iSH Shell

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October 22, 2020
May 21, 2023
1.3.2
iOS 11.0+
17+
free
5.79MB
iPhone, iPad, iPod
2 days ago
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Theodore Dubois

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📊no. 17

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Experience a Linux-like command-line environment directly on your iOS device. This application allows you to perform common Linux operations such as editing, moving, and manipulating files using familiar commands.

✓Linux-like shell environment

✓File editing with sed and cat

✓File manipulation

✓Command-line operations

✓Pocket Linux experience

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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of iSH Shell. Based on 1.2K reviews and a 4.7/5 average, it highlights the 5 positives and 4 negatives reviewers mention most about this Developer Tools app.

Positive things

🚀Excellent Linux environment
👍Great for SSH and network utilities
💡Allows running Linux apps on iOS
🔒Secure and sandboxed
👍Customizable and flexible

Negative things

🐛Crashes and freezes
🔋Battery intensive
⚠️Limited functionality compared to full Linux
⚠️Outdated packages and dependencies

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What's New in iSH Shell

1.3.2

May 21, 2023

Fixed bugs: - Make better diagnostics work in the file provider too, to diagnose Files app issues

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Top Free

📊 17

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The app has maintained its position at 17 recently.

Last updated on September 11, 2026.

User reviews

Very cool

Very lightweight and functional even on older iOS versions. Works great on my iPhone SE first gen. I managed to install yt-dlp and some other fun things like neofetch on it. Very neat little Linux container to play with. My only dislike is that it is a bit slow, but that isn’t much of a problem. I have nothing bad to say about this app. 5 stars.

739739len

12 days ago

It’s internal Python is too old

Xadegan

19 days ago

Doesn’t fully work

Things like “sudo” and “python” and a lot of others are not inputted Into app..

Nefertitibiziou

a month ago

He was #1

Yep. This thing has gotten me into coding n stuff. I like it a lot! My girlfriend hates it lol

RoshJoberts

a month ago

Serious Bugs

I recently installed iSH and it says content unavailable in the files app and the console goes fuzzy.

ITDUDE207

2 months ago

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no / noIn-App Purchase

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