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Blink Shell

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Blink Shell is the professional, desktop-grade terminal emulator for iOS. It's a full-featured and highly configurable open-source terminal that can be compiled from the source at GitHub or purchased as a pre-compiled app from the App Store to support the developers.

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  • US flagUnited States

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  • iPhone  Free if you compile from source code.
  • iPad  Free if you compile from source code.
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  • Developed by

    US flagThe Blink Shell Project
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Commercial product.
  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $20.
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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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  •   Updated Mar 9, 2023
  •   4.5 avg rating
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  •  6,324 Stars
  •  596 Forks
  •  384 Open Issues
  •   Updated May 16, 2025 
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What is Blink Shell?

Blink Shell is the professional, desktop-grade terminal emulator for iOS. It's a full-featured and highly configurable open-source terminal that can be compiled from the source at GitHub or purchased as a pre-compiled app from the App Store to support the developers.

FEATURES

Mosh support. SSH support for sessions and exec commands. Multiple concurrent sessions. Create your hosts: predefine keys, prediction modes, startup commands, ports and everything else you need. Back to My Mac support. Smart Keys: On-screen keyboard with modifier keys for continuous presses. Gestures based interaction. Use swipe to move between your open connections, slide down to close them, and even pinch to zoom! Encryption keys. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. ssh-copy-id command to copy your secure keys Keychain support for secure storage of private keys and passwords. Modifier keys (Ctrl, Opt, Cmd, Caps) to Ctrl or Esc sequences. Cursor (home, end, pgup, pgdw) and function keys (f1...f10). SplitView support. Excellent Unicode support (including composed seqs). Copy and Paste support. Optimized battery consumption. Non-blocking requests. Inluded Themes: Solarized, Flat, Light Monokai and HTerm's default. Inluded Fonts (powerline): Source Code Pro, Menlo and Roboto Mono.

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