Termi ("Termi - SSH Client & Terminal", by HappyYan) is a brand-new indie iOS SSH client. It first shipped around March 2026 and sits at v1.0.5 with a handful of ratings so far. Its angle is server operations from the phone: a multi-host dashboard, live CPU, memory, disk and network monitoring, Docker container oversight, batch command execution, and SFTP. ShellDrop covers a different slice: free, tuned for tmux, and built for driving AI coding agents on a headless Mac Mini or VPS.
Both are legitimate. Termi is young and worth watching if you want a phone-side server-status dashboard; ShellDrop is a mature, security-audited SSH cockpit for agent work. Side-by-side below.
| ShellDrop 5 | Termi | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free. No account, no in-app purchases | Free tier plus Pro ($19.99/yr or $29.99 lifetime) |
| Track record | Long public release history, actively developed | Brand new (first shipped around March 2026) |
| Paste a screenshot into the terminal | Yes. Any image, multi-image; agent reads them on the server | Not a documented feature |
| Attach a file from Files or Photos | Yes. Files, photos or video; uploads over SSH, path lands at the prompt | No dedicated attach button; move it via SFTP, then copy the path in by hand |
| Agent-to-phone clipboard | Yes. The agent can drop text onto your phone's clipboard | Not a documented feature |
| Voice dictation | Built in. On-device Apple speech free, or your own Groq key. | Not a listed feature |
| SFTP | No | Yes, create, delete and edit remote files |
| Server monitoring dashboard | Not a feature | Yes. CPU, memory, disk, network, plus Docker container oversight |
| Platforms | Native on iPhone and iPad, Vision Pro with version 5, macOS coming soon | iPhone, Mac, visionOS |
| Account required | No | None stated |
| Telemetry | None | None ("no data collected") |
| Security audit | Six internal reviews plus an independent Fable 5 audit, no critical issues | Not a documented feature |
| Password auth | Yes | Yes |
| Public-key auth (SSH keys) | Yes. Ed25519 and Secure Enclave P-256 | Yes, SSH key with host-key verification |
| Secure Enclave hardware keys | Yes. P-256 private key never leaves the Secure Enclave | Not documented |
| Tmux single-finger scroll | Yes | Not a documented feature |
| Tmux-native ergonomics | Always-visible Esc, Ctrl-C, arrows, Shift-Tab, detach | On-screen CTRL and ESC keys |
| Custom command shortcut | One Tap toolbar button | Batch command execution across hosts |
| Background session keep-alive | Opt-in, location-services-based, with auto-reconnect | Not a documented feature |
| Localization | English | Nine languages |
Copy an image anywhere on the phone and paste it into the session. Your agent reads it on the server. Multi-image paste works too. The same toolbar has a paperclip button for files: pick one from Files, or a photo or video from the library, upload over SSH, and the path lands at the prompt. Termi does not document anything like either: it is a newer app built around server monitoring, without image paste or a comparable attach flow into the session, so a file still means opening its SFTP manager and copying the path in by hand. For anyone feeding screenshots to a coding agent all day, that is the gap between one paste and a five-step detour.
The clipboard works the other way too. Ask the agent to write something, tell it to copy the result, and it lands on the phone's clipboard ready to paste into another app. It is opt-in and takes about ten seconds to set up. Terminal text selection is now a dedicated mode: toggle it on, long-press a word, drag the handles, copy. And Nerd Fonts (FiraCode and JetBrains Mono) ship bundled, so the glyphs nvim and LazyVim rely on render the way they should.
No up-front cost.
Single-finger swipe through tmux scrollback without entering copy mode. The toolbar carries Esc, Ctrl-C, arrow keys, Shift-Tab, and a tmux detach button at all times.
ShellDrop generates P-256 keys inside the iPhone Secure Enclave. Private key cannot be exported. Ed25519 generation and paste-import of unencrypted OpenSSH keys also supported.
Full landscape, hardware-keyboard friendly, font scales cleanly, toolbar centres on the large canvas.
ShellDrop adds Voice Drop, a built-in mic on the keyboard toolbar. It transcribes on-device with Apple speech at no cost, or through your own Groq API key for whisper-large-v3-turbo, and drops the words at the cursor without sending Return. Dictating a long prompt to an agent is the kind of input a phone keyboard is worst at, and it is where ShellDrop puts the least friction.
Version 5 also added custom key bindings for the keyboard toolbar: create your own Tmux-aware keys in Settings, Ctrl plus a key with an optional follow-up, and arrange them like any stock key.
Termi's distinctive angle is watching servers from the phone. It offers a multi-host dashboard with live CPU, memory, disk, and network readings, plus Docker container monitoring and batch command execution across hosts. ShellDrop does not do any of this; it stays focused on the interactive tmux session. If you want a phone-side server-status dashboard, Termi's take on it is interesting.
Termi has an SFTP file manager: create, delete, and edit remote files. ShellDrop is SSH-only, with no general file browser. For moving arbitrary files between the phone and remote hosts, Termi covers that and ShellDrop does not. The two transfers most agent operators make, dropping a screenshot or a single file into the session, ShellDrop handles natively with image paste and the paperclip attach button, but for browsing and managing files beyond that, Termi is the right tool.
Termi ships localized in nine languages, and as a brand-new indie app it is still finding its shape. If you like getting in early on a young project and prefer supporting smaller developers, Termi is a reasonable pick.
Termi has a free tier, with a Pro upgrade at $19.99 a year or $29.99 for a lifetime purchase. Exactly which features sit behind Pro is not clearly documented. ShellDrop is free with no account and no in-app purchases.
It is not a documented feature. Termi is a newer app built around server monitoring, without image paste into the session. ShellDrop lets you copy any image on the phone, paste it into the session for your agent to read.
Yes. Ed25519, ECDSA P-256/P-384/P-521 paste-import, plus Secure Enclave-backed P-256 keys.
ShellDrop. Single-finger tmux scrollback, dedicated detach button, always-visible Esc / Ctrl-C / arrow keys.
ShellDrop. The whole app is built around remote tmux sessions attached to coding agents.
ShellDrop is on the App Store. Universal iPhone and iPad, iOS 17+. Free, no subscription.
