a-Shell 2.0.3 - App Store

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About 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...

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.

Version History - fixed an issue with "cd -" in dash - fixed an issue with Thai keyboards - removed automatic autocomplete after completing a directory 2.0.3 3d ago 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 (33) 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 2.0.2 May 15 - Fixes three bugs that were present in version 2.0.0, plus everything that was already present in version 2.0.0: - new terminal rendering system (SwiftTerm), much faster than the previous one, but with incompatible changes - better integration with VoiceOver - better autocomplete - new config options, for blinking cursors - multi-arrow buttons on iPhones - better user interface for the internal browser - added Python package: curl-cffi 2.0.1 May 6 - new terminal rendering system (SwiftTerm), much faster than the previous one, but with incompatible changes - better integration with VoiceOver - better autocomplete - new config options, for blinking cursors - multi-arrow buttons on iPhones - better user interface for the internal browser - added Python package: curl-cffi 2.0.0 May 1 Fixes multiple issues with libgit2. This should fix the case where lg2 crashes randomly. 1.17.5 Jan 29 - fixed issues with python, ssh-agent and lg2 1.17.4 12/22/2025 - bug fix for ssh-agent - bug fix for Python (ctypes and kiwisolver) 1.17.3 11/26/2025 Bug fixes for: Python 3.13 (opencv, kiwisolver), openrsync for local folders, ssh-agent, lg2, sha256. 1.17.2 11/22/2025 - new command: rsync - updated Python to version 3.13 - added scipy, scikit-learn, seaborn... - fixed issues with buttons and iOS 26 - fixed bugs with man, less, nnn, scp... 1.17.0 11/06/2025 - new command: "repeatCommand" will execute a command at regular intervals. There is one repeating command for each window. "repeatCommand" with no arguments shows the current repeating command, "repeatCommand --stop" will stop the repetition. - added TIFF and XML support to ImageMagick, updated ImageMagick to version 4.7.0 - added libopus support to ffmpeg - fixes one issue with ffmpeg and hardware encoding that happens with iOS 26. - fixed a bug when copying screen content - fixed several issues with wasm3 - fixed an issue with dvipdfmx and user-installed fonts 1.16.1 08/25/2025 We updated the texlive binaries to texlive-2025. You will have to re-download the texlive installation to get version 2025. 1.16.0 06/11/2025 Multiple bug fixes, including: - ssh-copy-id - better rendering of long text containing emojis - autocomplete for bookmarks and directories with spaces in their names - improved responde to ^C for some commands 1.15.12 05/12/2025 - add support for alt-delete on external keyboards, - imageMagick now has access to system fonts, - fixed issues for restoring environment and sessions. 1.15.11 02/21/2025 - multiple bug fixes (python, dash, sftp, ssh, curl...) and also everything that was new in 1.15.9, such as: - new h.265 encoder for ffmpeg: activate it with "-c:v libkvazaar -tag:v hvc1" - new HEIF decoder for ImageMagick; you can now edit your iPhone photos - updated bc to 7.0.3, added math extensions for bc 1.15.10 12/17/2024 - new h.265 encoder for ffmpeg: activate it with "-c:v libkvazaar -tag:v hvc1" - new HEIF decoder for ImageMagick; you can now edit your iPhone photos - updated ImageMagick to 7.1.1 - updated bc to 7.0.3, added math extensions for bc - multiple bug fixes in dash, TipKit, lua, bc, ssh... 1.15.9 12/09/2024 - fixes an issue with dash - fixes issues with webAssembly interpreters 1.15.8 11/25/2024 - fixes an issue with the new (fast) WebAssembly interpreter, wasm3. It can now scan directories. - Both WebAssembly interpreters are now compatible with WebAssembly code generated elsewhere. 1.15.7 11/21/2024 - new parameter for the "Get File" Shortcut: get file "as a copy". Use this when you encounter an issue with "Get File" and iOS 18. - ffmpeg can add subtitles to video. 1.15.6 09/23/2024 - Fixes major issues with the Shortcuts Intents and iOS 18: Get File, Put File, Execute Commands. 1.15.5 09/18/2024 - Fixes a major issue with the "Get File" intent and iOS 18. - fixes a major issue with iOS 18 and clang and TeX 1.15.4 09/15/2024 - Fixes a major issue with the "Get File" intent and iOS 18. 1.15.3 09/14/2024 - fixes a major issue with f2c (Fortran-to-C compiler) - adds a new WebAssembly interpreter, wasm3 (faster on some commands). - introduces environment variables: APPNAME, APPVERSION and APPBUILDNUMBER, in case you need to check these for behaviour. 1.15.2 09/08/2024 - several bug fixes with WebAssembly execution - added two native viewers for PIL: "view" and "imgcat" - base64 is now a native command, so imgcat is much faster - fixes a bug with the Clang C compiler and setjmp/longjmp - added several precompiled libraries to the C SDK - hardened the "pkg" command to avoid issues with aliases - added the $RANDOM environment variable 1.15.1 09/06/2024 - In-Extension Shortcuts have access to the same information as In-App Shortcuts (bookmarks, Python files, etc) - ffmpeg updated to version 7.0.0 - LLVM/clang updated to version 18.1.5 - webAssembly commands can now use interactive keyboard input - fixed multiple bugs. 1.15.0 06/18/2024 - moved to texlive-2024 - changed the texlive installation process to something more reliable - fixed an issue in Perl that prevented tlmgr from downloading more than 300 packages - changed the C SDK generation process for faster start-up - fixed an issue that prevented running more than 1278 commands in-extension, or more than 852 commands in-app. - fixed an issue where the app would sometimes run through command history instead of scrolling vertically - fixed an issue with cursor position in editors in llines with spaces or tabs - added option "--reset" to jsc 1.14.0 04/19/2024

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Previous Versions

Here you can find the changelog of a-Shell since it was posted on our website on 2020-05-14 20:35:45. The latest version is 2.0.3 and it was updated on 2026-06-23 04:38:00. See below the changes in each version.

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