Blink Shell Reviews and details

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• Apple debuts iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

  You can already do that with an iPad (sans fat OS). If you're using Blink Shell (https://blink.sh) the external display is independent of what's on the iPad too, which works really neatly. This is the exact setup I used as my main dev machine in a previous role. Would be very nice to see if this works on the new iPhones. A thin client with decent security in your pocket with keyboard/mouse/display at both home and... - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max

  I use blink[0] with a 40% keyboard to develop linux program on a vps. If you want to do programming without wireless interenet, another option is to connect a raspberry pi zero 2w (with usb gadget mode enabled) to the usb c port using a single usb cable. Then the rpi zero will share a ethernet network with iOS device. Then you can use blink (again) to mosh to raspberrypi.local to do the development on the pi. The... - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

  There's also Blink [1] which includes a local shell (limited), ssh and mosh support, and comes with a local-first, but remote-dependent, vscode implementation. Works with vscode.dev, code-server (the coder.com and microsoft version), coder.com etc. Not free but a free TestFlight versions available if you accept to be a beta tester of sorts. I've had moderate success using it, but overall the code-server experience... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Prompt2, heads up; they are readying up another version Prompt2 has been abandoned by devs since iOS 14 / 1y ago in a crashing state - Now they want to make another money-heist cash-grab from its users by forcing them to upgrade one of the most expensive apps of all time.

  If you're okay with a subscription model for a terminal type shell, I would recommend Blink. Does everything Prompt did and more. They have a 1-week trial, and then you can subscribe for $20 a year. Source: 10 months ago

• Ed25519-sk on iOS

  I took a wild stab at finding a non-subscription iOS app that supports Ed25519-sk, but ended up just moving back to ephemeral per-device ed25519 keys instead. Both Blink.sh and Terminus purport to support -sk / HW passkeys behind subscription paywalls, but I can't verify as I don't pay for subscription model apps. Source: 12 months ago

• iOS tools for self hosting

  Big fan of Blink, makes it super easy to quickly ssh into a remote machine. Source: 12 months ago

• Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?

  SSH or mosh (via https://blink.sh/) back to a cloud/remote NixOS VM. The iPad is purely a self-contained interface with a local browser. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Next Year's OLED iPad Pro Models Could Have These Eye-Watering Starting Prices

  Not really a terminal that has access to the system itself, but for remote stuff this work great: https://blink.sh/. Source: about 1 year ago

• Note Taking on Emacs vs Other applications

  Why compromise? I currently use an iPad with an external keyboard and use Blink to turn it into a dumb terminal. From there I can start an emacsclient session to my laptop, enabling me to directly take notes in Org and have full access to what Emacs offers. You will still need to figure out an image sync strategy, but IMHO that’s worth the hassle for having full access to Org/Emacs wrt text. Source: about 1 year ago

• Blink virtual machine now supports running GUI programs

  I always think these announcements are about https://blink.sh/ I don’t know why it’s okay to steal product names like that. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• iPad app for hosting and accessing webpage

  I use Blink Shell https://blink.sh. It has some cool functionality like they just recently added VS Code. https://docs.blink.sh/advanced/code. Source: over 1 year ago

• Has anyone managed to write something in Rust on an iPad

  I'm talking about this Blink. Could I use sh to install cargo through the terminal? Source: over 1 year ago

• Emulating an emulator inside itself. Meet Blink

  There is also an iOS/iPadOS SSH Client called Blink [1], short for Blink Shell, which I use almost daily. [1]: https://blink.sh/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• What is your favorite coding app or website for iPad ?

  From there you can set up a code server where you can have a VS code instance available via the browser. Blink integrates well with this. As I said, however, you can also edit local files using the blink app. Docs on the website should explain this pretty well. Source: over 1 year ago

• Ever since I got my Pro 11" M1, I rarely open my laptop. Well, my ipad can literally do all laptop can do. A replacement (imo for me). Enter office just pull out my ipad, no paper. All in one 😁😂😊

  There are a bunch of ssh clients, besides Secure Shellfish mentioned above, Blink supports both ssh and mosh - mosh is particularly helpful if you on marginal mobile networks as it let’s your session live through a disconnect or network transition. Blink also supports External Folders, and it has some interesting local shell capabilities, and also integrates with Visual Studio Code if you’re in the VSC ecosystem. Source: over 1 year ago

• iPad Pro M2

  I have been, for backend development only. I live most of my life in Blink shell connected to a Linux machine. Works great as a very expensive dumb terminal. https://blink.sh/ Cons: - Multitasking is weak. You can put two windows next to one another as long as you want them to be in a vertical split. The "pull out" side window feature doesn't work on the home screen for no discernible reason, so if you have Things... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• What iPad models can run XCode for app development?

  If you go this way you could set up Ubuntu on the Droplet and enable SSH. Use Prompt 2 on the iPad for SSH access, and use VS Code as your IDE and GitHub as your code repo for backup / version control. You can also check out Blink Shell on the iPad. I have it but I haven’t used it a lot yet. It does look very, very good though: https://blink.sh. Source: over 1 year ago

• BlinkShell VsCode integration not loading extensions

  So I recently downloaded blink shell for my iPad, and when I open the VsCode integration, it prompts me to install the blink.sh extension, however the extensions marketplace will not load, I have left it for 20 minutes, and nothing, I have reinstalled multiple times and still nothing, can anyone help me, I am currently running latest version of blink and am on iPadOS 16.1 Beta. Source: over 1 year ago

• Termius alternative for iOS?

  Blink is awesome. And if you can use mosh it works way better on high latency connections and remembers exactly where you were. Source: almost 2 years ago

• iPads now support DriverKit! Yubico authenticator could now work with usb C iPads

  Yeah, if this is going to provide proper full access I'll be needing this implemented and working in blink and working copy with a deadline of yesteryear, or earlier. :). Source: almost 2 years ago

• Ask HN: Chrome says I have 83 compromised passwords. How do I fix this?

  Fair point. I feel like adequately funding free software development is a larger unsolved problem, that's a bit beyond the scope of a forum thread. Anecdotally, I like what the developer of Blink Shell[0] has done. The app is 100% free software[1] under GPL3, so you can easily build it yourself with XCode, upload to your phone, and use as usual from there, which isn't a big hurdle for the target audience. But I... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago