2026-02-27
Very Schmick
High improvement over Apples inbuilt lacklustre terminal app. Very Unixy. Everything in one neat screen. Intuitive and elegant.
Updating
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#55 in Top Free Apps > Developer Tools
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#39 in Top Grossing iPad Apps > Developer Tools
Description
Whether you’re on the go or at your desk, WebSSH keeps you connected—anytime, anywhere! ٩(^‿^)۶
WebSSH is a powerful and user-friendly SSH, SFTP, Telnet, and Port Forwarding client for iOS and macOS. It allows developers, system administrators, and IT professionals to manage servers securely and efficiently, wherever they are.
With WebSSH, you can connect to your servers using modern authentication methods including password, two-factor challenge, or keys (RSA, DSA, ED25519, PuTTY). Connections are fast and reliable, with support for local port forwarding, automatic command execution at startup, and full terminal emulation (XTERM-COLOR256, XTERM, VT100). Profiles let you customize themes, colors, fonts, and keyboard behavior to perfectly fit your workflow.
Managing files on remote servers is simple thanks to the integrated SFTP client. You can browse directories, create or rename files, upload documents from your device, download files locally, and even edit text files directly within the app.
Beyond SSH and SFTP, WebSSH also supports Telnet and Serial connections, making it a versatile tool for a wide range of use cases. Serial connections can be fully configured (baud rate, data bits, parity, stop bits, flow control), while Telnet connections support both direct and interactive authentication.
For quick diagnostics, WebSSH includes built-in sysadmin tools such as Ping, Whois, Traceroute, and DNS Lookup. And if you need a terminal even without internet access, the mashREPL feature gives you a local shell with essential commands like ls, grep, curl, ping, tar, and many more.
WebSSH supports multiple protocols (SSH, SFTP, Telnet, Serial) and channel types (Shell sessions, SFTP sessions, Local Port Forwarding), ensuring compatibility with most professional scenarios.
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Why WebSSH?
Unlike basic terminal clients, WebSSH combines professional-grade features with a polished, mobile-first design. It is secure, reliable, and easy to use — the all-in-one solution to keep your servers close at hand, no matter where you are.
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Download WebSSH today and experience secure, seamless server management on iOS and macOS.
What's New in Version 31.1
٩(^‿^)۶ WebSSH has been updated
Its codename is : 31.1 - Ocean (Tide)
So what's new in this release? ↓
Host availability check is now back! :oP
◖ Release Adds ◗
๏ Checking host availability against ping instead of checking port open : #813
◖ Release Fixes ◗
๏ Wake-on-LAN fails after an idle period : #1547
Have a great day!
Seller
Name
MENGUS ARNAUD
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
31.1
Size
217.4 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated 17+ for the following:
Unrestricted Web Access
Compatibility
iOS 26.0 or later
Devices
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 16e, iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation), Mac Desktop
Languages
English, Chinese, Danish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
App Store: Customer Ratings
Ratings & Reviews
4.7 of 5 (192 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
2026-01-03
Easy, effective
For a couple of years I have occasionally used WebSSH on iOS while from habit using Terminal on MacOS when needing SSH. I decided to try WebSSH on MacOS and will probably switch for SSH connections. I may have cause to test its serial capability to a router as well. While I am comfortable using CLI it is not my usual habitat so having a neat interface with a few clickable tools handy saves a little thought now and then. An app does not need to blow you away to deserve five stars for its effectiveness. WebSSH is good.
2024-11-11
Re-review
I purchased this software repository for the first time just yesterday. It was on the advice to a friend that I have along with some other hardware tips and containers that were just sitting in temp. I have nothing but good things to say, to the friend normally but he’s starting chemotherapy so I’ll keep it orientated. Best javascript tool I ever downloaded, was the guide on how to examine his object. I might have saved his life. If I had given it to him before the scanner, that wouldn’t install pdfs or anything other MTD, even after updating the BIOS for Winamp XP.
