About a-Shell
Local Unix terminal for iOS. Run Python, Lua, JavaScript, C, C++, TeX, sh and all Unix commands directly on your iPhone/iPad, no network connection required. a-Shell is a complete local terminal emulator, allowing to run...
Local Unix terminal for iOS. Run Python, Lua, JavaScript, C, C++, TeX, sh and all Unix commands directly on your iPhone/iPad, no network connection required.
a-Shell 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. You can 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 includes Python, Lua, Perl, JavaScript, C, C++ for programming and TeX (texlive 2023, 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.
Apr 19, 2024
Version 1.14.0
- 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
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 1.14.0 and it was updated on 2024-04-19 20:23:22. See below the changes in each version.
a-Shell version 1.14.0
Updated At: 2024-04-19
Changes: Apr 19, 2024
Version 1.14.0
- 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
a-Shell version 1.13.0
Updated At: 2024-03-12
Changes: Mar 12, 2024
Version 1.13.0
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, and fixes a bug with Jupyter commands.
a-Shell version 1.12.9
Updated At: 2024-02-02
Changes: Feb 2, 2024
Version 1.12.9
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.
a-Shell version 1.12.8
Updated At: 2024-01-30
Changes: Jan 30, 2024
Version 1.12.8
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, and a cause of crash in subprocess removed.
a-Shell version 1.12.7
Updated At: 2024-01-25
Changes: Jan 25, 2024
Version 1.12.7
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 fixing a bug in "jsc" and "jsi".
a-Shell version 1.12.6
Updated At: 2024-01-18
Changes: Jan 18, 2024
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").
a-Shell version 1.12.5
Updated At: 2023-12-21
Changes: Dec 21, 2023
Version 1.12.5
- several fixes so the app also works on Arm Macs
- multiple bug fixes to the internalbrowser
- added IPv6 to ifconfig
- the webAssembly engine will restart itself after an error
- improved JavaScript engine.
a-Shell version 1.12.4
Updated At: 2023-12-06
Changes: Dec 6, 2023
Version 1.12.4
- fixes an issue with yt-dlp
- improved the internalbrowser command (keyboard control comes back, better explanation (using Tips) on iOS 17)
- new command: markdown-it.js, for Markdown-to-HTML conversion.
- JavaScript files can be commands if they start with "#! jsc"
- expand the screen space used by a-Shell, especially at the bottom.
- fixed an issue with ctags/readtags.
- bug fixes: fixed an issue with font encoding in Python, fixed an issue in jsc.writeFile(), fixed an issue with WebAssembly execution and ^D.
a-Shell version 1.12.3
Updated At: 2023-12-05
Changes: Dec 5, 2023
Version 1.12.3
- improved the internalbrowser command (keyboard control comes back, better explanation (using Tips) on iOS 17)
- new command: markdown-it.js, for Markdown-to-HTML conversion.
- JavaScript files can be commands if they start with "#! jsc"
- expand the screen space used by a-Shell, especially at the bottom.
- fixed an issue with ctags/readtags.
- bug fixes: fixed an issue with font encoding in Python, fixed an issue in jsc.writeFile(), fixed an issue with WebAssembly execution and ^D.
a-Shell version 1.12.2
Updated At: 2023-10-21
Changes: Oct 21, 2023
Version 1.12.2
- updated Python modules
- updated Curl to version 8.1.2
- new "internal" web browser for when you need to test a web server
- "Put file" action in Shortcuts can now handle multiple files
- lg2 reports success or failure for pull and merge actions
- fixed an issue with "sh -c" and WebAssembly commands
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