Help

Browse topics for getting started with Secure ShellFish, the SSH and SFTP client for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Each topic mirrors a section of the in-app help with extra detail for the web.

Terminal

Agentic Coding

Tools like Claude Code, the Codex CLI and OpenCode stay running for many minutes. Location Persistence, dictation and Picture in Picture make Secure ShellFish a comfortable home for them.

Cursor and Selection

Move the cursor and select text in the terminal — arrow keys, drag near the cursor, on-screen arrows, three-finger pinch, and Magic Trackpad pan.

SSH Terminal

Open shell sessions and run commands on your iPhone, iPad or Mac with native rendering, file-aware drag-and-drop, OSC 52 clipboard sync and inline link detection.

Terminal Multiplexing

Use tmux to keep terminal sessions alive while you switch apps and devices, with Handoff between Apple devices, universal-link sharing and session thumbnails.

Terminal Snippets

Snippets for commonly used commands with control codes, delays, #Tag filtering and a curated gallery — synced across your devices via iCloud Keychain.

Setup

Adding Servers

Connect to SSH and SFTP servers with password, public key or two-factor authentication, and use comma-separated hostnames for failover between local and remote networks.

Connect to Windows

Install OpenSSH on Windows as an Optional Feature, start the sshd service, and connect to the IPv4 address shown in network settings.

Files app

Connect SSH and SFTP servers to the iOS Files app and Mac Finder. Browse, edit in-place, set permissions, and pin files for offline use.

Spin Up VMs

Launch Linux virtual machines on Digital Ocean droplets or Hetzner Cloud and destroy them when no longer needed to control spend.

SSH Keys

Public-key authentication with ED25519, ECDSA and RSA keys. Generate keys on the Secure Enclave, use a YubiKey, or sign in with short-lived certificates from your CA.