Impressive and Fully Featured
Im been in IT for 35 years and used all sorts off SSH clients. Many clients, you can get for free but in today’s world, IT staff require cross-platform usability and the ability to sync settings among all devices. Mosh is also great. Theres one SSH client thats able to do all this but its subscription is thru the roof. Blink is getting close to achieving this, syncing across iPhone, iPad, and M1 Macs. Thats all that i actually require. The only issue i have is with the M1 (Apple Silicon) Mac, if you right click on the app, it crashes it, every single time. I know it wasnt originally built for that device, so its still a five star app. But it’s on my wishlist of future updates and would complete all my SSH requirements.
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Finally!
I’ve been looking for an App purely for remote development over ssh. This requires good support with Magic Keyboard. After trying almost all of them, this one is IT! For whatever reason all the other Apps were missing 1 of these most basic features:
* Copy & Paste ( without screen jumps and touching )
* Key repeat when pressed
Thanks team. I’ll be on the beach!
* Copy & Paste ( without screen jumps and touching )
* Key repeat when pressed
Thanks team. I’ll be on the beach!
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Opinionated in ways that appeal to me; smidge unstable
I prefer Blink(.)app over its current competitors. My biggest complaint is that segfaults and outright app crashes occur too frequently. If the selling point is persistent remote logins, then the client app must be rock solid and this one isn't. More stability and I doubt I'd shop for other clients; as it stands now it remains my go to, but my feelers are up for a replacement.
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A bug I’ve noticed
Using the up arrow for history removes the spaces in the command.
Also I know the workaround for the alt key but it would be nice to have something more intuitive than mapping it to escape.
Otherwise a very valuable app that works well.
Also I know the workaround for the alt key but it would be nice to have something more intuitive than mapping it to escape.
Otherwise a very valuable app that works well.
Great SSH Client
Works wonderfully. I used to use iSH, but it was lacking satisfactory cursor support (copying text was a huge pain)—this is not an issue with Blink, the level of polish overall is great. I will say I wish there were more local tools available (vim is a big one that’s missing), but no doubt it’s a lovely terminal emulator.
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Straight to the point SSH/Mosh
I was hesitant to buy this app, then I found out that it was open source. I went to the GitHub repo, building instructions were very clear and straightforward and it took less than 10 minutes to build and install on my iPad Pro. After using the app for two weeks, I could help but buy it from the App Store, the app is really amazing.
I like how it just starts with the shell and only uses the UI for configuration, any CLI user will appreciate this. Airplay support is very good. Mosh support is very well done. Built in UNIX utilities are great
Adding the following features would be great:
- Light/dark themes that sync with iOS
- iperf3 added to the built in UNIX utilities
- Rectangular text select fo easier selection when tmux panes are used.
I like how it just starts with the shell and only uses the UI for configuration, any CLI user will appreciate this. Airplay support is very good. Mosh support is very well done. Built in UNIX utilities are great
Adding the following features would be great:
- Light/dark themes that sync with iOS
- iperf3 added to the built in UNIX utilities
- Rectangular text select fo easier selection when tmux panes are used.
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Great
For the most part, this app is exactly what a terminal app should be. I was hesitant to drop the cash on something I couldn’t try, but I’m glad I did.
Much more responsive than that other SSH app, and more ability to change the appearance to make using a terminal on a pad more pleasant.
Much more responsive than that other SSH app, and more ability to change the appearance to make using a terminal on a pad more pleasant.
Absolutely love it!
App is getting better and better, one of many best parts is that there is no subscription!!! I hope it stays that way, in-app-purchase is fine ;)
Best out there
Out of all the ssh terminal programs i’ve tried on the ipad pro, this is the best. Its the only one that allows me to send all the key combos I have for the tmux sessions in my remote machine. It allows me to scroll using the touchscreen. Useful features keeps getting added.
really excellent and innovative
Continued investment in developing this app has made it my tool of choice. Particularly I’m a fan of the latest keyboard — having a command key modifier on the touch keyboard is a simple, unique but incredibly effective feature. An excellent professional tool.
I’ll add that my 2nd favorite feature is the ability to send arbitrary hex codes with keyboard hot keys. The flexibility here is amazing.
I’ll add that my 2nd favorite feature is the ability to send arbitrary hex codes with keyboard hot keys. The flexibility here is amazing.
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Best of its class
Blink has been my main work tool for some 3 years now (I'm a prof web developer). The UI is amazing, they truly nailed it, Mosh is of course what makes it so workable (sorry plain SSH, you're out, reconnect is a must) and they do consistently reply to my bug reports on GH issues.
Way to go guys!
Way to go guys!
Persistent connections- worth every cent
Worth the price just for the fact it persists ssh sessions while you switch between apps, such as to research something in Safari. With other ssh client apps your session gets closed after a few seconds and you have to start all over. Not with Blink!
I might have low requirements
I used panic prompt 2 for a while, and it was fine, but the cursor was often difficult to find and the font selection was limited. Blink has more configuration options, so I can get a nice clear font and a blinking cursor. Hooray! Other than that -- it is a ssh client, what do you want?
Great app but where’s the docs?
Love the app but, hate the fact that there’s absolutely no documentation. Figuring some things out feels like Easter egg hunting. Once you figure it all out and you get mosh running, it’s great. Downside to mosh is that you can’t scroll to see anything that’s “left the screen” and the scrolling is kind of wonky; Control-L becomes your best friend with mosh.
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Excellent terminal but frequent behavior changes
Blink is awesome and pretty much part of my daily routine. That said, the behavior changes pretty frequently and it’s not always better.
