# ShellFish for Business

> ShellFish for Business (iPhone/iPad app by Anders Borum.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shellfish-for-business/id6444681914 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Anders Borum](https://appshunter.io/developer/343532883)
- Category: Developer Tools
- Price: $39.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.4 · 117 MB
- Languages: Danish, English
- Released: 2022-11-30
- Data updated: 2026-08-14
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shellfish-for-business/id6444681914/reviews.md

## What is ShellFish for Business?

Lightning fast SSH terminal with remote file access. No other app fuses your SSH servers and iOS devices as well as Secure ShellFish. Tap Get and see for yourself.

Terminal supports standard text editing gestures for selection, scrolling and copy/paste as well as custom gestures to send arrow keys and tabulator making shell entry and full screen editing with vim or emacs delightful. Bar above the keyboard makes it easy to type special keys and insert snippets.

Select and drag filenames out of the terminal as actual files and drag files from other apps into the terminal to upload. Use built-in tmux support to persist terminal sessions if you lose Internet access, pick existing sessions with thumbnails and Handoff sessions between devices.

Server file system is available in the Files app and recently accessed files and directories are cached to make them available when offline. Use apps like Textastic and iA Writer for a native editing experience working on your remote server files.

Upload files or entire directories from the share sheet with minimal friction as the last destination directory for each kind of file is remembered or automate file transfers in the Shortcuts app.

Connect to your Mac, Synology NAS and any other SSH server or create new Digital Ocean droplets right from the app.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2026.24 — 2026-07-08

The keyboard bar now has a three-way visibility setting: Never, Automatically, or Always, remembered separately for the on-screen and external keyboards. The Always setting keeps the bar on screen for the whole session, even when the terminal is not focused.

Export servers as a CSV file from the (...) button above the server list.

Fixed a bug from a recent update where an already-authenticated connection would wait for re-authentication, causing delays with tmux.

New 'settitle' shell command sets the terminal, tab, and window title and works in bash, zsh, and fish. An empty argument restores the default title. This requires updating the Shell Integration.

Fixed a crash when a port forward was configured with a port number above 65535.

### 2026.23 — 2026-07-04

New 'download' shell command that saves a file from the server to anywhere in Files app. This requires updating the Shell Integration.

On iPad, the manual page viewer can be docked to the left or right of the terminal instead of floating, so a man page stays open beside a live session. A button in its navigation bar switches between Floating, Left Side and Right Side, and your choice is remembered.

Browser re-authentication works with any server that withholds login behind a browser link, not just Tailscale. When a login banner carries an informational link it is surfaced in the connection status and stays tappable.

Images pasted into the terminal upload with a generated name like pasted-from-shellfish-20260701-143012.png

Fix for pinyin and other multistage input methods where picking a candidate could delete the typed letters instead of sending the composed text.

### 2026.21 — 2026-06-22

New manual page viewer. Select a command in the terminal and choose Manual to read its man page without leaving the app, or browse all of a server's manual pages from the View menu. Pages are downloaded and rendered on device, so they are searchable and selectable, with a section navigator and tappable cross references like fork(2) that jump to the referenced page.

Fixed the paste button in the keyboard bar sometimes appearing blank. As a result, iOS may now prompt you when pasting from other apps. You can turn these prompts off under Settings → ShellFish → Paste from Other Apps → Allow.

Type Sentence mode no longer ends when you press enter. You can still toggle from the paste button's context menu.

Open Terminal action now works correctly on iPhone.

When creating Digital Ocean droplets, plans are now correctly sorted by price.

Improved importing of iTerm2 terminal themes.

### 2026.18 — 2026-06-03

Tap "Scan clipboard" when configuring a new server to pull connection details out of a screenshot or text. Processing happens entirely on device making it exclusive to newer iPads, iPhones & Macs.

### 2026.13 — 2026-04-11

Improved how right-to-left text is rendered in terminal.

Useful control combinations added to snippet gallery.

## More apps by Anders Borum

- [Git client - Working Copy](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/git-client-working-copy/id896694807)
- [SSH Client - Secure ShellFish](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ssh-client-secure-shellfish/id1336634154)

All apps by Anders Borum: https://appshunter.io/developer/343532883

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