Multiplex - SSH tmux Terminal
What is Multiplex?
Open source iPhone and iPad SSH terminal for tmux and herdr sessions, with live session tiles and AI agent helpers.
Multiplex is a terminal app for working in persistent remote sessions on iPhone and iPad. It shows each session as a live tile with its recent screen lines, and it supports tmux, herdr, and mosh connections. The listing also describes helpers for launching and monitoring AI agent sessions such as Claude Code and Codex.
Pricing. Multiplex is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Monitoring several remote tmux sessions from an iPad or iPhone
- Starting AI agent sessions like Claude Code or Codex on remote hosts
- Keeping SSH sessions alive across sleep and IP changes with mosh
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Why this app is in A tier
A tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Multiplex scores 85 out of 100: rating 100, rating count 40, App Store search rank 98, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged and A tier follows from that score within this list.
Description
Multiplex is a terminal for people who live inside persistent remote sessions - open source, built native for iPhone and iPad.
THE WALL
Hosts probe concurrently. Every session is a live monitor: its actual last screen lines, red LIVE while attached. See the fleet before attaching; NO SIGNAL reconnects in one tap. Run tmux, or switch a host to herdr - one tile per session, agent state from herdr itself.
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On iPad each session opens in a real scene for Stage Manager, Split View, and external displays. Merge windows into tabs and split them back out - the SSH connection and scrollback move with the tab, so shells never drop. On iPhone, the wall and terminal share one adaptive full-screen shell.
BUILT FOR AI AGENT SESSIONS
Start Claude Code, Codex, Pi, Grok Build, Antigravity CLI, or Hermes with a setup script, model, and first prompt in one step. Multiplex spots all six in any pane; helper chips follow the foreground agent - commands reach the process receiving your keystrokes; rearrange or add your own, synced everywhere. A message box takes longer prompts: autocorrect, dictation, attached or dropped files land in the pane's directory, sent as one message. Pro lifts the daily chip limit, alerts you when an unwatched turn ends or needs input (Claude Code, Codex, Grok Build on tmux; all agents on herdr), and opens Claude Code prompt history with transcript jumps.
FILES & LINKS BESIDE THE TERMINAL
Tap a link or path - Multiplex confirms the resolved target first. Files open read-only in the ▤ File Viewer: code, rendered Markdown, images, PDFs, sound files, git diffs. Web links can open in an inline ⌗ viewport. On iPad both land in a side panel beside the pane - the terminal never changes size - or move into a tab.
WIDGETS & SHORTCUTS
Put a host on your Home Screen - last-known frames, an honest SEEN stamp, SHELL and AGENT keys straight into a connection - or a fleet widget for every host at a glance. Shortcuts and Siri open a shell, show a remote file, or launch an agent in a chosen directory, fresh or inside an existing session. A multiplex:// URL scheme drives automations.
MOSH BUILT IN
With Pro, switch a host to mosh and the session survives sleep, roaming, and IP changes - a native Swift mosh client, no companion app.
CONNECTION STATS
A live latency chip on every host rail; Pro opens the full per-host board: round-trips, typing echo, mosh loss and roams, reconnects, data volume. Measured in-session; nothing leaves the device.
A REAL TERMINAL
xterm-256color emulation, multilingual system-keyboard input, touch and pointer clicks for mouse TUIs, hardware keyboards, live PTY resize, and a menu of everyday tmux (or herdr) commands. Hold CTRL for Key Commands: saved chords the software keyboard cannot press (Shift+Enter, a double Ctrl-C) and one-line text macros, synced everywhere. Pane-clamped selection on long press or double tap. System, Light, and Dark switch the whole chassis, each with its own terminal theme - ten built in; Pro adds an editor down to all 16 ANSI colors. The app speaks English, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese.
OPEN SOURCE, PRIVATE BY DESIGN
The complete app - terminal engine, mosh client, and all - is open source, Apache 2.0, at github.com/multiplex-term/Multiplex. Read the code that holds your keys, or build it yourself. Hosts, command setups, and secrets sync through iCloud Keychain, end-to-end encrypted. Nothing touches our servers - there are none. No account, no analytics, no tracking.
MULTIPLEX PRO
One purchase, no subscription: unlimited hosts, mosh, agent notifications, the Connection Stats board, the unmetered command strip, custom themes, and twelve Key Commands. Free includes two hosts, the complete terminal, five Key Commands, and 10 chip taps a day.
WHAT YOU NEED
A remote host reachable over SSH (password or ed25519/RSA key). The wall and persistent sessions need tmux 1.8+ or herdr 0.7.5+; plain SSH shells need neither. mosh needs mosh-server on the host.
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Questions about Multiplex
Is Multiplex free to install?
Yes, the app is free to download.
Does it work with tmux and herdr?
You can run tmux, or switch a host to herdr, with one tile per session and agent state taken from herdr itself.
Does Multiplex send my connection stats anywhere?
The listing says connection stats are measured in-session and that nothing leaves the device.
Is Multiplex free?
Multiplex is free to download, with in-app purchases.
Is Multiplex right for me?
Multiplex is built for monitoring several remote tmux sessions from an iPad or iPhone, starting AI agent sessions like claude code or codex on remote hosts, keeping SSH sessions alive across sleep and IP changes with mosh. It sits in the remote terminal access list on AppTierList.
Is Multiplex worth it?
Multiplex is A tier, ranked #5 of 17 remote terminal access apps with a score of 85 out of 100, from a 5.0 App Store rating across 1 ratings. It is in the list's top tiers; 4 apps rank above it.
How does Multiplex compare to xTerminal?
Multiplex is A tier at 85; xTerminal is A tier at 87. xTerminal ranks higher. Multiplex is free to download, with in-app purchases, xTerminal is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is Multiplex updated?
Multiplex was updated 12 days ago, which counts in its favour.
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Ranking
- Lists
- Remote Terminal Access (A tier, #5) · SSH Client (A tier, #6)
- Tier
- A (Excellent)
- Score
- 85 / 100
- Rank in list
- #5 of 17
- Ranking certainty
- early: few ratings or search ranks so far
Ratings
- App Store rating
- 5.0 out of 5, every App Store country
- Ratings
- 1
App
- Price
- Free + IAP
- App Store category
- Developer Tools
- Current version
- (12 days ago)
- Size
- 23 MB
- Requires
- iOS 17.0 or later
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 3
- Runs on
- iPhone, iPad, Apple Vision Pro
- iPhone Duo
- Made for iPhone Duo, with screenshots for both screens on the App Store
Links
- Developer pages
- Website · Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- not verified
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
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