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Remote workspace on iPad.

Stay in the flow. Even remotely.

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Philosophy

Built around the shell.

Real PTY. Built on libghostty.

Real PTY.

Backed by libghostty.

True PTY semantics.

No emulation layer.

Real SSH Engine

Native libssh2 transport.

OpenSSL-backed.

Encrypted key passphrase flow.

Persistent Sessions

Attach-aware reconnect.

tmux / zellij continuity.

Workspace restores on return.

neo@ipad:~$ ls -la
drwxr-xr-x workspace
-rw-r--r-- notes.md

Terminal Focus

Terminal is the workspace.

Files are tools.

Direct input model.

No fake UI.

Host dev-cluster
AuthMethod publickey
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
Passphrase encrypted
Storage iOS_Keychain

Auth & Safety

Designed for serious SSH workflows.

  • Password and SSH key auth
  • Encrypted private key passphrase flow
  • Keychain-backed credential storage

No hidden credential hacks.

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Workspace

Session continuity without drama.

Leave. Come back. Everything stays.

  • tmux
  • zellij
  • tab state
  • host + project memory

You don’t start over.

Explorer & Preview

Remote files. No local illusion.

No sync. No mirroring. No lies.

  • SFTP explorer tree
  • Preview when useful
  • Edit in shell
  • Disconnect-aware recovery

Preview is intentional.

Editing stays in the shell.

ESCTABCTRLALTHOMEENDPGUPPGDN↑↓←→

Input Stack (iPad specific)

Keyboard built for control.

ESC. TAB. CTRL. ALT.
Exactly where they belong.

  • Arrow / Home / End / PgUp / PgDn
  • Hardware mapping
  • IME-safe input

No input proxy tricks.

Privacy

Local-first by default.

  • No account
  • No analytics SDK
  • No telemetry
  • No hidden cloud sync

SSH traffic goes only to your server.