Liftoff Air vs Pockterm

Liftoff Air puts your Mac's terminals in your pocket. Pair once by scanning a QR code, then mirror and control the coding sessions running in Liftoff on your Mac — from anywhere on your local network. • See every project and tab at a glance, including which AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex) are running and busy • Attach to any terminal with a real emulator and a full special-key bar — esc, ctrl, arrows, and function keys • Open recent projects and spin up new tabs remotely • Face ID lock and end-to-end encrypted connections • Try it instantly with the built-in demo — no Mac required Liftoff Air is open source.

Pockterm is a native SSH and SFTP client built for iPhone. Free and open source. CONNECT - SSH into your servers with passwords or Ed25519/RSA keys - Trusted host-key verification warns you if a server's key ever changes - Multiple live sessions; minimize one and pick it back up from the tab bar BIG SCREEN - Plug in video glasses like VITURE, or a monitor or TV, and the terminal fills that screen - Your phone keeps the keyboard and key bar, and shows the session's files where the terminal was - Its own text size for the glasses, a Paste button, and PgUp/PgDn through the scrollback MANAGE - Organize hosts into groups - Save reusable command snippets - Generate and store SSH keys in the iOS Keychain - Set up local and remote port forwards TRANSFER - Browse, upload, and download files over SFTP - Upload from Files, iCloud Drive or your photo library, several files at once AI ASSISTANT (optional) - Ask an AI assistant about terminal output and get suggested commands - Bring your own API key: Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, or Hugging Face - Off by default; you're told which provider receives data before anything is sent PRIVACY - No account, no Pockterm servers, no tracking or analytics - Credentials and keys live in the iOS Keychain - Your connection data stays on your device OPEN SOURCE - The full source is on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 licence: github.com/jhancock1975/pockterm