Free SSH terminal for iOS. No subscription.
No paywall. No catch.
Other SSH apps charge you $10/month just to connect to your own server. ShellDrop is faster, handles tmux properly, survives network changes with Mosh, and costs nothing. Download it and see.
Sound familiar?
7-day trial, then a paywall. Features you were using yesterday, locked. ShellDrop is free. Everything included.
Can't see what you're typing. ShellDrop resizes dynamically. One tap to dismiss, one tap to bring it back.
Check a message, come back, reconnect. Every time. ShellDrop has background persistence and auto-reconnect.
Arrow keys, copy mode, two-finger hacks. ShellDrop: single finger swipe. Just works.
Buried in submenus or missing entirely. ShellDrop has a scrollable toolbar with every key you need. Always visible.
Landscape mode crashes or drops the connection. ShellDrop handles rotation seamlessly. Wider terminal, same session.
Built-in Mosh Support
You're working from your iPad at home. You decide to grab a coffee. With SSH, the connection drops the moment you leave your WiFi. With Mosh, it doesn't. Walk to the car, drive to the coffee shop, connect to their WiFi, open ShellDrop. Your terminal is exactly where you left it. No reconnect. No dropped tmux session. Just pick up and keep working.
SSH
Network changes kill the connection. Switch WiFi, lose your session. Every time.
Mosh
Survives WiFi changes, cellular handoffs, and network interruptions. Your session stays alive.
Mosh uses UDP with intelligent state synchronisation. When your IP changes, the client and server reconnect automatically using a shared encryption key. No SSH timeout. No broken pipe. Works with tmux, works with Claude Code, works everywhere SSH works.
ShellDrop's Mosh implementation is built from the ground up. Native AES-128-OCB3 encryption, wire-compatible with standard mosh-server. No ported Linux code, no GPL dependencies, no bloated wrappers. Pure Swift and C, purpose-built for iOS.
Features
One tap to dismiss, one tap to bring it back. Terminal content resizes dynamically. No more typing blind because the keyboard covers your last 10 lines of output.
Single-finger scroll through tmux history. No copy-mode workarounds, no arrow key fumbling. Just swipe up, see your output. The way it should work on a touch screen.
Open connections to different servers in tabs. Switch between them without dropping sessions. Rename tabs to keep track. Detach from tmux with one button.
Background persistence keeps your SSH connection open when you switch apps. No more reconnecting every time you check a message and come back.
Connections sync via iCloud. Set up on your iPhone, already there on your iPad. No vendor account, no third-party cloud. Just Apple's own sync.
Esc, Ctrl-C, arrow keys, tmux detach. All the keys iOS keyboards don't have, in a scrollable toolbar that's always there. Not buried in a submenu.
Rotate your iPhone sideways for a wider terminal. The connection stays alive, the layout adapts, the session continues. Other apps drop the connection or glitch out. ShellDrop just works.
Credentials stored in iOS Keychain, protected by your device's Secure Enclave. iCloud sync uses Apple's end-to-end encryption. No third-party servers. No vendor accounts. Your keys never leave Apple's ecosystem.
Pure Swift SSH stack with zero bloat. No Electron, no web views, no abstraction layers. Direct connection to your server with rendering that keeps up with your output.
Headless Server Management
If you're running OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex, or any AI coding agent on a headless Mac Mini or home server, ShellDrop is the missing piece. SSH in from your iPhone or iPad, attach to your tmux sessions, scroll through agent output, intervene when you need to. Monitor multiple agents across multiple sessions, all from your pocket.
Built for the headless Mac Mini workflow. Scroll through agent output with one finger. Paste commands. Switch between sessions in tabs.
iPad
Optimised for the 13-inch iPad Pro.
Full terminal with room to work.
Larger tabs, bigger tap targets.
iPhone
Compact terminal that fits your pocket.
Rotate to landscape without dropping your session.
Scroll, paste, detach on the go.
Every feature. Every update. Free.
Download Free on the App Store