The latest release (13.4) for example changes the way scrolling works. Is it cool that people can use a trackpad? Yes. Do I have one? No. So when the changes to support that feature change how terminal scrollback functions (something I use *all the time*), it’s troubling. Where I used to be able to go back in the buffer by pulling down the screen, now I just get the equivalent of an up-arrow at the command prompt or a mouse scroll in vim. I even commented on this in the TestFlight builds.
The release comment suggests we move to tmux/screen to get scrolling. While that’s a great suggestion, it really shouldn’t be necessary to maintain the behavior from before the change. And really, even when I do use tmux, I don’t have mouse mode enabled so I get to change my flow (again) to manage scrollback and copy/paste.
So, at the end of the day, Blink is very cool. It’s pretty much the best terminal app available for the iPad. Having mosh is also very cool. On the other hand, if I’m using Blink and mosh, I should not be forced to use tmux.
I guess it’s back to plain old ssh for now; scrolling seems to work there. Well, at least until that changes.
The latest release (13.4) for example changes the way scrolling works. Is it cool that people can use a trackpad? Yes. Do I have one? No. So when the changes to support that feature change how terminal scrollback functions (something I use *all the time*), it’s troubling. Where I used to be able to go back in the buffer by pulling down the screen, now I just get the equivalent of an up-arrow at the command prompt or a mouse scroll in vim. I even commented on this in the TestFlight builds.
The release comment suggests we move to tmux/screen to get scrolling. While that’s a great suggestion, it really shouldn’t be necessary to maintain the behavior from before the change. And really, even when I do use tmux, I don’t have mouse mode enabled so I get to change my flow (again) to manage scrollback and copy/paste.
So, at the end of the day, Blink is very cool. It’s pretty much the best terminal app available for the iPad. Having mosh is also very cool. On the other hand, if I’m using Blink and mosh, I should not be forced to use tmux.
I guess it’s back to plain old ssh for now; scrolling seems to work there. Well, at least until that changes.
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Response from developer
Hi! Thanks for your message and sorry for any issues these changes may be causing you. We will do better on our release notes in the future and offer alternatives for these cases.
Does not support IOS internal keyboard.
Using the on screen keyboard tying a / requires three keystrokes. Guys do you really use ~ or the back tick (lower case same key) more than the slash. I rather doubt it. B o o. On youse. 3rd party keyboards are NOT the answer. An option to add a key or replace the ~ or its buddy makes much more sense. Rather than get carried away with toys, colors etc why not make this thing useful for those of us who who it as professional admins/programmers.
And there does not seem to be a way to ask questions. That said I’m not sure they care about the internal keyboard. If you’re a ssh/Unix shell user this is for you. I do not use windows or Mac workstations. With blink I can just carry my iPad. Totally works whatever you know how to do, you can do only any server you can ssh into.
It’s easily a five start if the slash did not take three (that’s 3 fellows) keystrokes.
And there does not seem to be a way to ask questions. That said I’m not sure they care about the internal keyboard. If you’re a ssh/Unix shell user this is for you. I do not use windows or Mac workstations. With blink I can just carry my iPad. Totally works whatever you know how to do, you can do only any server you can ssh into.
It’s easily a five start if the slash did not take three (that’s 3 fellows) keystrokes.
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App is crap. None of the file transfer options work.
I and many others paid a lot of money (as far as apps are concerned) for this program and none of the file transfer options work. So SCP, SFTP, none of them work for transferring files from the shell to the various remote computers. It’s basically completely worthless now. It worked when I bought it but after an update about three months in, none of it works anymore. It’s some issue in libcurl but even still, this is something that needs to be made a priority for those of use that didn’t install from github. Pretty upset about this frankly. Don’t waste any of your money. There are many other shells out there where file transfer actually works.
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Wonderfully useful.
Update: Pretty happy with this utility. Developer was responsive with an issue I had with nonstandard ports.
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While it works fine if you have ssh set up on port 22 it does t work at all with a nonstandard port. I get a “ Socket error: Unknown error: -1”
I wish I’d known that before I brought it.
Update: thanks for the response. I did use the -p option and that is what led to the error.
Ok, I tried using -p before specifying the address and it worked fine. This is different from the way ssh usually works on a standard shell where -p can be after the address.
Please fix this so others don’t write this nice package off.
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While it works fine if you have ssh set up on port 22 it does t work at all with a nonstandard port. I get a “ Socket error: Unknown error: -1”
I wish I’d known that before I brought it.
Update: thanks for the response. I did use the -p option and that is what led to the error.
Ok, I tried using -p before specifying the address and it worked fine. This is different from the way ssh usually works on a standard shell where -p can be after the address.
Please fix this so others don’t write this nice package off.
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Not without its quirks, but the best terminal for iOS there has ever been
I suppose the title says it all.
Once in a while I accidentally open a second tab and have no idea how I did it, nor can I type anywhere. It takes me a few minutes to remember how to close the tab, and recover my ability to type commands.
Once in a while I accidentally open a second tab and have no idea how I did it, nor can I type anywhere. It takes me a few minutes to remember how to close the tab, and recover my ability to type commands.
Mosh and Tmux really are a big improvement
I’m not a heavy user but using Mosh with Blink has been awesome. The predictive interface really reduces lag and makes using servers with my cruddy home network much more enjoyable. Definitely snappier than ssh.
Thanks for all the work and I appreciate that it’s open source so I could build myself if I’d like.
Thanks for all the work and I appreciate that it’s open source so I could build myself if I’d like.
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