iSH Shell: Develop on iOS for Linux File interface for the shell Pocket web server on the iPhone Interview with the iSH developer Theodore Dubois Article in Mac & i 6 / 2020 read So far, it could be as Linux developers do little with an iPad. Code editors did exist, but the programs that were written could not be tried out. There was no compiler, no web server app or Node.js app for local experiments. Many tried to make do with a rented server: tap on the iPad and control the rented server with an SSH app. But already in the ICE this good idea failed due to interruptions in the internet connection.

That changes with the free iSH Shell app. To get started, you need an iOS device with at least iOS 11. No need to worry about in-app purchases. The application runs on iPad and iPhone; The emulation is not much fun on the phones because of the smaller screens.

There are not many frills. After starting the app you will immediately land on the command line; Linux doesn’t have to boot for minutes. Similar to Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) or Wine, iSH does not start a virtual machine, but rather emulates system calls from Linux applications.

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