Pier Shell vs ParaPort

No separate account required Pier works with your existing iCloud account to keep supported data synchronized across your Apple devices. There’s no Pier registration, username, or password to manage. Pier is a native SSH and SFTP client built for developers who want a simple, fast way to access their servers from iPhone and Mac. Add your hosts once and keep them synced privately through iCloud. Connect to production, staging, personal servers, Raspberry Pis, and more without rebuilding your setup on every device. Pier is designed to feel at home on Apple platforms, with a clean native interface, fast terminal performance, and secure key handling.

ParaPort is a native developer workspace for iPhone and iPad. Work with local files and projects, connect to servers over SSH and SFTP, edit code in tabs, and use Codex from within the app. Features: • local projects or one-time work without creating a project; • saved server connections; • a native SSH/SFTP client with host-key verification; • a UTF-8 editor with syntax highlighting, undo, and redo; • editor tabs and visual SVG preview; • Quick Look for non-text files; • search across file names and contents; • SSH terminal and guided server setup; • SQLite browsing and MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and MySQL access through a secure HTTPS gateway; • Codex assistance using your own OpenAI API key; • Russian and English interface. Passwords, private SSH keys, and the API key are stored in the system Keychain. Git is optional, so ParaPort also works for standalone connections and projects without a repository.