Hoshi is an SSH and Mosh terminal with tmux and Herdr built in. Check on your agents from anywhere, and reply from your Lock Screen when they need you.
// features
Everything is included. There are no Pro tiers and nothing behind a paywall.
Hoshi attaches straight to your Herdr sessions and agents. See which ones are working, waiting, or done, and answer the one that needs you.
Hoshi speaks Mosh natively, written from scratch in Swift. Switch from Wi-Fi to cellular, lock your phone, ride the train, and your session is still there.
Hoshi finds your tmux sessions when you connect and remembers which one you picked. Tap a server and you're back where you left off.
Rendered by Ghostty on Metal, so vim, htop, and agent TUIs look the way they do on your desktop, and typing feels just as direct.
Browse your server's home directory, preview and share files, and upload documents or photos over a verified connection.
Dictate a prompt with on-device speech recognition and edit it before anything is sent. No audio is saved.
Every session gets its own terminal in iPad split view. Hoshi also runs on Apple Silicon Macs and Vision Pro.
Generate keys on the device and share only the public key. Hoshi asks before trusting a new server and keeps a Known Hosts list.
More than 50 bundled Nerd Fonts and themes like Nord, Dracula, Tokyo Night, and Catppuccin.
One purchase covers up to six people in your family.
// compare
The features other terminals put behind a subscription are all part of Hoshi.
| Hoshi | Moshi | Termius | Blink Shell | VVTerm | Echo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 once, everything included | Pro $69.99–89.99/yr, or $199–249 lifetime | Pro $119/yr | $19.99/yr | Pro $24.99/yr, or $49.99 lifetime | $2.99 once |
| Mosh | Included | Pro | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| tmux and Herdr sessions | Included | Pro | Not listed | Not listed | Session picker | Not listed |
| Agent status, replies, Live Activities | Included | 5 free actions, then Pro | No | No | Not listed | Not listed |
| App Store privacy label | Data Not Collected | Data not linked to you | Data linked to you | Data linked to you | Data not linked to you | Data Not Collected |
From each app's App Store listing, website, and public repository, November 2026. "Not listed" means we couldn't find the feature documented. Prices are in US dollars and may vary by region.
// privacy
Open the app and connect. There's nothing to sign up for.
Hoshi talks to your servers and nothing else. No relay, no cloud vault.
Passwords and keys live in the iOS Keychain on your device.
No analytics, no tracking, no ads. That's the App Store label.
// faq
No. Hoshi is $4.99 once, and every feature is included: Mosh, tmux, Herdr, Live Activities, SFTP, and voice. Updates are free.
Just SSH. For Mosh, install mosh-server (for example with your package manager or brew install mosh). tmux and Herdr are optional, and Hoshi detects them when you connect.
Herdr is an agent multiplexer that runs in your terminal. Hoshi can attach to a Herdr session or jump to a single agent, show what each agent is doing, and let you reply.
No. There's no account, analytics, advertising, or tracking. Credentials stay in the iOS Keychain, and voice prompts are transcribed on the device. See the privacy policy.
Hoshi is built for iPhone and iPad, with a separate terminal for each session in iPad split view. It also runs on Apple Silicon Macs and Vision Pro as the iPad app.
Yes. Hoshi supports Family Sharing, so one purchase covers up to six people.
Open an issue on GitHub. Leaving a rating on the App Store helps too.
