iSH AlternativesTerminal Emulators and other similar apps like iSH

iSH is described as 'A project to get a Linux shell running on iOS, using usermode x86 emulation and syscall translation' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are nine alternatives to iSH for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Linux, iPad and FreeBSD apps. The best iSH alternative is Blink Shell. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try a-Shell or Android Terminal Emulator. Other great apps like iSH are Termux Monet, MATE Terminal, Another Term and Better Terminal Emulator Pro.

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  1. Blink Shell icon
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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.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • Blink Shell is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to iSH.

    • Blink Shell is the most popular Open Source & commercial alternative to iSH.

    • Blink Shell is Paid and Open SourceiSH is Free and Open Source
  2. a-Shell icon
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    a-Shell 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. You can work with git repositories using lg2. 

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • a-Shell is the most popular free alternative to iSH.

    • a-Shell is Free and Open SourceiSH is also Free and Open Source
  3. Android-Terminal-Emulator - A VT-100 terminal emulator for the Android OS.

    52 Android Terminal Emulator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
    • Android Terminal Emulator is the most popular Android alternative to iSH.

    • Android Terminal Emulator is Free and Open SourceiSH is also Free and Open Source
  4. MATE Terminal icon
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    MATE Terminal is a terminal emulator for the MATE desktop environment. Terminal emulators allow users to execute commands using a real UNIX shell while remaining on their graphical...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenIndiana
    • GhostBSD
     
    • MATE Terminal is the most popular Linux alternative to iSH.

    • MATE Terminal is Free and Open SourceiSH is also Free and Open Source
  5. Another Term icon
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    SSH / Telnet / UART dongles (USB and Bluetooth) / own PTY client for Android.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Android
     
  6. Harness the native Linux command-line potential of Android with this Terminal. BTEP is an advanced Terminal Emulator and SSH client for your phone or tablet. Unleash the command line potential of the Android console with this terminal. Best if rooted, but root not required. Run n.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  7. PentestBox is an Opensource PreConfigured Portable Penetration Testing Environment for the Windows Operating System that allows users to use it without any virtual machine. It has got maximum of Kali Linux tools in it. And it requires very less space.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • PentestBox is the most popular Windows alternative to iSH.

    • PentestBox is Free and ProprietaryiSH is Free and Open Source
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