blinksh/blink

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6912 stars · 738 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Blink Shell is a professional, desktop-grade terminal emulator for iOS and iPadOS built on Mosh and SSH for stable, persistent remote connections. It includes a local shell with UNIX command-line utilities, SFTP/SCP file transfer, SSH agent and tunnel support, and deep customization with themes, fonts, and external keyboard shortcuts.

Use cases

• ssh into servers from an ipad with a persistent session
• keep a terminal session alive on flaky mobile connections with mosh
• run remote development on vscode server or codespaces from ios
• transfer files to a server with scp or sftp from a phone
• manage unix servers remotely from an iphone or ipad
• use an ipad with a bluetooth keyboard as a portable coding terminal
• tunnel and jump through bastion hosts from mobile

When to choose

• you need a reliable terminal on iOS/iPadOS that survives network changes and device sleep
• you want Mosh's local echo and roaming alongside full SSH features like agent forwarding and tunnels
• you develop remotely on cloud machines and want an all-day mobile workflow
• you need local UNIX tools, scripting, and Files.app integration on iOS

When to avoid

• you need a terminal on desktop platforms like macOS, Windows, or Linux
• you want a fully offline local development environment on the device
• you need a free app without a subscription for the Build features
• you require full POSIX pipes and a complete Linux shell environment locally

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ssh terminal-ui cli developer-tools developer-tools mobile-development self-hosted mosh terminal-emulator ipados sftp scp remote-development vscode-server bluetooth-keyboard shell command-line ios mobile swift

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