SSH Files – Secure ShellFish 4+
SFTP & Terminal
Anders Borum
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Finally Secure ShellFish is available on the Mac bringing seamless access to SSH servers to your most used computer.
Server files are available in the ShellFish location of the Finder and available as part of the filesystem anywhere on the Mac.
First class tmux support is particularly useful on the Mac. Never worry about losing the network connection and handoff sessions between iPhone, iPad and Mac. It feels like magic.
Send notifications and update widgets from the terminal. This will work from any terminal even from cron jobs once Shell Integration has been installed.
Servers are synced between iPhone, iPad and Mac using iCloud Keychain for ideal convenience and security.
The rich Shortcuts support has also been brought to the Mac making it easy to work with files on your servers from shortcuts.
Secure ShellFish is useful as a free app and paying pro users can disable ads in the terminal, upload through the Finder and configure unlimited number of servers. You payment is shared between Mac, iPhone and iPad.
What’s New
Version 2025.4
Finder location will no longer open several SFTP channels on a single SSH connection to make it compatible with restrictive SSH servers.
Ratings and Reviews
Incredible
This app unlocks so much hidden potential for those who need ease of access to their remote servers. Not only can you configure ssh access into a terminal on the remote server, but you also get seamless integration into the Files app, which enables you to browse, open and edit remote files in situ, using your favourite editor (hint: try Runestone)… far better than having to rely on whatever another SFTP app offers natively. Shell integration provides access to a wealth of additional possibilities, like updating widgets on your home screen or complications on your watch, using commands run on your server! Developer is very responsive and active. Don’t hesitate to try it, and then upgrade to Pro… you won’t regret it!
Hands down the best ssh client for iPad
The feature list of this app is insane. And importantly they work! The experience of being able to drag the cursor around the screen and have it translated to cursor key, keypresses to move the cursor within the terminal is flawless. With the ability to select a file name from a text listing and for the app to recognise it as a file and provide file transfer options is incredible. If this was also available in a desktop environment I’d buy that version as well. (Hint hint). Any questions I’ve had have been responded to promptly. In short best mobile ssh experience I’ve ever had.
Great SSH Client
Really great app! Has become my default ssh client. Has some really neat features, such as automatic tmux persistence etc. Finder intergration is really cool. Unfortunately it doesn't work with servers that use 2FA for ssh, but that's to be expected I suppose, and not much ShellFish can do to get around that. Developer responds to emails very promptly if support is needed. Highly recommend ShellFish :)
In-App Purchases
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Information
- Provider
- Anders Borum
- Size
- 66 MB
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.2 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.2 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 13.0 or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 9.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © 2019-2025 Anders Borum
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- ShellFish Lifetime Pro Unlock £34.99
- ShellFish Monthly subscription £2.99
- ShellFish Annual subscription £12.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.