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a-Shell mini

Nicolas Holzschuch

Category: Developer Tools

Price and ratings

Price
Free
Rating
4.6 out of 5
Ratings
121United States

Versions

Released
9 Dec 20205 years ago
Last update
17 days agoVersion 2.2.2
Requires
iOS 14.0 or later

Details

Size
391.3 MB
Languages
7

a-Shell mini is a complete local terminal emulator, allowing to run most Unix commands on you iOS device. You can transfer files using scp and curl, edit them with vim and ed, process them using grep, awk and sed. Work with git repositories using lg2. Most commands are compiled for iOS native Arm64 format, making them fast and well integrated with iOS underlying BSD Unix. a-Shell mini includes Python, Lua, JavaScript and webAssembly for programming and scripting. It also includes native…

Countries10In 10 charts right now
Best rank now#26Japan Free · Developer Tools
Ratings, 7 days—Needs a week of rating history
Longest chart run1 dayJapan Free · Developer Tools

Competitors

Full chart

Top of Free · Developer Tools in Japan. a-Shell mini is #26 there. Changes are over 7 days.

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    Termius - Modern SSH ClientTermius Corporation
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    a-ShellNicolas Holzschuch
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    Web InspectorAnd a Dinosaur
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Store listing

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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.

a-Shell mini chart positions
ChartRank24 h7 daysBestDays on chart
Japan· Free · Developer Tools#26Change unknownChange unknown#261
Mexico· Free · Developer Tools#38Change unknownChange unknown#381
France· Free · Developer Tools#43Change unknownChange unknown#431
Canada· Free · Developer Tools#44Change unknownChange unknown#441
Germany· Free · Developer Tools#46Change unknownChange unknown#461
India· Free · Developer Tools#50Change unknownChange unknown#501
United States· Free · Developer Tools#53Change unknownChange unknown#531
Brazil· Free · Developer Tools#54Change unknownChange unknown#541
United Kingdom· Free · Developer Tools#55Change unknownChange unknown#551
Australia· Free · Developer Tools#58Change unknownChange unknown#581

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