a-Shell mini 2.0.2 - App Store

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About a-Shell mini

a-Shell mini 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. Work...

a-Shell mini 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. Work with git repositories using lg2. Most commands are compiled for iOS native Arm64 format, making them fast and well integrated with iOS underlying BSD Unix. a-Shell mini includes Python, Lua, JavaScript and webAssembly for programming and scripting. It also includes native ffmpeg and convert for fast image and video conversion. 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 mini 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 mini uses iPadOS 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. a-Shell mini is a minimalist terminal, designed to have a very small footprint (less than 250 MB). If you need more commands, please consider a-Shell, which has more Python packages, more JavaScript modules, Perl, make, a C and C++ compiler and TeX.

Version History 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 several issues with libgit2. It should fix the cases where lg2 crashes randomly. 1.17.5 Jan 29 - fixes issues with lg2 and ssh-agent 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: openrsync for local folders, ssh-agent, lg2, sha256. 1.17.2 11/22/2025 - bug fixes for python, scp, webAssembly commands. 1.17.1 11/06/2025 - new command: rsync - updated Python to version 3.13 - fixed issues with buttons and iOS 26 - fixed bugs with man, less, nnn... 1.17.0 11/04/2025 - 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 1.16.1 08/25/2025 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, - fixed issues with control-U and control-W. 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 issues with dash and xz - 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 issues with Shortcuts and iOS 18: Put File intent, Get File intent for large files, Execute Command 1.15.5 09/18/2024 - Fixes a major issue with the "Get File" intent and iOS 18. 1.15.3 09/16/2024 - fixes an issue with WebAssembly execution for some commands. - 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 09/09/2024 - several bug fixes with WebAssembly execution - base64 is now a native command, so imgcat is much faster - hardened the "pkg" command to avoid issues with aliases - added the $RANDOM environment variable 1.15.1 07/21/2024 - In-Extension Shortcuts have access to the same information as In-App Shortcuts (bookmarks, Python files, etc) - ffmpeg updated to version 7.0.0 - webAssembly commands can now use interactive keyboard input - fixed multiple bugs. 1.15.0 06/18/2024 - no big changes, this version is mostly to keep the version in sync with a-Shell - 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 when using tabs or spaces - added the option "--reset" to jsc 1.14.0 04/19/2024 Although a-Shell is designed first to allow you to run commands locally on your phone, it also has the "ssh" command to let you connect to other computers.  Version 1.13 focuses on improvements for ssh: - added the "ssh -J" option to connect through jump hosts. - added "ssh-copy-id" command. - added "ssh-agent" and "ssh-add" commands. - upgraded the version of OpenSSL (1.1.1w) and libssh2 (1.11.0) for compatibility with other platforms. Version 1.1.3.0 also adds the "isForeground" command, to run specific actions only if the app is in the foreground. 1.13.0 03/12/2024 Everything from version 1.12.6: - the way a-Shell uses the window is now a user-defined Settings (great with StageManager) - multiple bug fixes (dash, pico, env...) - 3 new editors: Ace, Codemirror, Monaco (available with "pkg"). Plus bug fixes in the JavaScript interpreters (jsc and jsi), text selection is much improved, tlmgr, webAssembly execution and a cause of crash in subprocess removed. 1.12.9 02/02/2024

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Previous Versions

Here you can find the changelog of a-Shell mini since it was posted on our website on 2021-09-03 19:00:27. The latest version is 2.0.2 and it was updated on 2026-06-22 11:38:00. See below the changes in each version.

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