting in is very rapid indeed -- which is why it could happily have some smooth protection, no? Thanks again, for a very thoughtfully provided and very enjoyable tool!
Indispensable, best ssh and remote files app for iPadOS
Secure ShellFish is truly amazing. I use it for hours per day. The ssh experience is second to none, with outstanding tmux support and a super well thought out user interface and user experience. To make things even better, Secure ShellFish also allows remote server access as folders in the Files app. This has a knock on effect of making other development tools like Working Copy and Textastic even more useful than they already were. The developer is *extremely* responsive to feedback and goes way out of his way to track down bugs and incorporate features based on user input. I’m sure he’s heard enough from me to last him a lifetime, but he’s always super friendly and very accommodating. Top notch customer support, to say the least. I love you, Secure ShellFish. Never leave me, because I’m never leaving you.
Developer Response ,
Thank you ☺️
Awesome app
UPDATE: Turning off “Recognise Files” solved my issue and all is well now - thank you!!
Just started using this app. When it works, it’s great and it has nice features. Unfortunately it seems to break more than it works however. The UI constantly locks, whether when I’m about to type a new command in the terminal, trying to run a command within vi, or simply pressing the return key in any circumstance - the UI for the app completely locks up (on-screen keyboard included) for 5-10 seconds. At that point, it will either start working again, or the app will crash and I’m back at my iPad Home Screen.
I’d love to see these kinks worked out! Just starting to look for a shell for SSHing into my home server from my iPad and this app seems to have much more potential over the competition in terms of features and usability (I’ve purchased the Pro unlock too).
Developer Response ,
That sounds awful and I would really like to get to the bottom of this.
Can you tell me if disabling “Recognise files” in terminal settings makes a difference?
Very happy to hear that you are now able to use the terminal without it locking. I will investigate why this “Recognise files” option sometimes causes problems and I hope you will be able to enable it soon.
In-App Purchases
App Privacy
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Information
- Seller
- Anders Borum
- Size
- 67.5 MB
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.2 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.2 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 13.0 or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 9.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © 2019-2024 Anders Borum
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- ShellFish Monthly subscription $2.99
- ShellFish Lifetime Pro Unlock $29.99
- ShellFish Annual subscription $14.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.