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About Shelly - SSH Client

SSH client designed for usability and performance. RELIABLE AND FAST • Hardware accelerated text rendering. • Robust terminal emulation based on the PuTTY engine. • Works great with programs such as 'screen' and 'irssi'. CONTROL WITH GESTURES • Default gestures optimized for irssi. Just swipe to switch channels or to scroll up and down. • Fully customizable. Any keypress or action can be attached to any gesture. EASY CONNECTING • Save user credentials and configure a remote command such as ‘screen -rd’ to connect with one tap. • 3D touch support. Connect directly from the iOS home screen. CUSTOMIZABLE KEYBOARD • Easily bind custom actions to buttons on the keyboard toolbar. • Works with custom iOS keyboards such as SwiftKey. OPEN LINKS AND SELECT TEXT • Familiar iOS text selection experience. Long-press on text to show the selection controls. • Copy and paste text. • Select a URL to easily open it in the web browser. OTHER FEATURES • iCloud sync support. • Terminal color themes. Choose your favorite from the several themes included or make your own. • Key file authentication support. Import an existing private key, or create a new key and export the public key. • Host key verification and management. • Agent forwarding (OpenSSH servers only). • Keep connections alive while the app is in the background. • Connection history with optional realtime location data. • Plenty of other configuration options. Please note that some features require a paid upgrade. You can try all features for free for a limited time.

Ratings & reviews

4.4

277 ratings

5 ★ 76% 4 ★ 8% 3 ★ 4% 2 ★ 5% 1 ★ 7%

What’s new

Version 1.4.6 · Updated March 31, 2026

New in 1.4.6: • Fixed an issue with restoring in-app purchases on another device. • Fixed an issue where after deleting a key file, it remained loaded until app restart. New in 1.4.5: • Fixed right-swipe navigation gesture conflicting with terminal gestures. New in 1.4.4: • Updated Nerd Fonts. • Shift+Enter is now mapped to \n when using an external hardware keyboard in order to enter newlines in agentic CLI tools. • Shift+Tab and Shift+Enter key combinations can now be added to the on-screen keyboard toolbar. • Fixed various UI layout issues and bugs.

App privacy

The developer, Touch Foo, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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