a-Shell: Terminal Emulator

There are now quite a few terminal emulator-esque apps on the App Store, but I've been using a-Shell since it was joined only by Blink (from which it was forked) and iSH. As it was then, a-Shell remains the only one of these with which one can actually accomplish command line tasks *locally* beyond screwing around. I am ultimately not a command line native, and I don't have the basic theory beneath my use of Python scripts, yet I've been able to accomplish startlingly powerful things within this app, thanks in large part to gracious and immediately-available support via the project's Discord server. If you've found yourself here by way of a Siri Shortcut's requirement, I would encourage you to take the time to investigate the commands said shortcut(s) run - try running them yourself! The notable boundary-pusher of local command line functions on iOS/iPadOS There are now quite a few terminal emulator-esque apps on the App Store, but I've been using a-Shell since it was joined only by Blink (from which it was forked) and iSH. As it was then, a-Shell remains the only one of these with which one can actually accomplish command line tasks *locally* beyond screwing around. I am ultimately not a command line native, and I don't have the basic theory beneath my use of Python scripts, yet I've been able to accomplish startlingly powerful things within this app, thanks in large part to gracious and immediately-available support via the project's Discord server.If you've found yourself here by way of a Siri Shortcut's requirement, I would encourage you to take the time to investigate the commands said shortcut(s) run - try running them yourself!

I’ve grown frustrated with several terminal and/or ssh clients that offered limited features, only supported old ciphers, etc. a-Shell is a real working terminal, and is as useful for working with remote BSD and Linux boxes as a terminal app on MacOS. Bravo! At last, a real terminal app I’ve grown frustrated with several terminal and/or ssh clients that offered limited features, only supported old ciphers, etc. a-Shell is a real working terminal, and is as useful for working with remote BSD and Linux boxes as a terminal app on MacOS. Bravo!

Especially given all the constraints on iOS/iPadOS, this is really well done 🙏 Impressive Especially given all the constraints on iOS/iPadOS, this is really well done 🙏

Me and my friends have messed around a bit with the app but I don’t know how to use the remote shutoff command. If you could give me a template that would be great. THANKS! Remote shut off command Me and my friends have messed around a bit with the app but I don’t know how to use the remote shutoff command. If you could give me a template that would be great. THANKS!

After a lot of searching for mobile LaTeX environments that are no longer maintained and are no longer in a useful state, I was pleasantly surprised to come across a-shell through a YouTube video talking about generating PDF files from iOS. It may not have a fancy autocomplete editing environment but generating PDF documents is a breeze. I wish it was a lot easier to find. Perfect for PDFLaTeX on the go After a lot of searching for mobile LaTeX environments that are no longer maintained and are no longer in a useful state, I was pleasantly surprised to come across a-shell through a YouTube video talking about generating PDF files from iOS. It may not have a fancy autocomplete editing environment but generating PDF documents is a breeze. I wish it was a lot easier to find.