Your terminal, live on iPhone
Public iPhone app access is unavailable today. The founding release is in progress; check Downloads for the current app and verified host installer status.
Securely connect to persistent terminal work on a host you control.
Terminal iOS transports terminal input and output; it is not tied to one AI provider. Codex CLI is the setup-validated workflow today. Claude Code and Gemini CLI compatibility are being validated.
See how it works or start with the Mac host.
Illustrative workflow — synthetic terminal content, not a product result.
HOST TERMINAL · SYNTHETIC DEMO
demo % ai-terminal "find and fix the failing test"
✓ inspected project
✓ patch prepared
✓ 42 tests passed
private connection → iPhone · Live
Trust by design
- No Terminal iOS vendor relay for customer terminal traffic.
- Repositories, AI-tool accounts, configuration, and credentials stay on your host.
- Pairing is one-time, short-lived, and revocable.
Platform status
- macOS — Commercial-v1 launch target. macOS 15 or later on Apple silicon. Verified host installer: unavailable today.
- Windows + WSL2 — Future beta. Windows 11 with an Ubuntu 24.04 WSL2 guest. Not commercial-v1 support; host installer unavailable.
- Native Windows — Demand-gated. Windows 11. No release commitment or public installer.
Support and download availability are separate. The downloads page is the authority for whether an iPhone build or verified host installer is available today.
From install to Live
- Get access to the iPhone app.
- Install the verified host package for macOS.
- On Mac, run
terminal-ios-host setup. - Scan the fresh, one-time QR in Terminal iOS and confirm the host identity.
Pairing material is created locally. It is never a reusable website download.
Built around your terminal
The terminal is the first screen. Commands, repositories, credentials, AI-tool accounts, and long-running processes stay on your host. The app is the controller and display; it does not move project execution onto the iPhone.
Terminal traffic uses an authenticated private connection between the phone and the host. The founding product has no Terminal iOS vendor relay for customer terminal contents.
Review security and privacy, browse the guides, or contact support.
Terminal iOS is for sale
An unreleased iPhone terminal app and companion Mac host, available for acquisition as an existing project or selected components. Offers are welcome for an as-is sale.
Discuss an acquisition with Judah Abernathy.
What is included
Terminal iOS is built around persistent terminal work on a computer you control. The iPhone provides the terminal display and input; execution, repositories, developer tools, and credentials remain on the host.
The project includes source code for:
- A native iOS terminal interface and SwiftTerm integration, including custom input, selection, scrollback, and session presentation work.
- A companion host with persistent terminal sessions, authenticated transport, reconnect coordination, and session lifecycle management.
- QR pairing, host identity checks, device credentials, and revocation.
- Supporting tests, build and packaging tooling, documentation, and this website.
The current commercial launch target is macOS on Apple silicon. Other host profiles are engineering work with separate limitations, not released products.
Current condition
This is a pre-revenue project with no public App Store launch. The iPhone app and verified host installers are not publicly downloadable today.
Development involved substantial AI assistance. Terminal interaction and release work remain unfinished; the project needs further engineering and verification. It is offered as existing source and related assets, with those limitations disclosed.
Selected components can be discussed, particularly the host/session system, pairing and reconnect work, or native iOS terminal integration. These are parts of an integrated project and have not been packaged or verified as standalone SDKs. A buyer would need to evaluate extraction and integration effort.
Rights and review
The proposed sale covers seller-owned code and agreed assets. Third-party dependencies, including SwiftTerm, retain their own licenses and attribution requirements; exclusive rights to those dependencies are not offered.
Interested buyers can request a source and architecture review and discuss the specific assets, known limitations, price, and transfer terms. There is no published asking price.