apps / 1473805438
a-Shell
*Local* Unix terminal (& ssh)
Nicolas Holzschuch · Developer Tools · Free · US storefront
- rating
- 4.6 ★
- ratings
- 562
- updated
- Sep 21, 2026
- released
- Oct 25, 2019
v2.2.2
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a-Shell is a complete local terminal emulator, allowing to run most Unix commands on your iOS device. You can transfer files using scp and curl, edit them with vim and ed, process them using grep, awk and sed. You can work with git repositories using lg2. Most commands are compiled for iOS native Arm64 format, making them fast and well integrated with the BSD Unix that powers iOS/iPadOS. a-Shell includes Python, Lua, Perl, JavaScript, C, C++ for programming and TeX (texlive…
latest US reviews
★★★★★
who even copies text anymore?
trying to copy output in this app is a living nightmare
— amoralez
★★★★★
h2so4
ch3cooh
— naohwowo
★★★★★
Great potential
Thanks for working on this: a-Shell is a very cool app with a lot of potential. Can you make it run more gnu tools like gnu make, Bash and other basic tools for compiling small programs or are there licensing limitations?
— vlad88
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