SSH apps for phones and tablets

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• MXterm Pro made by us best for: Developers who run AI coding agents and SSH sessions together and want one native window, plus phone access to those sessions. look elsewhere if: Anyone who needs an X11 server, RDP/VNC, serial consoles or a hosted team vault today.
• AgentsRoom best for: Developers juggling many projects and agents who want status, backlog and mobile oversight on any desktop OS. look elsewhere if: Users wanting an open-source tool or a plain SSH/SFTP client.
• Blink Shell best for: iPad or iPhone users who want Mosh and OpenSSH-style config in a terminal whose source they can read. look elsewhere if: Anyone who needs a client on Android or desktop, or who wants a one-time purchase instead of a yearly subscription.
• Claude Code Desktop best for: Claude subscribers who want a GUI for several parallel Claude Code sessions with worktrees, review and phone continuation. look elsewhere if: Users who want to mix agents from several vendors or need a fully open-source workspace.
• cmux best for: Mac users who want a Ghostty-based terminal that surfaces which agent needs attention, with scriptable browser and CLI. look elsewhere if: Windows or Linux users, or people wanting automatic per-agent git worktree isolation.
• Codex app (now the ChatGPT desktop app) best for: Developers with a ChatGPT subscription who want a first-party GUI for parallel Codex tasks with worktrees and phone follow-up. look elsewhere if: Teams wanting an open-source workspace or one that drives Claude Code and other vendors' agents.
• Conductor best for: Mac developers who want a polished manager for several parallel coding agents with review and merge flow, optionally with shared cloud workspaces. look elsewhere if: Windows or Linux users, or anyone who requires an open-source tool.
• ConnectBot best for: Android users who want a free, open-source SSH client with port forwarding and no account. look elsewhere if: Users who need documented jump-host chaining, team sharing, or cross-device sync of hosts.
• Electerm best for: Users who want SSH, SFTP and RDP/VNC/serial in one free, open-source app across desktop and mobile. look elsewhere if: Users who need team sharing, audit or admin controls, which the sources do not list.
• Happy best for: Developers who already pay for Claude/Codex and want an open-source phone and desktop front end for those agent sessions. look elsewhere if: People who need a general-purpose SSH/SFTP client for arbitrary servers.
• La Terminal best for: iPhone/iPad users who want a conventional SSH/Mosh/SFTP client with Secure Enclave keys that can also reach coding agents on a server. look elsewhere if: Android users or anyone requiring an open-source client.
• Moshi best for: Developers who keep agents running in tmux on a remote machine and want a polished Mosh-capable phone terminal. look elsewhere if: Users who need an open-source client or a built-in file transfer tool.
• Orca best for: Developers who want a free, open-source, cross-platform app to run several coding agents side by side in separate worktrees. look elsewhere if: Users who want a plain terminal emulator or SSH client without agent and git-worktree workflow.
• Paseo best for: Developers running several coding agents at once who want to monitor and steer them from a phone. look elsewhere if: Users wanting a general SSH/SFTP client or a hosted, zero-setup agent service.
• Prompt best for: Apple users who want one native terminal on Mac and iOS with Mosh, Eternal Terminal and synced hosts. look elsewhere if: Users who need documented SFTP or port forwarding, run older Apple OS versions, or work off Apple platforms.
• Secure ShellFish best for: Apple users who want server folders in Files/Finder and Shortcuts automation alongside a terminal. look elsewhere if: Users who need documented Mosh, port forwarding or jump-host support, or any non-Apple platform.
• ServerCC best for: Developers running Claude Code or Codex on their own server or Mac who want to resume and manage those sessions from a phone over SSH. look elsewhere if: Users who want a general SSH client with port forwarding, jump hosts or Mosh, or who need open-source code.
• SSHive best for: Mac and iPhone users who want one-time-priced SSH, RDP and VNC in a single native app. look elsewhere if: Windows or Linux users, Intel Macs, or anyone needing open source or team vaults.
• Superset best for: Mac developers who want parallel worktree-based agents with scheduled automations and phone follow-up, and can accept a source-available license. look elsewhere if: Windows users or teams that require an OSI-approved open-source license.
• T3 Code best for: Developers who run several agent CLIs and want one open-source UI usable from desktop, browser and phone. look elsewhere if: Anyone who needs a stable, fully documented, contribution-friendly project today.
• Termary best for: Mac users running several Claude Code or Codex agents in parallel who want worktree isolation and phone monitoring. look elsewhere if: Anyone needing Windows or Linux, an open-source terminal, or a general-purpose SSH/SFTP client.
• Termius best for: People who manage the same set of servers from a laptop and a phone and are willing to pay for sync. look elsewhere if: Anyone who wants a no-account, fully offline, self-hosted tool or needs documented X11 forwarding.
• TermOnMac best for: Mac users who want to continue a terminal or Claude Code session from iPhone or iPad without configuring SSH. look elsewhere if: People who need to connect to Linux servers, use SSH keys or jump hosts, or use Android.
• Termux best for: Android users comfortable in a shell who want SSH plus a scriptable Linux-style environment on the phone. look elsewhere if: Users who want a point-and-tap SSH manager with saved hosts, SFTP browser and key UI.
• Voltius best for: Windows or Linux users wanting an open-source Termius-style client with self-chosen sync backends. look elsewhere if: Mac-first users who want a mature, non-experimental macOS build or an iOS app today.