Attach vs dotMux easy SSH with tmux
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Attach
A native iOS client for managing tmux sessions, designed for developers working with AI coding agents on remote machines. It offers a visual interface to browse, switch, and inspect terminal sessions, windows, and panes.
- Native tmux session management
- Visual pane layouts
- Smart keyboard with pinned modifiers
- Hardware keyboard support
- Secure SSH key storage
- Background connection notifications
- Auto-reconnect functionality
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Built for tmux. Built for AI coding agents. Attach is a native tmux client for iOS, made for developers running Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and similar tools on remote machines. Browse sessions, switch windows, inspect panes from a visual layout, and manage everything from a purpose-built interface. Your terminal state stays on the server. Attach gives you a fast, native window into it. Why Attach: - Monitor AI coding sessions on the go - Native tmux session, window, and pane management - Visual pane layouts, quick switcher, and breadcrumb navigation - Smart keyboard with pinned modifiers, trackpad mode, and hardware keyboard support - 20+ terminal themes, including Dracula, Nord, Tokyo Night, Catppuccin, and RosΓ© Pine - Face ID lock and SSH keys stored securely in Keychain - Notifications for connection events, even in the background - Adaptive polling for responsive updates without unnecessary battery drain - On-demand scrollback history - Paste screenshots from your clipboard directly to your server - Auto-reconnect that picks up where you left off No local terminal emulation. No bloat. Just tmux, natively on iOS.
dotMux easy SSH with tmux
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Stop fighting tmux on a touchscreen. dotMux speaks tmux control mode natively and rebuilds your remote workspace as real iOS UI β the way iTerm2 does on the Mac. Windows and panes become native tabs and views you drive by touch. NATIVE tmux, NOT raw text - Remote tmux windows become native tabs. - Every pane becomes a native view β focused full-screen on iPhone, true side-by-side splits on iPad. - Split, resize, and close panes from the app β pane menu, long-press, drag the divider, or keyboard shortcuts. - The window and pane pickers render your real terminals, live: pick a window by what's in it, not by its name. - Select and copy text with native handles; tap links in the terminal to open them. - If a host has no tmux, dotMux falls back gracefully to a plain terminal. EVERY HOST AT ONCE - Connect to as many hosts as you like at once. Leaving a terminal doesn't disconnect it β work keeps running on every host you have open. - The host list is the connection switcher: live hosts marked where you already look, one tap away. - Group hosts into folders; each folder shows what's connected inside it. - Forward a remote port over SSH and open your server's web UI inside dotMux. REAL SSH, DONE RIGHT - Password and public-key authentication. - Import your ed25519 or ECDSA (P-256) keys by paste or from Files β passphrase-protected keys included. - Or generate a key in the Secure Enclave: non-exportable, signed in-chip, never leaving the device. - Review and forget trusted host keys. - Connect directly from your device to your own servers. No middleman, no developer backend. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF - The session picker lists every tmux session on the host and marks the ones already attached. - Switch sessions in place, or create named ones on the fly. - iOS suspended the app? Jobs keep running on the server, and dotMux re-attaches and rebuilds your tabs and panes when you come back. A KEYBOARD BUILT FOR TERMINALS - A helper bar with the keys terminals actually need: Esc, Ctrl, Tab and more. - Fully customizable: add, remove, and reorder every key β F-keys, Ctrl combos, arrows, even your own text. - Snippets: save commands globally or per host and run them again without typing them. - A multi-line composer for drafting long commands and agent prompts, sent in one go. - A drag-pad arrow joystick with press-and-hold repeat, sticky modifiers, and a hide-to-floating-dock control when you want the screen back. - Paste images from your clipboard β annotate them first if you like; dotMux uploads them and pastes the path (built for Claude Code). MAKE IT YOURS - Terminal fonts: JetBrains Mono, Fira Code, Hack, IBM Plex Mono and more. - Color themes with live preview: Dracula, Nord, Solarized, Gruvbox, Tokyo Night and more β or import any Ghostty or iTerm2 theme from a file or URL. - Pinch to zoom with a live cols Γ rows readout; keep the screen awake while connected. AUTOMATE IT - Shortcuts support: connect to a host, send a command, read the output back. Unattended runs, enabled per credential, for automations that can't stop to ask for Face ID. SECURITY THAT STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE - Face ID app-lock, plus a second Face ID gate per credential, with a short configurable grace period. - Credentials live in the Keychain and Secure Enclave, bound to this device β never synced to iCloud, never sent anywhere. - A privacy cover hides the terminal in the app switcher. - dotMux collects no data. No analytics, no tracking, no ads, no account, no sign-up. MADE FOR iPad TOO - One universal app for iPhone and iPad. - Open hosts side by side in multiple windows; built for hardware keyboard and trackpad. PRICING - Free: save and connect to one host, fully featured. - Unlimited Hosts: a one-time $1.99 purchase to save as many servers as you like. No subscription. Restore Purchases supported. Note: RSA keys are not supported (modern OpenSSH disables the SHA-1 ssh-rsa signature). Use ed25519, ECDSA (P-256), or a Secure Enclave key.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: dotMux easy SSH with tmux at Free against Attach's $4.99. Attach's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#25 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
dotMux easy SSH with tmux is free to download; Attach costs $4.99 up front. dotMux easy SSH with tmux sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Attach asks for nothing beyond the download.
Attach ships an update every 2 weeks, dotMux easy SSH with tmux every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Attach | dotMux easy SSH with tmux |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free β better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks β better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | β |
| Best chart rank | #25 β better | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 β better | 26.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ARBITER TECHNOLOGIES | Free Tomorrow |
In-app purchases
Attach
No in-app purchases
dotMux easy SSH with tmux
- dotMux β Unlimited Hosts$1.99
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