OpenShell
seungkoo lee Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
OpenShell is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by seungkoo lee. Requires iOS 26.0. Updated July 31, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 15 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Jul 31
- 2026 · v1.2.2
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About OpenShell
OpenShell — a unified AI client for your iPhone: local LLMs, cloud APIs, and remote coding over SSH, all in one app. Chat with Ollama, MLX, and LM Studio local models; OpenAI, xAI Grok, and Nous Hermes cloud APIs; or drive Claude Code on a remote Mac over SSH. Pick the backend you want and work in the same app — from quick questions to code reviews, file edits, and builds, straight from your iPhone.
What’s new
Version 1.2.2 · Updated July 31, 2026
[Connection & usability] - Automatic response recovery — if your connection drops (screen lock, network switch), reopening the session restores any response that finished while you were away (no lost replies) - Auto-reconnect — a dropped connection recovers on its own when you wake the screen or switch networks (no manual reconnect) - SSH key authentication — connect securely with an SSH key instead of a password (password login still supported) - Connection status badge — when a connection fails, see the cause at a glance (network, Mac, or authentication) - Tap a completion notification to jump right in — opens the exact session that finished - Session management — rename sessions, confirm before deleting, and remember permission mode per session [Security] - Safer token storage — daemon access tokens now live in the device Keychain. Existing tokens move over automatically the first time you open the app, so there's nothing to re-enter - Tighter network policy — the app's plaintext traffic is now limited to home network and Tailscale addresses - "Copy Claude credentials" now off by default — in host setup this option starts disabled, and turning it on shows a notice that your credentials will be copied to the target machine as a file - Bundled daemon updated — refreshed to the latest version, with stricter checks on connection scope and launch options [Please note] - If you connected to Tailscale by typing a raw IP address (100.x.x.x), switch to the MagicDNS hostname instead (for example, mymac.tail-xxxx.ts.net). Home network addresses such as 192.168.x.x continue to work as before.
App privacy
The developer, seungkoo lee, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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|---|---|---|---|
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