Changelog

What's new in NetShell.

Every release, in plain English. NetShell is free on iPhone, iPad & Mac.

3.0.1
July 2026

Redesigned, Inside and Out

  • A whole new layout — Every screen was redesigned on a new adaptive layout — a bolder Home, card grids for your network and servers, and true multi-column layouts on iPad and Mac instead of a stretched phone view.
  • Server Status, upgraded — A fleet overview shows N-of-M online with a health ring and fleet-wide stats, and richer server cards surface Load, Memory and Disk with the actual figures. Servers that need attention rise to the top.
  • App Passcode — Unlock NetShell with a typed 6-digit code as an alternative to Face ID. Set, change or remove it in Settings → Security — stored securely on your device.
  • Paste your snippet library — Build your whole command library on your computer — or have an AI write it — in a simple text format, then paste it in once. Sections map to categories, and iCloud syncs it to every device.
  • Big transfers, no limits — Much smoother large-file handling over SMB — big uploads, downloads and previews of any size, with per-file progress, cancel and retry in a real transfer queue for SFTP and SMB.
  • Terabytes, finally — Storage readouts auto-scale everywhere — KB, MB, GB, TB and beyond. A 4 TB disk reads 3.9 TB, not 4000 GB, across servers, Docker, files and the performance charts.
  • Resize the terminal live — Change the terminal font size right from a session — tap the menu and go bigger or smaller instantly (10–24 pt), no trip to Settings.
  • Settings, reorganized — A clean hub of category screens — Terminal & Tools, Privacy & Security, General, Help, About — with a true sidebar layout on iPad and Mac, improved data export, and full-page Privacy, Terms and Support.
  • Latest AI models, always — Claude (Opus 4.8, Sonnet 5, Haiku 4.5), GPT-5 and o-series, current Ollama builds and on-device Apple Intelligence — and the model list refreshes itself, so new models appear without an app update.
  • Sharper device discovery — Much richer fingerprinting with automatic identification after scans — devices on your network get real names, vendors and types.
  • Dozens of polish fixes — A full usability pass: resilient terminal sessions, instant launch for returning users, clearer forms and empty states, a tunable dangerous-command guard, and the NetShell logo across launch, About, the tour and the lock screen.
3.0.0
June 2026

SSH Keys, Fully Secured

  • Your SSH keys, done right — Generate Ed25519 or RSA-4096 key pairs right on your device, or import the keys you already use, and authenticate with keys instead of passwords — protected by a passphrase you choose.
  • Your key vault, behind Face ID — Private keys live in the hardware-backed iOS Keychain, and the vault stays sealed behind Face ID — it won't even render your keys until you authenticate.
  • Keys everywhere, end-to-end encrypted — Keys and passwords sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac through iCloud Keychain — end-to-end encrypted by Apple, readable only on your devices. Host-trust stays device-local.
  • No password leak on first connect — On the first connection to a new server, NetShell refuses the handshake until you've verified the fingerprint — no credentials go on the wire until you tap Trust.
  • The app re-locks itself — With Face ID on, NetShell re-locks at cold launch and after a configurable idle time in the background, so your server inventory is never one glance away.
  • Destructive-command guard — rm -rf, shutdown, DROP TABLE, kubectl delete ns, git push --force and 20+ others trigger a confirmation before they hit the wire — even typed letter by letter.
  • Apple Intelligence — on-device AI — Free, private, runs entirely on your device. Ask AI from a server card, a Docker container, an alert or a topology node. (iOS 26, iPhone 15 Pro or newer.)
  • Finds every nearby device — One scan surfaces Smart TVs, AirPrint printers, Chromecast, AirPlay and Sonos speakers and HomeKit hubs alongside Bluetooth LE — with live vendor names and CVEs.
  • Smarter, faster network map — Subnets cluster into visible blobs and devices are colored by what they do. A Barnes-Hut physics rewrite keeps it smooth past 200 devices.
  • Rock-solid reliability — Fixed an iCloud sync loop that could flood logging, a major memory fix for long Bluetooth scans, and strict Swift 6 concurrency cleanup — plus a big battery win.
2.1.0
May 2026

AI In Every Panel

  • Apple Intelligence — on-device AI — Free, private, runs entirely on your iPhone. Pick it in Settings → AI Assistant. (iOS 26, iPhone 15 Pro or newer.)
  • Ask AI from anywhere — Long-press a Docker container, tap a server card, swipe an alert or pick a topology node for instant AI analysis without leaving the panel.
  • Smarter network map — Subnets cluster into visible blobs; devices are colored by what they do (gateway / NAS / printer / server), not just what they are.
  • Topology engine rewrite — Barnes-Hut quadtree physics keeps the network map smooth past 200 devices where it used to choke past 100.
  • Identify Bluetooth devices — Tap any nearby peripheral to see its vendor, classification and known CVEs — pulled live from the NIST National Vulnerability Database.
  • Save your devices — Pin nearby devices with a friendly name and tag. NetShell recognises them across scans, even after iOS rotates their identifiers.
2.0.3
April 2026

Reliability Update

  • Smarter error messages — Every error now tells you exactly what went wrong and what to do about it — no more confusing technical codes.
  • Bug fixes — Stability improvements across connections, Docker, and file transfers.
2.0.2
April 2026

Privacy & Sync

  • Your privacy, your choice — Analytics only activates if you opt in. If it's off, nothing is tracked — zero data, zero network requests.
  • iCloud Keychain sync — SSH and SMB passwords sync securely across your devices via iCloud Keychain. Enter once, connect everywhere.
  • Fresh App Store look — New screenshots and branding. Same powerful NetShell inside.
2.0.0
April 2026

Your Network, Reimagined

  • Multi-hop tunneling — Chain jump hosts to reach servers behind multiple firewalls. Drag to reorder your hop chain.
  • Snippet automation — Chain snippets into sequences with per-step delays — one-tap deployment workflows.
  • Docker Compose — Manage compose stacks — up, down, restart, pull — and see all your services and their status.
  • Server metrics — 30-day CPU, memory and disk history with interactive charts. Drill into any server for the full picture.
  • RSA key support — Generate RSA 4096-bit keys and import existing ones. Full compatibility with legacy servers.
  • Encrypted export — Export your connections with AES-256 encryption, protected by a passphrase you choose.
  • Full iCloud sync — Connections, snippets, devices, tunnels and tags all sync. Passwords never leave your device.
1.2.0
March 2026

File Servers Unlocked

  • SMB file server — Browse, upload and manage files on your NAS or network shares over SMB/CIFS.
  • Grid & list views — Switch between grid and list layouts when browsing files.
  • Reliability — Nine crash fixes — force unwraps, continuation resume guards, and memory-pressure issues.
  • Latest AI models — Updated to the newest Claude, GPT and Llama models.
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