Code App

Firstly what the devs don’t tell you.. you cannot compile any code whatsoever on iPadOS itself, this program and all similar also terminal programs get round this by using ssh or ftp to remote this functionality. Secondly the server built into the app is flakey its up and down at random, so really you need to setup your own GitHub remote compile or similar, which essentially makes this a text editor, albeit one with some syntax functions.

Been looking for an app to write Python, C++, JavaScript, HTML, & CSS, been relying on half decent apps for some of the programming languages I use, and some apps relied on "subscriptions" or "credits" to compile the code (c++), whereas this app does it all on your phone 👏 absolutely, positively, outstanding! The one thing I would ask for is that when you're using the Runestone editor, is there a chance it can copy the tabs from the line before? As I'm having to use the Runestone editor so I can cut/copy/paste on my iPhone, but I'm having to press the tab key each new line, other than that this app is absolutely perfect 💙

The title says it all …

This editor is flat out amazing. It goes straight to the point. You connect via SSH (it even support keys), you get your files right into the files navbar, you get yourself a little terminal window to run server commands which is very useful while editing docker compose files to quickly relaunch your containers. No jumping around between apps, no fake SFTP.

Try as I might - and I have scoured all available support material - I cannot get two repositories to work with the same login. I am stuck with no options to close a failed login to GitHub, even after trying to delete the authentication details. Where is the help site / wiki / support email? Spent enough time trying this now … moving on. Refund requested. Shame.

very convenient and useful! It would be much better if it can open jupyter notebook file. Hopefully, you can support it in the future.

There’s no other app on iOS that theoretically allows you to SSH onto a server and have all your files accessible and editable (as with VS Code). Basically, an all-in-one IDE or text editor. However, the major issue is that I cannot seem to connect via SSH (the connection seems to register in the terminal, but the app doesn’t actually open a remote session by displaying my files). My server files are already mounted on my phone, so I can still use the app. But that’s a big issue for the app which would be great to see fixed. If it were I’d definitely use the app regularly. The other main thing that stops me from properly using the app is the scroll! I’ve toggled the ‘Smooth Scroll’ setting on and off, and no matter what I do the scrolling is not the same experience as scrolling anywhere else on my phone. Scrolling is not as responsive, and it doesn’t behave in the ways I’m used to in my daily user experience. If the devs fixed those two issues I reckon I’d be a daily user (if not hourly!) One thing that isn’t of course an essential, but which I would love to see, is support for org-mode. I just love org-mode. But I suppose what would make that possible is support for extensions and plugins, which I know is a feature (more than just a feature) which wouldn’t be implemented unless quite a few requirements are met (a huge active user base developing plugins etc.). I just love org-mode that much that I thought I’d say so. Anyway, a GREAT app in theory. Just a step or two away from being GREAT in practice! But it is still really good, and I’m glad I found it. I’m only a couple of tweaks away from being a more regular user.

Not a perfect clone, but this app does exactly what I have been looking for. Provides a polished way of connecting over ssh to a remote machine, with a clean UI, standard terminal, and simple yet effective text editor. Gets 5 stars easily but the ability to use a proxy server (ie jump box), or .ssh/config file would be great to see!

Been digging around for a while. Files stored on dropbox do not open. It’s very buggy. Also, i cannot find access to any support. This is a bit of a scam if you ask me.

I can see that this app does a lot, however for my purposes it’s just not quite there - but it’s close! For me there are few issues I faced: 1. The reason I eventually refunded this was that I was simply unable to successfully authenticate a connection to an AWS EC2 instance over SSH - it works just fine in Termius and other SSH clients, but I simply couldn’t get it to work. (NB: I only tried public key authentication) 2. When showing a folder structure for a remote host, it would be great to be able to specify the path to the specific directory you would like to show, just as you can in VSCode, for me I sometimes connect to a host and then use a keyword argument to change to a completely directory, however I could only get this app to show the initial folder structure. 3. It would be good if you could automatically run a script upon connecting to a host, for example to navigate to a particular directory or start a particular set of processes.