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About Shelly - SSH Client
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SSH client designed for usability and performance.
RELIABLE AND FAST
• Hardware accelerated text rendering.
• Robust terminal emulation based on the PuTTY engine.
• Works great with programs such as 'screen' and 'irssi'.
CONTROL WITH GESTURES
• Default gestures optimized for irssi. Just swipe to switch channels or to scroll up and down.
• Fully customizable. Any keypress or action can be attached to any gesture.
EASY CONNECTING
• Save user credentials and configure a remote command such as ‘screen -rd’ to connect with one tap.
• 3D touch support. Connect directly from the iOS home screen.
CUSTOMIZABLE KEYBOARD
• Easily bind custom actions to buttons on the keyboard toolbar.
• Works with custom iOS keyboards such as SwiftKey.
OPEN LINKS AND SELECT TEXT
• Familiar iOS text selection experience. Long-press on text to show the selection controls.
• Copy and paste text.
• Select a URL to easily open it in the web browser.
OTHER FEATURES
• iCloud sync support.
• Terminal color themes. Choose your favorite from the several themes included or make your own.
• Key file authentication support. Import an existing private key, or create a new key and export the public key.
• Host key verification and management.
• Agent forwarding (OpenSSH servers only).
• Keep connections alive while the app is in the background.
• Connection history with optional realtime location data.
• Plenty of other configuration options.
Please note that some features require a paid upgrade. You can try all features for free for a limited time.
RELIABLE AND FAST
• Hardware accelerated text rendering.
• Robust terminal emulation based on the PuTTY engine.
• Works great with programs such as 'screen' and 'irssi'.
CONTROL WITH GESTURES
• Default gestures optimized for irssi. Just swipe to switch channels or to scroll up and down.
• Fully customizable. Any keypress or action can be attached to any gesture.
EASY CONNECTING
• Save user credentials and configure a remote command such as ‘screen -rd’ to connect with one tap.
• 3D touch support. Connect directly from the iOS home screen.
CUSTOMIZABLE KEYBOARD
• Easily bind custom actions to buttons on the keyboard toolbar.
• Works with custom iOS keyboards such as SwiftKey.
OPEN LINKS AND SELECT TEXT
• Familiar iOS text selection experience. Long-press on text to show the selection controls.
• Copy and paste text.
• Select a URL to easily open it in the web browser.
OTHER FEATURES
• iCloud sync support.
• Terminal color themes. Choose your favorite from the several themes included or make your own.
• Key file authentication support. Import an existing private key, or create a new key and export the public key.
• Host key verification and management.
• Agent forwarding (OpenSSH servers only).
• Keep connections alive while the app is in the background.
• Connection history with optional realtime location data.
• Plenty of other configuration options.
Please note that some features require a paid upgrade. You can try all features for free for a limited time.
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Fantastic app at fantastic value
This is definitely a first rate SSH app, and the 14 day free trial of premium features gives you a chance to really test drive it before committing. The premium upgrade is downright cheap, and a no brainer. I suggest everyone get it ASAP. 4.5 stars for the background connection issue I mention next. My only issues so far: 1) It would be nice if the app at least notified you when it was about to close a connection while in the background. Termius does this on it’s free plan, and has a work around to keep connections open even longer on their much more expensive premium plan. 2) Mosh support would be nice. 3) I feel like the developer is unknown, and their website doesn’t even mention this app. Very strange considering how well executed this app seems. -
Get this one. It’s the best.
