Boopbeep is a native Swift SSH terminal, files, and database client for iPhone and iPad. I built it because every existing mobile SSH app was either subscription based or didn't focus on the UI enough for my liking, and the database tooling story on iOS basically didn't exist. Boopbeep features real tabs and multitasking and windowing on iPad, amazing features, and a gorgeous UI. The app's revenue model is no IAPs, no subscriptions, ever. 5.99$ price and you're done, you own the app forever.
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The SSH, SFTP and database client you deserve. Real terminal, file explorer, robust database engine support, ER graphs, tabs, gorgeous design... — and one price, forever.
Boopbeep is a native SSH, SFTP, and database client for iOS and iPadOS.
Real PTY terminals — vim, tmux, htop, nano, less, anything that needs one. 24-bit ANSI color. Persistent sessions across tabs. A glassy, reorderable key strip with Esc, Tab, arrows, pipes, and Ctrl/F-keys one tap above the keyboard. Pinch to zoom, custom fonts (with Powerline and Nerd Font support), tune cursor blink, bell, scrollback, emulation.
Eight databases over SSH — Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB, Consul KV, etcd — tunneled through the same connection. Type-aware result grid, schema browser, query history, session monitor, ER diagram. Passwordless local auth supported.
Live host widgets — CPU, memory, disk, load — polled over SSH. Distro logos (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, Fedora, Alpine, macOS, BSD, more) next to host names everywhere.
Port forwarding, built in. Local (-L) and remote (-R) TCP tunnels through SSH — no exposed ports, no extra binaries.
EVERY FEATURE, INCLUDED
Pay once. No subscriptions, no Pro tier, no feature gates.
TERMINAL (SSH)
• Multiple tabs, persistent sessions per host
• Real PTY — vim, tmux, htop, less, nano
• Reorderable key strip: Esc, Tab, |, /, ~, arrows, Ctrl, F1–F12
• Pinch to zoom, custom fonts (with Powerline and Nerd Font support), scrollback, cursor blink, bell (audio + haptic), keep-alive, emulation
• Prevent device sleep, auto-close tab on logout
• Per-host command history above the keyboard
• Tab labels show running TUI (htop, vim, tmux) or last command
FILES (SFTP)
• Tabs, list/grid, breadcrumbs, sort by name/date/size/kind
• Drag-and-drop to other apps, Open with…
• Folder and recursive search
• Archive: zip, tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, tar.xz, 7z, rar, gz, bz2, xz
• Upload, download, move, copy, delete, duplicate
• Auto-download size limit, hidden files, POSIX permissions
DATABASES
• Eight engines tunneled over SSH — no exposed ports
• Passwordless local auth where supported
• Live SQL highlighting, multi-statement scripts
• Type-aware result grid — timestamps, numerics, UUIDs, JSON, BYTEA — NULL styling, filter, sort, auto-sized columns
• Cell preview (text + hex), export rows as CSV / JSON
• Schema browser — tables, views, functions, triggers, Redis keys, Mongo collections, KV paths — counts, sizes, TTLs
• ER diagram — pannable, pinch-to-zoom, draggable, FK lines, export PNG
• Live session monitor, terminate backends
• Per-connection saved query history, read-only lock
• SQLite files pulled via SFTP, opened locally, pushed back on save
PORT FORWARDING
• Local (-L) — reach a remote database or admin panel from your device
• Remote (-R) — expose something local through the server
• Per-host config, one-tap toggle, live status
• Runs over the same SSH — no server setup
HOST CONNECTION
• SSH key auth — Ed25519, ECDSA, RSA, with encrypted . pem support
• Password auth — iOS Keychain
• Jump-host / bastion (OpenSSH -J) with in-app Test Connection
• Per-host startup snippets, env vars, terminal theme override
• Per-host OS detection — distro logo everywhere
• Trust-on-first-use host-key verification
SNIPPETS
• Per-host one-tap commands
• Optional confirm for destructive ops
• Scoped to the host
MULTITASKING (iPad)
• Drag tabs off the chrome to spawn windows
• Side-by-side, Stage Manager, Slide Over all native
• Drag tabs between windows — shells, SQL editor, last results carry over
SECURITY
• Private keys + credentials in the iOS Keychain
• Optional terminal history wipe on app close
MAKE IT YOURS
• 10 accent colors; 9 app icons (Pride and Trans Pride included), light/dark/tinted
• Light, Dark, or System theme
• Custom terminal color schemes — iTerm2 .itermcolors import, separate light/dark
PRIVACY
Boopbeep only connects to the SSH servers you configure. No analytics, no third-party SDKs, no account required.