SSH, SFTP, databases: Boopbeep

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.

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