SSH Client vs PilotDesk

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. Secure ShellFish is useful as a free app and paying pro users can disable ads in the terminal, upload through the Files app and configure unlimited number of servers.

PilotDesk puts your Mac in your pocket: open its terminal, work with AI agents, browse its files, see and control its screen, or use your iPhone and iPad as a second display. SSH TERMINAL • Connect to one Mac or several, with a password or a key • A full terminal: colors, Powerlevel10k, vim, htop, tmux • The session stays alive on the Mac even when you close the app • The keys you actually need above the keyboard: Esc, Tab, Ctrl, arrows • History and saved commands you run with one tap AI AGENTS • Start Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, Aider or Ollama on your Mac • They keep working when you close the app; come back and find them where you left them • Follow their status in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen FILES • Browse, rename, create folders, download and upload • Preview documents, photos and videos • Text editor to change files right on the Mac • Copy files from one Mac to another REMOTE DESKTOP • See and control the Mac's screen with low-latency H.264 streaming • Trackpad gestures, zoom, choice of display • Over Wi-Fi, a USB cable, or away from home with Tailscale EXTENDED DISPLAY • The Mac creates a real second display the size of your iPad or iPhone: drag your windows onto it TOOLS • CPU, memory and disk monitor • Docker container control LINUX AND WINDOWS • Terminal, files, Monitor and Docker also work with Linux computers and servers and with Windows 10 and 11 PCs, over SSH • Remote desktop on Linux too, with the free PilotDesk Host for Linux MAC-STYLE KEYBOARDS • Magic Keyboard, aluminium, MacBook Pro, white MacBook, Extended II and a virtual Touch Bar PRIVACY No account, no ads, no tracking. Connections go straight from your device to your computer; passwords and keys stay in the Keychain. PRICING Terminal, files and one Mac are free. PilotDesk Pro unlocks everything with a single purchase, no subscription, or buy only what you need. Try everything free for 24 hours. Remote desktop and extended display need the free PilotDesk Host app on the Mac (macOS 14 or later), downloadable from the website. For terminal and files just turn on Remote Login in the Mac's System Settings. No Mac at hand? Tap "Try without a Mac" and explore the app with a demo Mac.