Relay SSH

Relay SSH puts every shell you run one tap away. Connect to any SSH server — Linux, macOS, BSD or a Raspberry Pi — and work comfortably from your phone, foldable or tablet.

A KEYBOARD MADE FOR SHELLS
• An extra key row with Esc, Tab, Ctrl, Alt, arrows, pipe, tilde and dash
• Sticky Ctrl and Alt, so key combinations take one finger
• One-tap snippets for the commands you run every day
• Run a command on connect, such as tmux attach
• Full support for hardware keyboards
• Adjustable font size in JetBrains Mono, and a larger cursor if you prefer

MANY HOSTS, MANY SESSIONS
• Save every server with its own group, and mark favorites
• Keep several shells live at once and switch between them instantly
• Live status shows which hosts are online before you connect
• Search and filter by group or favorite
• Find SSH servers on your network automatically
• Wake sleeping machines with Wake-on-LAN, then connect
• Reach private machines through a jump host

KEYS THAT NEVER LEAVE YOUR PHONE
• Generate Ed25519, ECDSA or RSA 4096 keys on the device
• Private keys and passwords are encrypted with the Android Keystore (StrongBox where available) and stay on your device
• Share a public key in one tap to add it to authorized_keys
• Import existing OpenSSH or PEM keys from Files
• Host keys are checked on every connection: you compare the fingerprint the first time, and Relay SSH warns you if it ever changes

SECURE BY DEFAULT
• Require fingerprint or face unlock to connect to a host, or to open the app
• With app lock on, your terminals are hidden from screenshots and the recent-apps view
• Optionally clear the clipboard when a session ends

PORT FORWARDING AND FILES
• Local, remote and dynamic (SOCKS) port forwarding
• Tunnels restart on their own after a reconnect
• Browse files over SFTP, download to your phone, and upload from Photos or Files

BUILT FOR EVERY SCREEN
• Phones: a full-screen terminal with the key row right where your thumbs are
• Foldables: unfold to see your hosts on one half and a live shell on the other
• Tabletop mode puts the terminal on top and a full keyboard deck below the fold
• Landscape and tablets give the terminal more room

STAYS CONNECTED
• Sessions stay connected in the background while you switch apps
• Reconnects automatically after Wi-Fi to cellular switches and network drops, keeping your scrollback
• Keep-alive packets stop idle connections from timing out
• Copy the last command's output or share a session transcript

HANDY EXTRAS
• A haptic buzz when a program rings the bell
• Keep the screen awake while a terminal is showing
• Pick an accent color to suit you

Relay SSH has no ads and no account to create. Your hosts, keys and passwords stay on your device. You choose whether to share crash reports and usage data in Settings.