2024-10-16
This is amazing!
This app is an essential tool for web administrators and all those guys. Extremely handy, constantly updating and iCloud sync over all devices makes it a powerful tool that can replace regular SSH. Absolutely recommend!!!
2024-09-15
No option to save passphrase for the ssh key
Overwall this ssh terminal is very good, but sadly I am missing an option to save the passphrase for the ssh key so I don’t have to type all the time or use a password manager, would give 5 stars otherwise
2024-09-02
very handy to have
should have bought this a long time ago.
2024-08-26
Vfv
The cc
2024-03-19
very useful app
been using this for years to remotely access and configure my home server. very useful app.
2023-12-28
Love it
I love WebSSH. I’ve tried a bunch of these terminal apps and this is the best so far. I only wish it had mosh.
2023-12-14
Works Well
One of the better SSH applications on the Mac. Works well with SSH best thing is you can sync using icloud and have the ssh connections sync across all your devices
2023-10-23
Great product
Well thought out and designed interface makes it easy to navigate and use - well worth the purchase price to support a good dev.
2023-08-07
Practically Flawless.
Packed to the brim with features.
Snippet is a lifesaver. Particularly if you're working on a system where you haven't yet setup aliases or dot files.
The fact you can generate 521bit ECDSA keys with zero hassle is amazing.
Sometimes it's faster to whip out my phone than it is to waddle over to my home server.
It also comes in clutch when it comes to re-installing Nvidia drivers. I have 2 snippets setup to do a rollback if an update borks the system.
Also the sandbox is pretty neat.
It also does SFTP & Tunnels, but you'll fall in love with it before you're finished with the SSH configurability.
Also, THANK YOU for not doing some stupid subscription model. ❤️
2023-05-06
This app ROCKS!
Using it on my iPad, iPhone and MacBook - iCloud syncing of connections, settings and SSH keys makes life easy!
2023-03-14
Works ok but....
I hate the single key for using the arrows.
Trying to scroll through command history on an iPad is painful. It usually goes too fast and you miss what you're looking for so then you go back the other way and overshoot again!
Would prefer to have separate keys but can't find any configuration option to do this so I continue to use the free version of Termius.
2023-02-28
Best SSH client for iOS
Works as expected and has a lot of really nice touches to make it very usable even on small screen. No subscription nonsense, just a great app, well done to the developer!
2022-11-26
great tool
just works ! better than the similar tools
2022-11-20
Early pro user
I remember I down loaded pro version few years ago.
And now app request a purchase for pro.
2022-09-10
Used to work, then all of a sudden stopped working completely.
This app worked great for me for a couple of months. Today, it just randomly refused to connect to anything (cannot establish a connection error, tested with ssh, sftp, both remote and .local hostnames etc.), so I troubleshooted my firewall thinking I had something misconfigured. Turns out that wasn’t the issue so I downloaded an app from the competition to test if it’s an issue specifically with WebSSH. The app from the competition was working 100% fine. Nothing changed with my config or credentials. One app works, this one doesn’t. I will be requesting a refund.
2022-01-07
Review
Very ease to use Congratulations on a fine app
Jim Monaghan
2021-12-16
Amazing!
High quality and functionality and much cheaper than its competitors . Didn’t necessarily need to upgrade but so cheap and wanted to support an awesome app.
2021-12-02
Work of art, easy to use
I was looking for an app that I could use with my raspberry pi on the go and this app is the perfect fit.
Not only is it easy to use but I can save commands with fancy icons … don’t have to worry about memorising commands anymore. Keep up the great work this is an amazing app !!
2021-07-12
Great SSH App
I would like to be able to port forward through a SSH tunnel when connected to an existing VPN session. When attempting to do so using WebSSH, my existing VPN session is disconnected as the SSH tunnel connection is attempted. This could be a limitation of iOS but it would be great if there was a way around this.