Seriously. Get it. It’s thoughtful, configurable, and complete. You’ll find major holes in the other major competitors quite quickly. Prompt? I’ve got a 3-year old bug with them where I cannot use ctrl-alt together. ??! They assure me it’s impossible. Shelly does it. Terminus greatly limits which keys can be shortcuts, which kills my tmux workflow. Shelly supports it. The list goes on. There are definitely little improvements I’d like to see with Shelly, but they’re all nice to have. The core is excellent. Save your time. Stop downloading all the apps and being disappointed. This one is the best. -
Only App I’ve ever bought on iphone
I use this app while i am home or out and about for practically everything: home servers, work servers, routers, switches anything and everything that can be accessed with this terminal. it’s convenient having a tool like this for the phone, it’s written very well, i’ve hardly ever had a problem with it. I’ve been using Shelly for I’d say almost a year and finally decide to buy it. It’s only $5, i think it was well worth every penny. -
Fantastic
My tried and true ssh app still hasn’t added support for iPhone X. Tried a few other apps and landed with this one. Clean, sexy and simple. Upgraded to pro right away. Hate that other apps charge a yearly fee. That’s crazy. *Updated review* Just received the latest update. In my last review, I asked for Nerdfonts. As I was reviewing the new features, I was excited to see them added! The other features added are clearly from power users and very welcome! Thanks! -
Great app great price
All I wanted was to use ssh from my phone and the to other apps that came up wanted subscriptions from me. I'm happy to put a few dollars down for the hard working developers but for something I'm just going to use on occasion I can't justify getting a subscription. I'm going to pay the $4 simply because this was the only ssh app that came up and worked right out of the box without complicated annoying menus. -
Cracking toast, Gromit!
A very slick, polished app, and it surprises by doing something useful when you start to think “I wish it would...” and you gets surprised when it does it (or comes very close). It is clear the product has been developed by people who have logged many, many hours of left seat time working via SSH. They know what is useful and what just gives “good demo”. The upgrade to the Pro version is exactly that. If all you ever do with SSH is login to reset the time or run backups, you may not need the upgrade. But it is a nice example of how to have a baseline product which isn’t lame-ware, and a Pro upgrade that isn’t just LEDs in the wheel wells. And the upgrade price is a real bargain. If this were a diner, the touring musician’s rating would be “Good Grease!” -
Perfect.
I use Shelly all day long to run Emacs under Screen on my iPad Pro with an Apple Keyboard-folio (or whatever they’re calling it this time). I could not be more pleased or more productive. There are many options under settings — one of which I used to set the keyboard [alt/option] key to send meta (since there’s no dedicated [esc] key on the Apple keyboard). Thankfully, there are no tabs taking up valuable screen space. It’s the best terminal I’ve used. -
A proper ssh client that respects your privacy
After using the app for a while and determining that it fit my needs, I contacted the developers about my concerns about data collection. Unlike other ssh clients, they don’t keep logs, and the only usage statistics gleaned come from apple analytics if you are opted in from your phone’s settings. Due to the flawless functionality and the great customer service, I rate this app 5 stars. -
Better than way more expensive alternatives
This ssh client and terminal works better than way more expensive alternatives. It has the right amount of keyboard customization, modifier keys work well with Dvorak layout, key generation, importing and exporting are very convenient. Suggestion: register it to handle .pem files so it can be opened directly from web browser. -
Absolutely Perfect
I use this to connect to my own server at home so I can do basic updates on the fly and restart different applications. I have tested a good handful of terminal apps and Shelly is the only one that does exactly what I need without any drawbacks. No ads or anything! Plus, while they do lock some features behind premium they keep the most important and necessary ones free! Not to mention that premium is only $4, a fair price to pay to support the developers and unlock a few extra features that make the experience even better! If you are looking for a good terminal app, stop searching because you just found the one.
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Perfect Application!
Very simple, intuitive and stable ssh client app! All the best!
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Fantastic app at fantastic value
This is definitely a first rate SSH app, and the 14 day free trial of premium features gives you a chance to really test drive it before committing. The premium upgrade is downright cheap, and a no brainer. I suggest everyone get it ASAP. 4.5 stars for the background connection issue I mention next. My only issues so far: 1) It would be nice if the app at least notified you when it was about to close a connection while in the background. Termius does this on it’s free plan, and has a work around to keep connections open even longer on their much more expensive premium plan. 2) Mosh support would be nice. 3) I feel like the developer is unknown, and their website doesn’t even mention this app. Very strange considering how well executed this app seems. -
Get this one. It’s the best.
