Comparison

dotMux SSH for tmux & herdr vs pmosh

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

Head to head
About

dotMux SSH for tmux & herdr

This app rebuilds your remote workspace as native iOS UI, transforming tmux and herdr shells into intuitive tabs and panes for touchscreen control. It offers seamless integration with AI coding agents and supports various SSH authentication methods for a robust developer experience.

Highlights
  • Native tmux and herdr UI
  • Touchscreen-optimized panes and tabs
  • AI coding agent integration
  • Advanced SSH authentication
  • Multi-device layout support
  • Session persistence and auto-reconnect
Features
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Stop fighting tmux and herdr on a touchscreen. dotMux speaks tmux control mode — and now herdr — natively, and rebuilds your remote workspace as real iOS UI, the way iTerm2 does on the Mac. Windows and panes become native tabs and views you drive by touch. NATIVE tmux AND herdr, NOT raw text - tmux windows and herdr tabs become native tabs; every pane a native view — focused full-screen on iPhone, true side-by-side splits on iPad and iPhone Duo. - Split, resize, and close panes from the app — 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. - No tmux or herdr on the host? dotMux falls back to a plain terminal. herdr: BUILT FOR AI CODING AGENTS - Pick herdr or tmux per host: herdr's workspaces, tabs, and panes are native UI, just like tmux's. - Each agent's state — blocked, working, done — shows in the tab bar and on the pane, so you see at a glance which agent needs you. - A live tab grid and pane previews; split, resize, rename, and close from the app. - Shortcuts run over herdr too. - Needs herdr 0.9.0 or newer on your server. Inline images don't come through herdr. UNFOLD IT: iPhone Duo AND iPad - Closed, the Duo's cover is a focused terminal. Open it, and the inner display lays out real side-by-side splits, the way iPad does. - Fold, half-fold, rotate: the layout and the keyboard bar follow the display you're using. - On iPad, open hosts side by side in multiple windows; built for hardware keyboard and trackpad. EVERY HOST AT ONCE - Connect to as many hosts as you like at once. Leaving a terminal doesn't disconnect it. - The host list is the connection switcher: live hosts marked, one tap away. Group hosts into folders. - Lost the connection while away? dotMux reconnects on its own when you come back. - 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 ed25519 or ECDSA (P-256) keys by paste or from Files — passphrase-protected keys included. - Or generate a key in the Secure Enclave: non-exportable, never leaving the device. - Manage credentials and trusted host keys in Settings. - Direct from your device to your servers. No middleman, no developer backend. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF - The session picker lists every tmux session on the host; switch in place or create named ones. - iOS suspended the app? Jobs keep running on the server, and dotMux re-attaches and rebuilds your tabs and panes. A KEYBOARD BUILT FOR TERMINALS - A helper bar with Esc, Ctrl, Tab and more — add, remove, and reorder every key, even your own text. - Snippets: save commands globally or per host and run them without typing. - A multi-line composer for long commands and agent prompts, sent in one go. - Paste images: annotate them first, and dotMux uploads them and pastes the path (built for Claude Code). - Hardware keyboard: Cmd-V paste, and the helper bar stays if you want it. MAKE IT YOURS - Fonts: JetBrains Mono, Fira Code, Hack, IBM Plex Mono and more. - Themes with live preview: Dracula, Nord, Solarized, Gruvbox, Tokyo Night — or import any Ghostty or iTerm2 theme. AUTOMATE IT - Shortcuts: connect to a host, send a command, read the output back — or open a host in a new tmux window. Unattended runs, enabled per credential. SECURITY THAT STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE - Face ID app-lock, plus a Face ID gate per credential. - Credentials live in the Keychain and Secure Enclave, bound to this device — never synced, never sent anywhere. - No data collected. No analytics, no tracking, no ads, no account. PRICING - Free: save and connect to one host, fully featured. - Unlimited Hosts: a one-time $1.99 purchase. No subscription. Restore Purchases supported. Note: RSA keys are not supported. Use ed25519, ECDSA (P-256), or a Secure Enclave key.

