Alternatives to Secure ShellFish
An SSH terminal and SFTP file access app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Secure ShellFish
An SSH terminal and SFTP file access app for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Secure ShellFish.
Prompt
Panic's native terminal and SSH client for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Vision Pro, with Mosh support.
Prompt is Panic's paid, closed-source SSH client for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Vision Pro that adds Mosh and Eternal Terminal connections, with one purchase covering all platforms.
Termius
A cross-platform SSH client for desktop and mobile that syncs hosts, keys and snippets between devices.
Termius is a freemium proprietary SSH client that adds Windows, Linux and Android apps and syncs hosts, keys and snippets through the vendor's service rather than iCloud.
Blink Shell
An SSH and Mosh terminal for iPhone and iPad with local Unix tools and SFTP support.
Blink Shell is an iPhone and iPad SSH and Mosh terminal with SFTP and Files integration and published source, but it has no Mac app and uses an annual subscription.
SecureCRT
A commercial SSH and Telnet client with session management and scripting for Windows, macOS and Linux.
SecureCRT is a paid, closed-source SSH and Telnet client for Windows, macOS and Linux with extensive session management and scripting, but no iPhone or iPad app.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Secure ShellFish as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Transmit
A macOS file transfer client for FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3 and cloud storage services.
Secure ShellFish is a freemium SSH and SFTP app for Mac, iPhone and iPad that shows server folders in Finder and Files, but lacks FTP and S3.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
OpenSSH
The standard SSH client and server suite for encrypted remote login, file copying and tunnelling.
Mosh
A remote shell that replaces interactive SSH and survives roaming, sleep and dropped connections.
a-Shell
A local Unix-style terminal for iPhone and iPad with multiple windows and common command-line tools.
iSH
A Linux shell for iPhone and iPad that runs Alpine Linux in a usermode x86 emulator.
cadaver
A command-line WebDAV client for Unix with an interface similar to FTP.
SmartFTP
A Windows client for FTP, FTPS, SFTP, WebDAV, SSH and cloud storage transfers.