Seriously. Get it. It’s thoughtful, configurable, and complete. You’ll find major holes in the other major competitors quite quickly. Prompt? I’ve got a 3-year old bug with them where I cannot use ctrl-alt together. ??! They assure me it’s impossible. Shelly does it. Terminus greatly limits which keys can be shortcuts, which kills my tmux workflow. Shelly supports it. The list goes on. There are definitely little improvements I’d like to see with Shelly, but they’re all nice to have. The core is excellent. Save your time. Stop downloading all the apps and being disappointed. This one is the best. -
Only App I’ve ever bought on iphone
I use this app while i am home or out and about for practically everything: home servers, work servers, routers, switches anything and everything that can be accessed with this terminal. it’s convenient having a tool like this for the phone, it’s written very well, i’ve hardly ever had a problem with it. I’ve been using Shelly for I’d say almost a year and finally decide to buy it. It’s only $5, i think it was well worth every penny. -
Fantastic
My tried and true ssh app still hasn’t added support for iPhone X. Tried a few other apps and landed with this one. Clean, sexy and simple. Upgraded to pro right away. Hate that other apps charge a yearly fee. That’s crazy. *Updated review* Just received the latest update. In my last review, I asked for Nerdfonts. As I was reviewing the new features, I was excited to see them added! The other features added are clearly from power users and very welcome! Thanks! -
Great app great price
All I wanted was to use ssh from my phone and the to other apps that came up wanted subscriptions from me. I'm happy to put a few dollars down for the hard working developers but for something I'm just going to use on occasion I can't justify getting a subscription. I'm going to pay the $4 simply because this was the only ssh app that came up and worked right out of the box without complicated annoying menus. -
Cracking toast, Gromit!
A very slick, polished app, and it surprises by doing something useful when you start to think “I wish it would...” and you gets surprised when it does it (or comes very close). It is clear the product has been developed by people who have logged many, many hours of left seat time working via SSH. They know what is useful and what just gives “good demo”. The upgrade to the Pro version is exactly that. If all you ever do with SSH is login to reset the time or run backups, you may not need the upgrade. But it is a nice example of how to have a baseline product which isn’t lame-ware, and a Pro upgrade that isn’t just LEDs in the wheel wells. And the upgrade price is a real bargain. If this were a diner, the touring musician’s rating would be “Good Grease!” -
Perfect.
I use Shelly all day long to run Emacs under Screen on my iPad Pro with an Apple Keyboard-folio (or whatever they’re calling it this time). I could not be more pleased or more productive. There are many options under settings — one of which I used to set the keyboard [alt/option] key to send meta (since there’s no dedicated [esc] key on the Apple keyboard). Thankfully, there are no tabs taking up valuable screen space. It’s the best terminal I’ve used. -
A proper ssh client that respects your privacy
After using the app for a while and determining that it fit my needs, I contacted the developers about my concerns about data collection. Unlike other ssh clients, they don’t keep logs, and the only usage statistics gleaned come from apple analytics if you are opted in from your phone’s settings. Due to the flawless functionality and the great customer service, I rate this app 5 stars. -
Better than way more expensive alternatives
This ssh client and terminal works better than way more expensive alternatives. It has the right amount of keyboard customization, modifier keys work well with Dvorak layout, key generation, importing and exporting are very convenient. Suggestion: register it to handle .pem files so it can be opened directly from web browser. -
Absolutely Perfect
I use this to connect to my own server at home so I can do basic updates on the fly and restart different applications. I have tested a good handful of terminal apps and Shelly is the only one that does exactly what I need without any drawbacks. No ads or anything! Plus, while they do lock some features behind premium they keep the most important and necessary ones free! Not to mention that premium is only $4, a fair price to pay to support the developers and unlock a few extra features that make the experience even better! If you are looking for a good terminal app, stop searching because you just found the one.
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Plz answer!
Do you have to have a website for this? I just wanted to mess around with JavaScript, but when I Enter a random thing, it says access denied, just asking do you have to have a website to use this app?
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1.3.3
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