# Moshi SSH and Mosh terminal for iOS

16 Hacker News commenters recommended Moshi SSH and Mosh terminal for iOS and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for working out of the box, tmux session handling and shortcuts on iOS. Critics say it gets clunky and isn't worth it over Termux.

## Why people recommend it

- Good tmux and terminal support (2 comments): "Has a lot of shortcuts you can add for common commands of tmux, CC" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48834073)) "renders the terminal and manages tmux sessions well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48035909))
- Works well and keeps improving (2 comments): "It’s gotten materially better over the time I’ve been using it and it started out pretty great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50299616)) "it works well and has live Claude/Codex/etc notifications" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49204148))
- Strong personal recommendations (2 comments): "This is by far the best I've used so I wanted to share" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49646101)) "I DO NOT find it worth it but I LOVE Moshi." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49775704))

## What people warn about

- Clunky at times (1 comments): "Termux and moshi provide the full functionality of the terminal but it gets clunky sometimes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49616430))
- Not worth it over Termux (2 comments): "I DO NOT find it worth it but I LOVE Moshi." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49775704)) "I did not find it worth it compared to using mosh or SSH in Termux" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49209571))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Mosh](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mosh.md): 61 recommend
- [SSH](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ssh.md): 57 recommend
- [Termius](https://hackerapproved.com/p/termius.md): 33 recommend
- [Echo SSH and mosh client for iOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/echo-ios-ssh-and-mosh-client.md): 14 recommend
- [JuiceSSH](https://hackerapproved.com/p/juicessh.md): 12 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Moshi SSH and Mosh terminal for iOS", https://hackerapproved.com/p/moshi/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).