iSH Shell

I spent ages looking for a terminal app to use to log into my various servers on the iPad. All were either lacking function or most of them were ridiculously expensive or utilised a subscription model. Enter iSH. What an amazing idea. Can even install common nix apps like open-ssh to generate keys, ipmi-tool to access server bmc and nano to edit files etc. 5/5 All day long.

Haii, I really like the uname -a output, whoever made this is incredible, I hope you do well in life also extremely useful app, maybe not practical but hey, i like it :3

When i try something it says try again later

I’ve tried a-shell and I have to say compared to a-shell iSh have much more customisation available, and functionality more complete. Though my workflow doesn’t seem to work well with it, it’s a very handy and capable and perfect for emergency situations.

Hangs all the time

very nice. shame it’s only emulations so stuff like docker doesn’t run. i just mostly use it as a flexible ssh client into my a raspberry pi. and sometimes to debug network issues. i wish net-tools came as a -reinstalled package so i didn’t have to waste time finding out “apk add” was a thing.

I cannot believe this app is free. Run python, Git etc it really is a complete Linux shell running locally. Heaps of great documentation on github as well. The developer Theodore Dubois really is out here doing god’s work.

I’ve been using the iSH beta for a while now and it’s been the most incredibly useful app. Heaps of useful Unix command-line utilities working on my iPad, including git, ssh, python, vi, emacs and many others. I’m even using python libs as a command-line for a kubernetes server (kubectl didn’t work last time I tried). Great too see it fully fledged in the store, and kudos to Theo and his helpers getting it there.

This finally makes an iPad work as a device for learning compiled programming languages!

I hope Apple takes notice at its 5 star and number one developer tool rating. The iPad needs more pro apps like this to take advantage of its power. It’s a god send in my line of work.