Blink Shell, Build & Code

The Pro tool for developers

Published by: Blink Shell
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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.
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Blink Shell Reviews

Where is classic?

4839201847382 on

United States

Was told that existing users would be able to use this app for regular ssh. But there are only subscription options and the like to restore purchases does nothing. If you’re not going to support existing customers in the new app, maybe consider to put the proper icon back on the old app? Update: Thank you for your response, if I had known about the changes, I would certainly have “taken the time”. I will look for the option to restore the icon and hope that the app contributes to function in future. UPDATE: They have now removed blink shell classic from the app store, so that purchase was a waste of money.

Removed Old App and replaced with a subscription

Delta Squared on

United States

The old app was great I had not problem with it, this got replaced with a subscription service. I didn’t make the cutoff window. This is not a good way to earn trust. I guess I am stuck with alternatives. This is sad as it was my go to shell for years.

It was a good app

Miko .A on

United States

It was a good app

Returning user, what is this subscription model!

thomassantosh on

United States

Groan. Loved this app when I had an iPad before. After getting a new one, now I return to find you have to pay whatever option you pick. I guess I’m spoiled to expect a base set of features for free.

Needs more features

baderalfahad on

United States

GitHub Codespaces support. Please add it.

Theft by developer

zmanfx on

United States

Taking away an app I already paid for because you wanted to add a subscription to continue supporting it is pretty shady. Don’t support these developers. They don’t deserve your money. Go pay for Prompt 3 instead, at least I can still use Prompt 2. Blink is totally useless now.

Only iPad terminal that renders EVERYTHING correctly

sylverjam on

United States

Clean and simple interface for turning your iPad into a programming terminal. This is the only app that renders all NerdFonts correctly if you are trying to use something like LazyVim with all the bells and whistles. Supports things like Mosh, but I find that Tailscale + SSH and a terminal multiplexer like Tmux or Zellij are more than enough.

Ripped Off

Mike M the Rage Machine on

United States

I bought this tool a few years ago. Paid for it. Haven’t needed it in months. Now, I go to use it and they want to charge me $20/year for the same features. I don’t mind paying for extra services that cost money to provide, but don’t try to get me to pay annually to the same tool I was using before. No changes, just more money! Also, I didn’t get any notification that they were going to do this. What a rip off.

Most visually appealing, minimal SSH/Mosh client (minus the subscription model)

heywoodlh on

United States

This app is my favorite SSH and Mosh client. I appreciate the local Unix utilities it provides and the fact that it looks and behaves like a terminal emulator. The visual minimalism by default is excellent. My one issue is with the recurring subscription model. I would rate it five stars if there was a one-time purchase option (even if it was per device — I’d happily pay $5-10 per device I needed Blink on). It makes it hard to recommend to interested friends or colleagues when there isn’t a free option or a one-time purchase option. Thankfully, I was grandfathered into the Blink Legacy pricing (which offered a one-time purchase). Please bring one-time purchases back!

But it also has

Elaine.mitchell on

United States

The only way you know

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