Reach the computer you left running.

A full Android SSH client for the machines at home, in the office, or tucked into a closet. Find the host, open the shell, move the file, and get back to whatever pulled you away from the desk.

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SlipShell saved server list with named remote computers — The machines you know, without retyping the map.

SlipShell is an Android SSH client for reaching your own computers, with saved hosts, SFTP file transfers, and reusable command snippets. It is still in active development, so there is no public download, store listing, or price yet.

Android

SSH and SFTP

Active build

Working now

The pocket route to your own machines.

SlipShell is not a remote desktop squeezed into a phone. It is built around the terminal jobs that survive the smaller screen and still matter when you are away.

Your hosts, already organized

Save servers, group them, search them, and connect without rebuilding the same hostname, port, username, and identity every time.

Files can come with you

Browse a remote filesystem through SFTP, move files in either direction, and keep transfers visible instead of hoping the phone finished before Android moved on.

Repeat work becomes a snippet

Save the commands you use again and again. Parameter placeholders let one snippet handle the changing part without turning your notes app into a command graveyard.

Real build, real screens

The route is visible before you connect.

SlipShell saved server list with connection status and grouped hosts — Keep the machines you return to named and close.

SlipShell Tailscale discovery screen listing devices on a private network — Use Tailscale discovery when your devices already share a tailnet.

SlipShell command snippet library with reusable terminal actions — Keep repeat commands ready without memorizing them again.

Bring your own route

LAN, VPN, tailnet, or an ordinary address.

SlipShell connects by hostname or IP like an ordinary SSH client. If Tailscale is installed, its peer list can help you find devices by name. That discovery layer is a convenience, not a requirement.

Trust belongs close to the connection

Credentials stay behind Android’s lock.

SlipShell supports password and private key authentication. Saved credentials use encrypted Android storage, and unknown host keys surface their fingerprint for review before trust is recorded.

Before you SSH in

Questions worth answering plainly

Does SlipShell do SFTP?

Yes. You can browse a remote filesystem over SFTP and move files in either direction, with transfers visible instead of guessing whether the phone finished the job.

Does SlipShell store keys securely?

SlipShell supports both password and private key authentication, and saved credentials use encrypted Android storage. Unknown host keys also surface their fingerprint for you to check before SlipShell records them as trusted.

Does SlipShell work over a tailnet?

Yes, as an optional convenience. SlipShell connects by hostname or IP like an ordinary SSH client, and if Tailscale is installed, its peer list can help you find devices by name. A tailnet is not required.

Is SlipShell available to download yet?

Not yet. Development is active on Android, but there is no public download, app store listing, or price. This page shows the real working build instead of a store date it cannot back up.

Active build, private door

SlipShell is not a public download yet.

Development is active on Android. This page shows the working product without inventing a store date, a price, or a download button that leads ordinary visitors into a locked repo.

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