# louisdh/openterm

OpenTerm, a sandboxed command line interface for iOS

Repository: https://github.com/louisdh/openterm
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/openterm
Language: Swift
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: bash, cli, app, ios, terminal
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-06-20T17:01:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3161, "days_push": 2996, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1652, forks 257 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:17.034583+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, terminal-ui, ssh, file-system, networking
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: terminal-emulator, sandboxed-cli, ios-app, shell-commands, command-line, ios, mobile, swift

## Member repositories
- louisdh/openterm (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:17.034583+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:45:00.693479+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/louisdh/openterm (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:17.034583+00:00, sha ae3b0b358e03)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.