Release notes

v5.1.5

SSH engine security update, Face ID fix

In review. Submitted to Apple, releases on approval.

The SSH engine is updated to SwiftNIO SSH 0.15.0, which fixes CVE-2026-43798. The bug is a memory-safety issue that a malicious or intercepting server could trigger during key exchange, without authenticating first. Everyone running ShellDrop should install this update.
Fixed a Face ID bug. On some devices the saved connections list, the key picker and the SSH keys screen could trigger repeated Face ID prompts, and sometimes crash the app. Those screens no longer touch Face ID at all. It now appears when you actually connect with a protected key.
The login area in Settings is now Login and Connections.
Small fixes and polish.

v5.1.3 and v5.1.4

31 August 2026

Camera roll mode for the paperclip. If you attach photos far more often than you send a video or a file, switch it on in Settings and a plain tap on the paperclip opens your camera roll. Tap and hold it for the file, image and video menu. Off by default.
While camera roll mode is on, the button becomes a photo icon with a small paperclip in the corner, so you can tell at a glance which mode you are in. Both keyboard toolbars carry it.
Tmux auto-attach now explains itself when it cannot find your session. If your server does not publish its session name as the terminal title, reattaching has nothing to aim at. ShellDrop points you straight at the one-time server setup in Settings, under Tmux tab-name sync.
Small fixes and polish.
The redesigned camera roll mode icon, the photo glyph with a small paperclip badged into its top-right corner, shipped a day later in 5.1.4.

v5.1.2

15 August 2026

Close Tab in the terminal tap-and-hold menu, with a toggle in Settings.
Paste with a hardware keyboard on iPad. Cmd+V and trackpad right-click now paste straight into the terminal.
Connections that die after a VPN switch are detected and reconnected automatically.
Auto-reconnect re-attaches your Tmux session, and the terminal reflows to full width afterwards, so a session resumed from the background no longer comes back in narrow columns.
Small fixes and polish.

v5.0

26 July 2026

Voice Drop. Tap the mic on the keyboard toolbar and drop your words straight into the agent. On-device Siri transcription by default, bring your own free Groq API key for whisper-large-v3-turbo. On by default, disable in Settings.
Droplet Visualizer. Open any session like a portal. Every live session becomes a droplet on a pyramid you can spin and page through.
Paste images straight into your agent's session. Copy from any app or multi-select from Photos, and it uploads to the server for your agent to read.
Agent to clipboard. Ask your agent to write an email, say "copy that to my clipboard", then paste it into your mail app. Opt in via Settings.
Text selection with a dedicated selection mode and long-press word select.
Editable keyboard toolbar with sticky Ctrl. Tap and hold to rearrange.
Tab names sync with Tmux automatically.
Nerd Font support: FiraCode and JetBrains Mono.
Sound design. The app now answers with a family of five-dot sound cues. Toggle in Settings.
UI sound cues, faster navigation, and dozens of fixes across iPhone, iPad and Vision Pro.

v4.1.0

21 May 2026

SSH key authentication. Generate Ed25519 or Secure Enclave-backed P-256 keys in-app, or paste-import existing OpenSSH keys.
Secure Enclave option keeps the private key inside the iPhone's secure hardware. Every signing operation happens there.
Per-connection auth picker. Pick Password or Key per saved connection.
Quick Drop. Pin one saved connection to the Home screen for instant launch. Long-press to swap.
Home and Droplet Launch screens redesigned with mesh animation and per-element shrink cascade.
Reverse-scroll chevron fix during long tmux scrollback bursts.

v4.0.1

18 May 2026

Left and right arrow keys added to the keyboard toolbar, each as its own button with breathing room.
Soft scroll-direction chevron fades in at the right edge during a tmux scrollback burst.
Voice keyboards work in the SSH input. Wispr Flow and other iOS keyboard extensions dictate straight into the session.
Paste button removed from the accessory toolbar. Long-press the terminal still pastes.
Floating control bar redesigned with flex spacers between every button group. Up and down arrows split into separate pills.
One Tap editor accepts an empty command.

v3.1.4

17 April 2026

Optional One Tap toolbar button that sends a user-configured command over the current SSH session. Off by default.
Built originally for custom memory systems like MemPalace, but the string is whatever you set.
Toolbar layout improvements. iPad toolbar now centre-aligns with the keyboard-dismiss button pinned to the far left.
Modal editor for the One Tap command in Settings.

ShellDrop is on the App Store. Universal iPhone and iPad, iOS 17+.