Blink Shell, Build & Code

Blink Shell, Build & Code

By Blink Shell, Inc

  • Category: Developer Tools
  • Release Date: 2022-02-09
  • Current Version: 18.4.2
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 228.23 MB
  • Developer: Blink Shell, Inc
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 17.6
Score: 3.09115
3.09115
From 373 Ratings

Description

Do Blink! Transform your iOS device into a pro-grade terminal. Blink is the first professional, desktop-grade terminal for iOS that leverages the support of Mosh and SSH. Thus, we can guarantee stable connections, crazy-fast speeds, and full configurations. It can and should be your all-day-long tool.  **Start your 14-day free trial now!** But, Blink is much more. Now with Blink Code and Blink Build**, your entire development workflow fits in your pocket. What the Blink community is saying: “In some ways, I prefer my iPad / Blink / Digital Ocean setup to coding on my Mac“ - TheVerge "I have tried a number of terminals on iOS and this is really The One." - Twit.tv “Connections still come up when I get back to a client project after a weekend off.“ - The Sweet Setup “The way to use VS Code on the iPad” - programminglife.io What our users love the most from Blink Shell: - Mosh connections that even survive a device reboot. - Most complete SSH implementation on iOS. - Code command for VS Code integration. - Blazingly fast terminal and SFTP transfers. - Includes Pragmata Pro with ligatures. Blink Shell has a fully loaded SSH toolset: - SSH with PKI support: DSA, RSA, ECDSA & ED25519 keys. - Support for Secure Enclave Keys and Certificates. - Port forwarding with local, remote & dynamic tunnel support. - SOCKS5 proxy for a private VPN. - Agent Forwarding. - Complete SSH Config file support. - ControlMaster and pooled connections. - Files.app integration for SFTP remote hosts. - SFTP with copy-on-change. Blink has been the leading developer tool in the AppStore for +5 years, so there is a lot more: - External Display support. - Legendary Hardware Keyboard support, even remap shortcuts and keyboard codes. - Local & iCloud Blink Shell folders for Files.app access across devices. - Host sync over iCloud. - Link-files from other applications and work with them in Blink. - Cool themes and fonts, and install your own! - Smart Keys on SW Keyboard to navigate with touch. - FaceCam command to create tutorials and streams. - Bell notifications. - Supports multiple windows and multiple tabs. - Network & UNIX CLI tools, check our docs for more information. Blink Code integrates with VS Code: - Code on local projects, or seamlessly on remote machines. - Fully-loaded code editor. - A coding experience fitted to your device, that connects to VS Code for web, GitHub Codespaces, GitPod or your own VS Code server. Blink Build (Requires a $7.99/month subscription) Creates remote runtimes that can be accessed on all your devices. You can use Build in your day-to-day workflows whether you need to do development, DevOps or just play around with new tooling. Participate in our community, and don’t forget to leave us your feedback and your feature(s) requests. Enjoy! http://blink.sh http://twitter.com/blinkshell http://GitHub.com/blinksh Terms of Use: https://blink.sh/blink-gpl Privacy Policy: https://blink.sh/pp * Blink Code is not affiliated nor endorsed by Microsoft. ** Blink Build requires a separate subscription to make use of our Virtual Machines.

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Reviews

  • I hate that this app is good.

    2
    By AOANLA
    I have been on a months-long quest to find an acceptable terminal app that I can actually own instead of rent. Unfortunately, every other option I tried (Termius was second-best) has dealbreaking flaws of one kind or another. Blink does not. It has flaws, but no dealbreakers. It also has several excellent and very useful day-to-day features that no other terminal app I have tried manages to implement all at once, and a few really good UI ideas I've never seen in a mobile terminal before. It's *relatively* stable for a mobile terminal app, the screen drawing issues aren't *usually* bad enough to force me to close the app and start over—a low bar, but no other app consistently meets it. And it feels and works remarkably like a NORMAL TERMINAL instead of somebody's fever dream of what the Terminal of the Future should be. The business model disgusts me. The *instant* I hear of an acceptable mobile terminal with an ethical business model, I will switch. I really hope I can do that before I need to pay next year's terminal rent. Two stars.

  • Terrible pricing system

    1
    By polkunus
    The point isn’t that its cheap you deaf tone dev, the point is that I don’t feel like I actually own the software because if it is a bit over a dollar a month, I still am just leasing the software for a basic terminal. Let me buy it so then you can make improvements and then let me buy blink 2 or 3 or 4. Not an SaaS for a flipping terminal i may use once or twice a month

  • Family sharing went bonkers

    2
    By Sgt. Respiro
    My sons wanted to use my subscription for their studies on their iPads and it’s just not working. The app developer promised to honor Family Sharing. But they don’t. Don’t say you were not warned.

  • Fraud - AVOID

    1
    By imaunajs
    Blink is a fraud committed by a dishonest developer. Paid for one-time license that simply vanished.

  • Quite literally a scam

    1
    By Sbrickleberry
    In no uncertain terms I need the reader of this review to understand this company straight up scammed its users. We paid for a lifetime subscription, and now we can’t use the app unless we pay for a trial. DO NOT USE THIS APP. IF THEY DID IT ONCE THEY WILL DO IT AGAIN. DO NOT THROW YOUR MONEY AWAY AND SUPPORT DEVELOPERS WITH A SHRED OF INTEGRITY.

  • Can’t use without activating trial

    1
    By rsb888
    Unable to use the application without enabling the free trial, which turns on the billing after two weeks so if you forget to turn that off, then you’re stuck with a subscription. There seems to be a no cost for the older features, but can’t seem to activate that without doing the trial.

  • Scummy bait and switch

    1
    By Popwebz
    I paid $20 for this. Well now I don’t have access as this now requires a subscription! Shame on you for not grandfathering your users who supported you! If you are thinking about this, avoid and install a-shell mini

  • Beware of this developer

    1
    By anon0x013
    Paid money for the full version and these crooks took it and went to a subscription model without bothering to compensate in any way. Disgusting business practice.

  • Hard paywalls extremely annoying

    1
    By evanqhuang
    I’ve seen this app recommended various places but the hard paywall really put me off. Just going to keep using termius.

  • Best shell for pros

    5
    By h4x3rotab
    Initially, I didn’t expect I can just import .ssh/config and it works out of the box. This is the killing feature driving me to switch from Termius. Then I discovered more useful features, like local vim editor and port forwarding. It runs flawlessly with Tailscale. Now I can ssh to my workstation from anywhere. A lot of features are hidden. Like the ssh config file is only mentioned in the docs slightly. I’d suggest the dev should make all the features as visible as possible.

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