Tmux Bridge vs Tmux Term
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Tmux Bridge
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Tmux Bridge is a phone-native window into the tmux sessions running on your own Mac. Sign in with an email code, pair your laptop with a six-character code, and your iPhone becomes a real terminal โ not a web shell, not a relay, not a hosted IDE. Your sessions never leave your tailnet. tmuxbridge talks directly to a small daemon running on your laptop over Tailscale, terminated with a real Let's Encrypt certificate. There is no middleman tmux server and no cloud terminal to compromise. FEATURES - Real xterm.js terminal embedded in the app - Multiple Macs, fan-out from one phone - Email-OTP sign-in with self-issued, short-lived tokens - Six-character pair codes; revoke a machine anytime from Settings - Mobile keyboard accessory: Esc, Tab, arrows, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-B - Auto-reconnecting WebSocket; survives bad cell signal REQUIREMENTS - A Mac you can install the tmux-bridge daemon on (one-line installer) - Tailscale installed and signed in on the phone AND the Mac - tmux installed on the Mac tmuxbridge is open source under the MIT license. The full source for the iOS app, the Mac daemon, and the backend is available on GitHub.
Tmux Term
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Tmux Term turns your iPhone into a real terminal. SSH into your servers, attach to tmux sessions that never die, and run AI coding agents โ from the train, the couch, or anywhere your laptop isn't. Built for developers who don't stop working when they leave the desk. โ SECURE BY DESIGN โ Password and private-key auth (ed25519, RSA). Host keys are pinned on first connect to stop man-in-the-middle attacks. Every credential lives in the iOS Keychain and never leaves your device. No accounts on our servers, no telemetry on your sessions. โ TMUX THAT SURVIVES ANYTHING โ Attach to long-running sessions, switch windows, and scroll back through history. Drop a connection in a tunnel? Tmux Term reconnects and reattaches the moment you're back โ your work is exactly where you left it. โ AI CLI, ONE TAP AWAY โ Launch Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, OpenCode, or Nmap instantly and resume sessions where you stopped. The remote agents you already use, now driven from your phone. โ SEND SCREENSHOTS STRAIGHT TO CLAUDE โ Upload images over SFTP directly into your Claude Code conversation. No clipboard tricks, no base64 paste โ just pick a photo and go. โ A KEYBOARD THAT ACTUALLY WORKS ON MOBILE โ Ctrl, Esc, Tab, arrows, function keys, the tmux prefix, one-tap password injection, and custom snippets โ all sitting right above the iOS keyboard, where your thumbs can reach them. โ GESTURES MADE FOR A PHONE โ Two-finger scroll through terminal history. Side buttons for tmux copy-mode. Toggle mouse mode with a single tap. This isn't a desktop client squeezed onto a screen โ it's designed for the device in your hand. โ ONE PRICE, FOREVER โ Try everything free for 7 days. Then unlock it all with a single purchase. No subscriptions, no upsells, no ads. Future updates included. Tmux Term is a purpose-built SSH and tmux client. You'll need a server you own or have permission to access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Tmux Bridge at 3 against Tmux Term's 1. Tmux Bridge also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Tmux Bridge | Tmux Term |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Saad Omar Osman | Erdinc Curebal |
In-app purchases
Tmux Bridge
No in-app purchases
Tmux Term
No in-app purchases









