louisdh/openterm

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1652 stars · 257 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

OpenTerm is a sandboxed command line interface app for iOS, written in Swift. It bundles a wide set of common Unix-style commands such as ssh, curl, grep, tar, and gzip for use on iPhone and iPad.

Use cases

• run a terminal on iphone or ipad
• use ssh and scp from an ios device
• run grep, sed, and awk on files on ios
• compress and archive files with tar and gzip on ios
• ping and dig network diagnostics from ios
• copy text to clipboard from the command line on ios

When to choose

• you want a sandboxed terminal emulator on an iOS device
• you need common Unix commands like ssh, curl, or tar on iPhone/iPad
• you want an open-source iOS terminal app you can build yourself

When to avoid

• you need a full Linux shell or root access on iOS
• you want a terminal for macOS, Windows, or Android
• you need actively maintained software with recent releases

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

cli terminal-ui ssh file-system networking mobile-development developer-tools terminal-emulator sandboxed-cli ios-app shell-commands command-line ios mobile swift

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