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Developer: Nicolas Holzschuch (4)
Price: Free
Score: 8,710 Gold
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a-Shell
a-Shell is a complete local terminal emulator, allowing to run most Unix commands on your 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.
Most commands are compiled for iOS native Arm64 format, making them fast and well integrated with the BSD Unix that powers iOS/iPadOS.

a-Shell includes Python, Lua, Perl, JavaScript, C, C++ for programming and TeX (texlive 2025, with Tikz and LuaTeX) for text processing.

There are also multiple network utilities: nslookup, ping, whois, ifconfig... Type help for help, help -l to get the full list of commands.

a-Shell can be controlled from Shortcuts: run commands in order, process files in a-Shell, get the results as text or files, transfer files to other apps...

a-shell uses iOS 13+ “multiple windows” ability, so you can run multiple shells at the same time, with different commands, in different directories. You can edit a file in one window with vim and process it in the other with python.

Compile your C or C++ programs to webAssembly using clang or clang++, and execute the resulting binary. A complete webAssembly SDK is included (WASI-libc).

a-Shell is the complete version. If you need a smaller app, and you don't need a C compiler, a TeX engine, or numpy and matplotlib, there is a-Shell mini.
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  • Version: 2.0.2
  • Last Updated:
  • Multiple improvements over versions 2.0.0 and 2.0.1:
    - single-arrow buttons by default for iPhones that don't have LiquidGlass (iOS 18 and below)
    - brought back the ability to have the old toolbar on iPads (a fix for iPads where the standard toolbar does not appear)
    - fix for pickFolder inside other commands
    - fix for ffmpeg and control-C
    - fix for escape sequences (\033) in prompt definitions
    - several fixes for ssh and ssh-agent inside dash
    - openurl does not percent-encode urls that are already percent-encoded
    - openurl checks that is has a valid URL

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«a-Shell» is a Developer Tools app for iOS, developed by «Nicolas Holzschuch». It was first released on and last updated on . This app is currently free. This app has not yet received any ratings on AppAgg. It has been added to 3 public lists and 3 private lists created by users. AppAgg has tracked 1 confirmed points plus 512 indirect points for this app. On App Store, the current store rating is 4.6 based on 512 votes. Available languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish. AppAgg continuously tracks the price history, ratings, and user feedback for «a-Shell». AppAgg does not host applications or distribute software. All trademarks, logos and screenshots belong to their respective owners. Subscribe to this app or follow its RSS feed to get notified about future deals or updates.

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