Teletype vs Astra Shell

Every computer. Within reach. Your Mac, your PC and your servers in one native app for iPhone and iPad. Share your Mac’s screen in High Performance with sound, control a Windows PC with Remote Desktop, see a Linux desktop over VNC, work in a terminal over SSH or Mosh, and move files over SFTP. One connection is free, with every protocol. No account, no card, no relay. YOUR MAC, LIKE YOU NEVER LEFT • High Performance Screen Sharing on Macs with Apple silicon: hardware-decoded video up to 5K, the Mac’s own sound, and one or two virtual displays sized to your screen. • High dynamic range on iPhones and iPads whose screens can show it, so photos and video keep their highlights. • Standard sessions use Apple’s own codec, so text stays sharp. Works with macOS 26 and 27. • Copy and paste text, formatted text and images. Send files to the Mac and save files from it. • Curtain Screen keeps the Mac’s own display dark while you work. A TERMINAL THAT STAYS CONNECTED • Mosh keeps your session alive as you move between networks and through sleep. • Built on Ghostty and drawn with Metal, with 660 themes. • Split panes, snippets, Find and output export, with the keys a terminal needs right above the keyboard. • Notifications from programs on your server while the session runs in the background. YOUR PC, REMARKABLY SMOOTH • Remote Desktop to Windows Pro, Enterprise, Education and Server, with sound, microphone, clipboard and shared files. • A desktop sized to your screen, Remote Desktop Gateway and Network Level Authentication. • Review a PC’s certificate and trust it once, with a warning if it ever changes. LINUX, THE WHOLE PICTURE • VNC for Linux desktops on X11 and on Wayland, and the VNC servers you already run. • Encrypted with TLS when the server offers it, and clipboard text that keeps its accents. FILES, ONE TAP AWAY • Browse servers and NAS drives over SFTP, and preview files with Quick Look. • Upload from Files and Photos, or drag files in. Drag a file onto another folder to move it on the server. • Rename, organize and create folders on servers that allow it. REACH EVERY MACHINE • Jump hosts, port forwarding and SSH agent forwarding. • Wake-on-LAN wakes a sleeping machine before you connect. • Computers on your network appear under Nearby. KEYS THAT NEVER LEAVE YOUR DEVICE • Create an SSH key in the Secure Enclave and sign in with Face ID. Import Ed25519, ECDSA or RSA keys. • Teletype checks each server’s identity and warns you if it changes. TELETYPE PRO Unlimited connections; iCloud sync of connections, passwords, settings and themes; Picture in Picture for terminals and desktops; your own themes; and alternate app icons. The monthly and annual plans start with a 3-day free trial, or buy once for life. Every plan works with Family Sharing. Remote connections require a reachable computer with the service turned on. Teletype doesn’t provide a relay. Privacy Policy: https://teletype.sh/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Astra Shell is a native terminal client designed for persistent remote work. Traditional remote terminals are tied to the current device and network. When a client restarts, the network disconnects, or you switch devices, you often need to reconnect and find your place again. Astra Shell keeps shells running on a remote host you control, so your Mac, iPhone, and iPad can return to the same terminal and continue from the existing context. Key features: • Persistent remote shells Remote shells and their tasks continue running after the client disconnects. Reconnect to return to an existing terminal. • Continue across devices Open the same shell from Mac, iPhone, or iPad to keep viewing and entering commands. • Native terminal experience Supports common terminal modes, colors, wide characters, alternate screens, mouse input, paged history, and copy and paste. • Remote files Browse remote directories, upload and download files, preview text, view transfer progress, and inspect Git status. • Astra and SSH hosts Connect to a self-hosted Astra service over QUIC/TLS, or use standalone SSH/SFTP mode with a standard server. • Private-key security SSH private keys are stored in Keychain. Host configurations and credentials can synchronize through iCloud Keychain when enabled. Astra mode requires the open-source astrad service on a host you own or manage, with an authorized public key configured. Standard SSH hosts do not require astrad. Installation instructions are available on the support website. Astra Shell contains no advertising or behavioral analytics. It does not send terminal commands, remote files, or SSH private keys to the developer.