Local Unix terminal for iOS. Run Python, JavaScript, sh & all Unix commands locally on your phone, no network connection required.
Powerful when combined with Shortcuts.
a-Shell mini is a complete local terminal emulator, allowing to run most Unix commands on you iOS device. You can transfer files using scp and curl, edit them with vim and ed, process them using grep, awk and sed. Work with git repositories using lg2.
Most commands are compiled for iOS native Arm64 format, making them fast and well integrated with iOS underlying BSD Unix.
a-Shell mini includes Python, Lua, JavaScript and webAssembly for programming and scripting. It also includes native ffmpeg and convert for fast image and video conversion.
There are also multiple network utilities: nslookup, ping, whois, ifconfig... Type help for help, help -l to get the full list of commands.
a-Shell mini can be controlled from Shortcuts: run commands in order, process files in a-Shell, get the results as text or files, transfer files to other apps...
a-Shell mini uses iPadOS 13+ “multiple windows” ability, so you can run multiple shells at the same time, with different commands, in different directories. You can edit a file in one window with vim and process it in the other with python.
a-Shell mini is a minimalist terminal, designed to have a very small footprint (less than 250 MB). If you need more commands, please consider a-Shell, which has more Python packages, more JavaScript modules, Perl, make, a C and C++ compiler and TeX.
Having this a-shell Mini allows me to have two different shells, one for my writing (using mini) and one for scripting (using the full version). And I can give each a different config/look. Thanks for adding the mini version - just what I needed.
Works fine but won’t use all of the screen
alvarezrrj
Thanks guys for bringing the shell to iOS, it works a charm but when editing a file with vim, the app only uses half of my screen. I’m running the app on an iPad with iPadOS 14.3.
This app is is
lyndon3210
This app is is
- fixed a major cause of crash at startup
- $TERM is now xterm-256colors (it enables many more options in curses)
- store bookmarks for already accessible directories
- get the volume name as a bookmark when you select a mounted device with pickFolder
- fixed issues with reloading in internalbrowser
- added more optional entitlements for interacting with the system using pyobjc
Version 2.1.0
The developer, Nicolas Holzschuch, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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VoiceOver
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Dark Interface
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Information
Provider
Nicolas Holzschuch
Size
386 MB
Category
Developer Tools
Compatibility
Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
