Price and ratings
- Price
- Free
- Rating
- 4.6 out of 5
- Ratings
- 558United States
Versions
- Released
- 25 Oct 20196 years ago
- Last update
- 17 days agoVersion 2.2.2
- Requires
- iOS 14.0 or later
Details
- Size
- 2 GB
- Languages
- 7
a-Shell is a complete local terminal emulator, allowing to run most Unix commands on your iOS device. You can transfer files using scp and curl, edit them with vim and ed, process them using grep, awk and sed. You can work with git repositories using lg2. Most commands are compiled for iOS native Arm64 format, making them fast and well integrated with the BSD Unix that powers iOS/iPadOS. a-Shell includes Python, Lua, Perl, JavaScript, C, C++ for programming and TeX (texlive 2025, with Tikz…
Competitors
Full chartTop of Free · Developer Tools in Japan. a-Shell is #15 there. Changes are over 7 days.
- #1 (number one)Change unknown
TestFlightApple - #2Change unknown
GitHubGitHub - #3Change unknown
O-KAM ProShenzhen VeePai IoT Intelligent Technology LLC - #4Change unknown
Orca IDELovecast LLC - #5Change unknown
Airswitch – Connect QuicklyTEHNOGRAD RM 014 DOO - #6Change unknown
Expo GoNametag - #7Change unknown
CursorAnysphere - #8Change unknown
Apple DeveloperApple - #9Change unknown
UserscriptsJustin Wasack - #10Change unknown
ScriptableSimon B. Støvring - #11Change unknown
LocalDevVPNCoxson Engineering LLC - #12Change unknown
App Store ConnectApple - #13Change unknown
Termius - Modern SSH ClientTermius Corporation - #14Change unknown
- #16Change unknown
- #17Change unknown
Web InspectorAnd a Dinosaur - #18Change unknown
テキストエディタ LiquidLogicMEGASOFT Inc. - #19Change unknown
iSH ShellTheodore Dubois - #20Change unknown
XML Viewer & XML EditorUtsav Mangla - #21Change unknown
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Store listing
How the app presents itself on the App Store. Select a screenshot to open it full size.
What's new
Version 2.2.2 · 21 Sep 2026 · 17 days ago
Fixed several bugs. - one that caused a crash when entering control-escape - one that caused a crash when clicking on screen while running certain commands - one about the window dimensions on iPhones
Current rankings
Every chart this app is in right now, best position first.
| Chart | Rank | 24 h | 7 days | Best | Days on chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan· Free · Developer Tools | #15 | Change unknown | Change unknown | #15 | 1 |
| Canada· Free · Developer Tools | #17 | Change unknown | Change unknown | #17 | 1 |
| Germany· Free · Developer Tools | #17 | Change unknown | Change unknown | #17 | 1 |
| United States· Free · Developer Tools | #18 | Change unknown | Change unknown | #18 | 1 |
| France· Free · Developer Tools | #18 | Change unknown | Change unknown | #18 | 1 |
| United Kingdom· Free · Developer Tools | #19 | Change unknown | Change unknown | #19 | 1 |
| Australia· Free · Developer Tools | #21 | Change unknown | Change unknown | #21 | 1 |
| Brazil· Free · Developer Tools | #33 | Change unknown | Change unknown | #33 | 1 |
| Mexico· Free · Developer Tools | #36 | Change unknown | Change unknown | #36 | 1 |
| India· Free · Developer Tools | #40 | Change unknown | Change unknown | #40 | 1 |
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