tunlr
Anastasiia Trofimova Developer Tools iPhoneiPadiPod touch
tunlr is a free Developer Tools app for iPhone and iPad by Anastasiia Trofimova. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated October 30, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 11 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 30
- 2026 · v1.5
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About tunlr
SSH terminal in your pocket. Full xterm-256color emulation, biometric-protected keys, tmux session attach, and on-device voice dictation. No accounts, no tracking — everything stays on your device. tunlr is built for developers, sysadmins, and DevOps engineers who need real terminal access on iPhone and iPad. — TERMINAL — Full PTY terminal emulation powered by SwiftTerm. xterm-256color support. Configurable scrollback buffer up to 50,000 lines. Optional Metal GPU-accelerated rendering. Works in portrait and landscape on both iPhone and iPad. — TMUX SESSIONS — Pick up right where you left off. After connecting, tunlr lists the tmux sessions running on the server: attach to one, start a new one, or set a connection to always open the same session. When you return to the app, tunlr reconnects and re-attaches to the same session. Experimental support for zmx and agterm sessions. — AUTHENTICATION — Three ways to authenticate, all protected by Face ID or Touch ID: Secure Enclave keys — generate a P-256 ECDSA key that never leaves your device's Secure Enclave. The private key is inaccessible even to the app itself. Imported keys — bring your own Ed25519, ECDSA, or RSA keys. Stored in the iOS Keychain with biometric protection. Passwords — stored in the Keychain, never in plain text. — HOST VERIFICATION — Trust-on-first-use (TOFU) host key verification. tunlr saves the server fingerprint on first connection and warns you if it ever changes. Import fingerprints by scanning a QR code to skip the initial trust step. — VOICE INPUT — Dictate terminal commands with on-device speech recognition powered by WhisperKit. All audio processing happens on your device — nothing is sent to any server. — KEYBOARD TOOLBAR — Customizable keyboard toolbar with sticky modifier keys. Shortcut packs for Shell, Tmux, Vim, and Claude Code workflows. Save your own favorites. — CONNECTIONS — Save server profiles with hostname, port, username, and authentication method. Connect with a single tap. Auto-reconnect restores your session when you return to the app, with configurable keepalive intervals. — APPEARANCE — 24 color themes, dark and light: Default Dark, Solarized Dark, Solarized Light, Dracula, Nord, Monokai, One Dark, One Light, GitHub Dark, GitHub Light, Gruvbox Dark, Gruvbox Light, Catppuccin Mocha, Catppuccin Latte, Tokyo Night, Tokyo Night Day, Rosé Pine, Rosé Pine Dawn, Everforest Dark, Ayu Mirage, Night Owl, Tomorrow Night, Synthwave, and Kanagawa. Four monospace fonts and adjustable font size. — PRIVACY — No accounts. No analytics. No tracking. No data collection. Everything runs on your device. SSH connections go directly to your servers — tunlr never contacts any third-party service.
What’s new
Version 1.5 · Updated October 30, 2026
• 10 new terminal themes: Gruvbox Dark, GitHub Dark, Everforest Dark, Ayu Mirage, Night Owl, Tomorrow Night, One Light, Catppuccin Latte, Rosé Pine Dawn, and Tokyo Night Day. That makes 24 themes, 7 of them light. • tmux no longer leaves stray characters like ";47;48t" at the prompt after attaching or resizing. • The cursor now uses each theme's cursor color. • Ports above 999 display correctly in the connection list. • Private keys typed by hand into the import field now import correctly. • No more "Save Password?" prompt when you save or close a connection.
App privacy
The developer, Anastasiia Trofimova, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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