About

pmosh

This app provides a remote SSH terminal for your mobile devices, connecting to your own server's tmux sessions. It's designed for developers to manage command-line tools and coding assistants remotely, offering features like multiple tabs and customizable on-screen keys.

Highlights
  • Remote tmux session attachment via SSH
  • Smooth scrollback for coding tools
  • Multiple tabbed sessions
  • Handoff between iPhone and iPad
  • On-device SSH key generation
  • Customizable on-screen keyboard keys
  • Optional iCloud account sync
Features
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pmosh is an SSH terminal for iPhone and iPad that attaches to a tmux session on your own server using tmux's control mode, so the terminal you see on your phone is the same session running on your machine. It's built for developers who run tmux, shells, and command-line tools — including agentic coding tools like Claude Code — on servers or machines they already own and administer. pmosh doesn't provide any of that for you; it's a client that connects to infrastructure you already have. pmosh only connects to servers you configure. On first launch it generates an ed25519 SSH keypair on your device, stored in the iOS Keychain, and shows you the public key so you can add it to authorized_keys on your own server. You type in your host and username; nothing is pre-filled or bundled. There is no pmosh service in between. Features: - Attaches to a remote tmux session over SSH using tmux's control mode (tmux -CC), so output and session state stay in sync with the server - Smooth scrollback for Claude Code: new sessions start Claude Code in its classic renderer, so the conversation lands in tmux history and scrolls natively under your finger - Multiple tabs, each its own tmux session: swipe between them, or hold + to open a tab for every session on your host - Hand a tab from your iPhone to your iPad with Handoff; on iPad, pmosh uses the whole screen - On-device ed25519 key generation — a unique keypair per install, kept in the iOS Keychain - Optional pmosh account: Sign in with Apple and your host, key rows, settings and SSH key follow you to your other iPhones and iPads through your own iCloud (key-value storage for settings, iCloud Keychain for the key). Nothing requires an account - Two rows of on-screen keys above the keyboard with what terminal work needs but iOS doesn't have: Esc, Ctrl-C, Enter, arrow keys (hold to repeat), Tab / Shift-Tab, and scrollback paging — both rows customizable in Settings, including keys that type your own text and macro keys that send several in order - JetBrains Mono, with a text size setting - Works with an external hardware keyboard if you use one - No account required; free tier with one tab, pmosh Pro for unlimited tabs Privacy: pmosh does not collect analytics or usage data. It connects only to the server you enter in setup. Nothing is sent to the developer unless you choose Report a problem in Settings, which sends what you type and, if you leave the option on, pmosh's own connection log — never what is on your screen. The optional account syncs through your own iCloud, which we cannot read. Requirements: pmosh needs an SSH server you control, reachable from your device, with tmux installed on it. It is not a hosting service and does not include a server — you connect it to a server you already run.

Screenshots

dotMux SSH for tmux & herdr4 screens
pmosh4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: pmosh at 5.0 against dotMux SSH for tmux & herdr's 3.0. pmosh also leads on update cadence (daily vs monthly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. dotMux SSH for tmux & herdr sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and pmosh sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

pmosh holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

dotMux SSH for tmux & herdr ships an update monthly, pmosh daily. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
dotMux SSH for tmux & herdr versus pmosh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdotMux SSH for tmux & herdrpmosh
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFree TomorrowRobert Gruber

In-app purchases

1 purchases

dotMux SSH for tmux & herdr

One-time1
  • dotMux — Unlimited Hosts$1.99
2 purchases

pmosh

Subscriptions2
  • pmosh Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • pmosh Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is dotMux SSH for tmux & herdr free?
dotMux SSH for tmux & herdr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is pmosh free?
pmosh is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, dotMux SSH for tmux & herdr or pmosh?
pmosh is rated higher. dotMux SSH for tmux & herdr averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while pmosh averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do dotMux SSH for tmux & herdr or pmosh have ads?
Neither dotMux SSH for tmux & herdr nor pmosh shows ads.
Which is updated more often, dotMux SSH for tmux & herdr or pmosh?
dotMux SSH for tmux & herdr ships an update monthly, and pmosh daily. Most recently, dotMux SSH for tmux & herdr was updated on November 10, 2026 and pmosh on November 10, 2026.

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