Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty

#31

Post by mmcclure » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC

Very cool! I've been using Termius for a while. Overall positive, but my one complaint is that the interactions can be pretty tedious using it with TUIs like Claude Code. I like the gesture-based movement, excited to try that in practice.

I use Tailscale SSH, so one very small bit of feedback is that it took me a second to realize I just needed to put a dummy password in to actually get to the connection.

Re: Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty

#32

Post by sgottit » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 8:39 PM UTC

bonyt wrote: post #28

Neat, it's staggering that there hasn't been a good non-subscription option for a simple utility like this for iOS. I've used Termius for a while, but it pushes a subscription and AI features pretty hard. I think this really needs the ability to generate SSH keys on the secure enclave, like Secretive[1] does on macOS. [1] https://secretive.dev/

Thanks! Agree - Secure Enclave support with key generation has been a common feature request. Definitely on the roadmap.

Re: Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty

#33

Post by jasonjmcghee » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 8:45 PM UTC

sgottit wrote: post #29

jasonjmcghee wrote: post #27

Nice job! Purchased. Would love to be able to make the font much smaller. It says "10pt font" but it is still larger than I need and would love the extra real estate.

You can pinch to zoom in and out beyond the defaults and get a lot of real estate that way. Thanks for the kind words!

thanks - follow up, it logs out every time my phone screen locks - is there any way to make it not log out?

Re: Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty

#34

Post by whalesalad » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 8:57 PM UTC

Some brutal reviews on the iOS app store suggesting RSA keys do not work?

Re: Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty

#35

Post by kristofferR » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 9:02 PM UTC

sgottit wrote: post #10

laksjhdlka wrote: post #6

How do I add other keys to the little virtual keyboard? Inability to easily type ` is pretty tough. Looks beautiful though.

Thanks! We're working on an update to the keyboard toolbar right now to support a customisable set of keys

Combos too please, like shift-tab for Claude Code.

Re: Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty

#36

Post by lilyball » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 9:05 PM UTC

This sounds nice, but since you're talking about using it with agents, to what extent was AI used to actually write the app?

Re: Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty

#37

Post by joshstrange » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 9:08 PM UTC

I'd love the ability to run a command on connection to a server (like "tmux attach -t main") and also a way to create my own buttons in the UI to send things like tmux commands (next window, create window, etc) to make it easier use from my phone.

Also, and I'll probably just buy it to test, but how does it handle copy/paste and STT? Especially with coding agents I use speech-to-text to explain something and that's always hit or miss in terminal apps on iOS in my experience.

Re: Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty

#38

Post by jervant » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 9:10 PM UTC

joshstrange wrote: post #37

I'd love the ability to run a command on connection to a server (like "tmux attach -t main") and also a way to create my own buttons in the UI to send things like tmux commands (next window, create window, etc) to make it easier use from my phone. Also, and I'll probably just buy it to test, but how does it handle copy/paste and STT? Especially with coding agents I use speech-to-text to explain something and that's a…

It looks like you set a startup command in the "Advanced Configuration" menu for the host

Re: Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty

#39

Post by layer8 » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 9:11 PM UTC

bonyt wrote: post #28

Neat, it's staggering that there hasn't been a good non-subscription option for a simple utility like this for iOS. I've used Termius for a while, but it pushes a subscription and AI features pretty hard. I think this really needs the ability to generate SSH keys on the secure enclave, like Secretive[1] does on macOS. [1] https://secretive.dev/

There used to be a couple non-subscription ones. I’m still using Prompt 2, but of course it’s been superseded by the subscription-bound Prompt 3 on the App Store for some time now.

Re: Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty

#40

Post by joshstrange » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 9:11 PM UTC

jervant wrote: post #38

joshstrange wrote: post #37

I'd love the ability to run a command on connection to a server (like "tmux attach -t main") and also a way to create my own buttons in the UI to send things like tmux commands (next window, create window, etc) to make it easier use from my phone. Also, and I'll probably just buy it to test, but how does it handle copy/paste and STT? Especially with coding agents I use speech-to-text to explain something and that's a…

It looks like you set a startup command in the "Advanced Configuration" menu for the host

Nice, thanks for letting me know!