# Terminus SSH client

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/terminus/

7 people recommended Terminus SSH client in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 12 months, in 7 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for reaching a remote terminal from a phone to check and run projects on the go. Critics say it takes a lot of setup and feels heavy for small jobs.

Summary written by Claude from 10 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 9 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Remote terminal access from a phone (3 comments in the sample): "It's great when you're sitting in a docotor's office lobby bored out of your skull" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46520446)) "works great, i can control claude/codex from my phone while working out" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48960360)) "now I log in and tend to my projects with terminus" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47287296))

## What people warn about

- Other apps have better UI (2 comments in the sample): "a better UI than terminus to read and check the remote files" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46492556)) "I do find the experience much better than Terminus." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49775704))
- Needs a lot of setup work (1 comment in the sample): "Terminus requiring a lot of setup work" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46477794))

## Other SSH clients people recommend

- [SSH](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ssh/): 52 recommend, 3 mixed, 16 criticize
- [Mosh](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mosh/): 47 recommend, 9 mixed, 9 criticize
- [Termius](https://hackerapproved.com/p/termius/): 23 recommend, 7 mixed, 14 criticize
- [Moshi SSH and Mosh terminal for iOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/moshi/): 14 recommend, 2 mixed, 2 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Terminus SSH client", https://hackerapproved.com/p/terminus/ (7 recommend, 2 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.