Comparison

Tmux Bridge vs Tmux Term

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tmux Bridge

Features
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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.

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Tmux Term

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Tmux Bridge3 screens
Tmux Term4 screens

Verdict

The call

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.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Tmux Bridge versus Tmux Term: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTmux BridgeTmux Term
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size28 MB12 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSaad Omar OsmanErdinc Curebal

In-app purchases

None

Tmux Bridge

No in-app purchases

None

Tmux Term

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tmux Bridge free?
Tmux Bridge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tmux Term free?
Tmux Term is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tmux Bridge or Tmux Term have ads?
Neither Tmux Bridge nor Tmux Term shows ads.

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