# Secure Shellfish

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Secure Shellfish and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as an iOS SSH app that works well for running tmux and terminal coding tools on a remote server from a phone.

## Why people recommend it

- Works well with tmux (4 comments): "Shellfish on iOS to ssh into a vps with tmux with Gemini-cli, lazygit and neovim worked quite well for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46468305)) "I love that if iOS suspends it and I reopen it, it just does `tmux attach` on the last host automatically." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47065371)) "Before, I used the shellfish terminal and tmux which also worked really good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49283612))
- Used for coding from a phone (3 comments): "Shellfish on iOS to ssh into a vps with tmux with Gemini-cli, lazygit and neovim worked quite well for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46468305)) "That, plus tailscale and Secure Shellfish on my iPhone and I can vibe code from anywhere." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50014070)) "It worked for me for finishing my app" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46518018))

## 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
- [Moshi SSH and Mosh terminal for iOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/moshi.md): 16 recommend
- [Echo SSH and mosh client for iOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/echo-ios-ssh-and-mosh-client.md): 14 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://secureshellfish.app/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Secure Shellfish", https://hackerapproved.com/p/secure-shellfish/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).