2021-06-05
Cannot create any connections
Downloaded and cannot create first free connection. Upon clicking the + as first prompt shows, just get a modal saying to upgrade to starter or pro. Cannot use single free connection to test if it works.
2021-03-14
Absolutely fantastic
I can't rave enough about this app - it's exactly what I wanted.
One issue that I did run into was with port knocking.
Where you enter the port knocking details in shows something like 2222:udp,3333:tcp,4444:tcp.
This is the correct way of using port knocking within this app.
BUT, at the time of writing this review, the port knocking documentation for this app shows something along the lines of TCP:1985,TCP:2020.
This is incorrect and won't work (I wasted a couple of hours trying to get this to work) before starting from scratch and noticing that the format on the SSH configuration screen was different.
Tried with PORT:PROTOCOL and it worked straight away.
Hopefully the developer will fix this.
Other than that little hiccup, this is a great app and it works perfectly with port knocking and private keys.
BTW I have purchased the app because I liked it so much and wanted the developer to make some money.
2020-12-21
Deathly recommend it
Does a great job does what I needed to do
2020-11-07
Love this app!
A big thanks to Arnaud, this app is excellent for nearly all my remote admin and programming tasks. I’m blown away with how good this works on an iPad, I’ve moving more and more to using my iPad on the road and flights (when they resume again). Again, thanks for this great software. I can’t believe some people have the nerve to complain about the price or in-app purchase, this is exactly the kind of software we should be rewarding the developer for!
2020-09-06
Bait And Switch
Picked up the App when it was free on the app store and they snuck in-app purchases and now want you to pay for more than one connection
Dodgy practices
2017-11-25
Excellent tool
Easy to configure, connected without a problem to local server. Extra keyboard bar very useful. Perfect app for ssh.
2017-02-10
Excellent!
A lifesaver. Works great and allows me to manage my network from anywhere using a secure VPN connection into the network and then ssh to devices. 5 stars.
2017-02-07
Almost Perfect
It should be 4 1/2 stars. It works great. There is a very minor issue with long lines overwriting and some very minor glitches, but all-in-all simply does what it says and does it well. Copy and paste are a little clumsy, but the keyboard and arrow key implementation is very nice.
2016-03-29
Excellent little app
I have tried other apps, but this little app is so easy to use.
Copy and paste now working reasonable well
5 stars from me
2016-01-08
Much better
Easy to uss
2015-08-30
Great app
Best SSH app I've tried.
2015-08-28
Fantastic
So much better than most of the other Apps, well worth it. Keep up the good work!
2015-07-14
Worth downloading
Easy and intuitive to use. I like it very much
2015-06-23
Ssh
Works well. Does what it says.
2014-09-24
Excellent
Easy, fast and reliable, that's why I use it.
2014-08-09
Easy to use and set up
Best SSH app on iphone!
2014-06-16
Excellent!
Nice app and does portrait mode too. Very happy.
2014-05-12
Very happy
Excellent straight forward App. All connections and operations worked first time.
2014-01-29
Works great!
I have Ubuntu servers and I can login easily, and can even cut and past cli programming from my notes. Works great!
2013-10-13
Missing Features on iPad?
Great SFTP browser, initially, but on iPad, I couldn't do half the things advertised, like renaming files and editing text files. If that's meant to be a paid feature, then just say so - I wouldn't mind paying for it, but how do I know I'll get those features even if I do pay?
2012-12-03
Best free ssh on iPad
Easy to use, love the addition of the special keys. Would like to have ability to paste commands into the shell. Sometimes the ads can get in the way of seeing the terminal screen.
2012-08-13
Stopped Working
Purchased "right" to save login details and the app stopped working immediately. Now only get a black screen.
2012-08-09
Finally
At last an SSH terminal app that is simple and works first with easy set up and interface.
The developer nailed it.
2012-05-10
Didn't allow me to type
It crashed after it connected. I have a bluetooth keyboard.