ShadowTerm is a full-featured SSH and Mosh terminal built natively
for iPhone and iPad. Manage servers, debug code, and keep tmux
sessions alive across networks with a desktop-quality terminal and a
keyboard built for the work.
KEY FEATURES
Connections that survive
- SSH with passwords, SSH keys, and certificate authentication
- Mosh (Mobile Shell) for roaming connections that survive network
drops, app backgrounding, and device sleep
- Smart port forwarding (local and remote) for secure tunneling
- Auto-connect on launch and geofence-based auto-connection
- Background connection monitoring with notifications and Live
Activities
Terminal experience
- Native SwiftTerm with xterm-256 color compatibility
- First-class tmux and GNU screen support with detection
- Multi-window on iPadOS: open Terminal, Files, Monitor, Markdown,
or Text Editor in their own windows
- Five terminal themes: Midnight, Oceanic, Solar, Neon, Classic
- Pinch-to-zoom font sizing and live cursor-tracked scrolling
Custom keyboards built for terminals
- 14 built-in layouts: Tmux, Screen, Files, OpenCode, Productivity,
DevOps, Git, Kubernetes, Python, Node.js, macOS, Database,
Security, Terminal Classic
- Fully editable: drag-and-drop keys, custom snippets, sticky
modifiers
- Adjustable double-tap window for Ctrl/Alt locking, with an
interactive test pad in Settings
- Mic input bar for voice-to-text command entry
- Smart keyboard switching when tmux is detected
SFTP and files
- Full SFTP browser with multi-select and bulk copy/move/delete
- Paste-to-upload: paste a screenshot, image, or file into the input
bar to SFTP it straight to your server
- Built-in text editor with syntax highlighting and undo/redo
- Live Markdown preview
- Transfer progress HUD with tap-to-copy destination paths
- Per-host startup snippets that auto-run on connect
AI command helper
- OpenAI (GPT-4o Mini), Anthropic (Claude 3.5 Haiku), Google Gemini
(2.0 Flash), Ollama (local), OpenRouter
- Inline AI assistant in the text editor with chat-style refinement
- Safety validator blocks fork bombs, rm -rf /, and similar
dangerous patterns before they ever leave your device
Claude Code remote control
- ntfy.sh-based notification polling for Claude Code permission
requests
- Approve or deny remote agent actions from your iPhone or iPad
- Session templates for repeatable workflows
Live server monitoring
- CPU, memory, network, filesystem, disk I/O
- Nvidia GPU monitoring when available
- Reads /proc directly for accurate, low-overhead metrics
- Background updates with optional notifications
Productivity
- Snippet library with batch execution
- Recent connections with one-tap reconnect
- Quick Actions on the app icon
- iOS widgets for server status and recent hosts
- Searchable Settings with auto-expand and live-tunable preferences
- Universal clipboard sync
iCloud and privacy
- CloudKit sync across devices for machines, identities, snippets,
port forwards, keyboard layouts, and settings
- Encrypted credential storage in iOS Keychain
- All AI requests use your own API keys, or run fully local with
Ollama
- No telemetry, no analytics, no data collection
ShadowTerm is built by a developer who lives in tmux on iPad. Every
keyboard layout, every gesture, every detail comes from real terminal
use. If you've fought with mobile SSH apps that disconnect, lose your
prompt, or feel cramped on small screens, this one will feel
different.
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