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Blink shell on the App Store is a fantastic terminal that works wonderfully on iOS/iPadOS. Highly recommend it even with its steep price of $20. It supports mos

Blink shell on the App Store is a fantastic terminal that works wonderfully on iOS/iPadOS. Highly recommend it even with its steep price of $20. It supports mosh out of the box and has ability to store/import private/public keys. Multiple terminals can be opened as well. It even has a limited native shell which you can use to SCP files from your iPad to servers.

OrangeMango 7y ago
> Highly recommend it even with its steep price of $20 It's GPL3 [1], so you are welcome to compile and install on your own personal devices even if you do not have a paid Apple development subscription, though I'm pretty sure that this would require periodic compile/install cycles (every couple of weeks?). [1] https://github.com/blinksh/blink https://github.com/blinksh/blink
- nvrspyx 7y ago
  It’s every 7 days.
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_ph_ 7y ago
I am using Blink as it seems to be the best terminal app I could find so far and would recommend it, but it does struggle a bit in some corner cases, as split-screen and switching between apps.
simias 7y ago
I don't own an iPad so I'm not really the target audience but even after reading about the app I must say that I'm rather confused: it's called Blink shell but it's actually a terminal emulator at the core, right, not an actual shell in the technical sense?
- biztos 7y ago
  It's a terminal emulator, but most of its UI is in a character terminal that's like a very limited shell. So you have some commands including most obviously "mosh" and "ssh" but also a few others. To get a GUI configuration window you enter "config" and hit return.
biztos 7y ago
I also use Blink and have been mostly very happy with it -- great Magic Keyboard support, though I wish the onscreen "extra keys" could be configured e.g. so you could have ":" when working in vim. Unfortunately, lately I have found that it drops input on spotty WiFi connections, both in ssh and mosh. Mosh works fine if I go offline for a while, but if the connection is really weak and packets are getting dropped I start losing input which gets scary when doing "sudo apt blabla." Still happy with my purchase, just hoping it gets more reliable.
tonyedgecombe 7y ago
I wonder if there is any other profession that thinks $20 is a steep price for its tools.

OrangeMango 7y ago

> Highly recommend it even with its steep price of $20 It's GPL3 [1], so you are welcome to compile and install on your own personal devices even if you do not have a paid Apple development subscription, though I'm pretty sure that this would require periodic compile/install cycles (every couple of weeks?). [1] https://github.com/blinksh/blink https://github.com/blinksh/blink

nvrspyx 7y ago
It’s every 7 days.

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_ph_ 7y ago

I am using Blink as it seems to be the best terminal app I could find so far and would recommend it, but it does struggle a bit in some corner cases, as split-screen and switching between apps.

simias 7y ago

I don't own an iPad so I'm not really the target audience but even after reading about the app I must say that I'm rather confused: it's called Blink shell but it's actually a terminal emulator at the core, right, not an actual shell in the technical sense?

biztos 7y ago
It's a terminal emulator, but most of its UI is in a character terminal that's like a very limited shell. So you have some commands including most obviously "mosh" and "ssh" but also a few others. To get a GUI configuration window you enter "config" and hit return.

biztos 7y ago

I also use Blink and have been mostly very happy with it -- great Magic Keyboard support, though I wish the onscreen "extra keys" could be configured e.g. so you could have ":" when working in vim. Unfortunately, lately I have found that it drops input on spotty WiFi connections, both in ssh and mosh. Mosh works fine if I go offline for a while, but if the connection is really weak and packets are getting dropped I start losing input which gets scary when doing "sudo apt blabla." Still happy with my purchase, just hoping it gets more reliable.

tonyedgecombe 7y ago

I wonder if there is any other profession that thinks $20 is a steep price for its tools.