gterm — a real terminal on iOS, over SSH

Built for getting real work done

Everything a shell needs.
Nothing it doesn't.

A lean Swift layer over libghostty, a proper SSH transport, and an AI layer that actually understands your session.

GPU-rendered terminal

Real xterm/VT emulation via Ghostty's libghostty, drawn on Metal. Colors, ligatures, and reflow that feel native — not a web shim.

SSH-native

Connects with swift-nio-ssh — password & public-key auth, PTY shell, live window resizing, and trust-on-first-use host-key verification.

Keys stay on device

Import Ed25519 / ECDSA private keys into the iOS Keychain — device-only, never synced. Pick one or more keys to try per host.

Shell-grade keyboard

A custom accessory keyboard with the keys iOS forgets — Esc, Ctrl, Alt, Tab, arrows, and sticky modifiers for real TUI navigation.

AI command assistant

Describe what you want in plain English. The AI reads your recent commands and visible screen, proposes a command, and shows it for review before it runs.

AI auto-completion

As you type, suggestions surface above the keyboard — from your history and from your provider. Bring your own key; it's stored masked in the Keychain.

The engine

It's the real Ghostty, on iOS.

iOS can't fork/exec a local shell — so gterm adds a passthru IO backend to libghostty that drives the terminal straight from the SSH stream. You get the same GPU renderer and VT parser as the desktop app, in a sandboxed iOS surface.

GPUMetal renderer

VTfull xterm emulation

Swiftlean native layer

A real terminal
in your pocket,
over SSH.

Everything a shell needs.
Nothing it doesn't.

GPU-rendered terminal

SSH-native

Keys stay on device

Shell-grade keyboard

AI command assistant

AI auto-completion

It's the real Ghostty, on iOS.

Hosts, keys, and AI —
in one clean app.

Everything a shell needs.Nothing it doesn't.

GPU-rendered terminal

SSH-native

Keys stay on device

Shell-grade keyboard

AI command assistant

AI auto-completion

It's the real Ghostty, on iOS.

Hosts, keys, and AI —in one clean app.

Everything a shell needs.
Nothing it doesn't.

Hosts, keys, and AI —
in one clean app.