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iSH @iSH_app
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iSH@iSH_app
27 Apr 2021
iSH 1.2 replaces ODRs with a new set of default repositories hosted on our own infrastructure, and downloading packages is more reliable than ever! For more details, see our blog post: ish.app/blog/default-reposit…

An Update on the iSH Default Repositories — iSH

iSH is a project to get a Linux shell environment running locally on your iOS device, using a usermode x86 emulator.

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iSH@iSH_app
22 Jun 2023
Yes, we will ship on visionOS. No, we don't need bugs asking for when we'll support it :)
Saagar Jha@_saagarjha
22 Jun 2023
Everyone’s having fun in visonOS and here I am doing some real work
Screenshot of the Apple Vision Pro simulator in the living room scene, showing iSH in the Solarized Dark theme compiled natively for the visionOS (or should I say “xrOS”…or “XR Simulator”?) platform. The keyboard is up and the terminal screen shows the following text: Welcome to Alpine! You can install packages with: apk add <package> You may change this message by editing /etc/motd. Saagars-MacBook-Pro:~# uname -a Linux Saagars-MacBook-Pro.local 4.20.69-ish SUPER AWESOME June 22 2023 00:04:37 i686 Linux Saagars-MacBook-Pro:~#

ALT Screenshot of the Apple Vision Pro simulator in the living room scene, showing iSH in the Solarized Dark theme compiled natively for the visionOS (or should I say “xrOS”…or “XR Simulator”?) platform. The keyboard is up and the terminal screen shows the following text: Welcome to Alpine! You can install packages with: apk add <package> You may change this message by editing /etc/motd. Saagars-MacBook-Pro:~# uname -a Linux Saagars-MacBook-Pro.local 4.20.69-ish SUPER AWESOME June 22 2023 00:04:37 i686 Linux Saagars-MacBook-Pro:~#

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iSH@iSH_app
24 Apr 2023
New version, new look: we are excited to announce iSH 1.3! This update contains all-new support for custom theming, plus dozens of improvements and bug fixes across the board for the UI and emulator. It's got better keyboard support, fixes for Git, Rust, NodeJS…and more!
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iSH@iSH_app
25 Apr 2023
As promised, we’ve cleared the TestFlight beta of all our testers to open up spots for new people. If that was you and you want to give it a shot now, here’s a link: testflight.apple.com/join/97…. If you were testing before and would like to continue doing so, feel free to rejoin :)

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iSH@iSH_app
10 Apr 2023
We know some of you have been dipping your toe in the fediverse recently. Us too! If you want to find us, we're @ish@ish.app. …hmm? Why the spartan look? Well, because you're looking at @grunfink@comam.es's snac running directly in iSH! We couldn't resist showing off a bit :)
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iSH@iSH_app
24 Feb 2022
Turns out you *can* fit an OS in that
Heavily cropped screenshot of the App Store page for iSH. Size: 5.7 MB

ALT Heavily cropped screenshot of the App Store page for iSH. Size: 5.7 MB

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iSH@iSH_app
20 Dec 2021
iSH 1.2.3 is here, and includes an update to Alpine 3.14 (from 3.12). If the update is available for you, you'll see a red dot on the settings icon—tap and follow the prompts to run the update. Also includes a few other bug fixes, including better spacing of terminal fonts.
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iSH@iSH_app
23 Jul 2021
Déjà vu? @Apple, the authors of scripting apps–including you!–can't control what users do inside of them. Trying to use 2.5.2 to hold them liable is like flagging an image editor because review was able to paste in a copyrighted image. You how to fix this: saagarjha.com/blog/2020/11/0…

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iSH@iSH_app
1 Jul 2021
We have a new release of iSH to share with you! Version 1.2.2 adds an option to hide the status bar on any device, as well as some text measurement speedups in our terminal emulator that enable a significant improvement in launch times. It's up to 3x faster on older processors!
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iSH@iSH_app
28 Jun 2021
In honor of tau day, we've started mirroring packages from Alpine 3.14! If you'd like to try them out (and don't mind bugs), hop on our TestFlight and report the issues you run into. We've removed all testers so make sure to rejoin if you want to test: testflight.apple.com/join/97…

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iSH@iSH_app
7 Jun 2021
While there are a couple improvements we'd like to make, iSH works just fine on the iOS 15 beta in case you were wondering :)
iSH in split screen with Safari running on iOS 15. Safari is navigated to ish.app and another tab for the GitHub page for the project can be seen in the background. iSH is running nano, editing its own source code: specifically, kernel/ptrace.c. The file is centered around line ~170.

ALT iSH in split screen with Safari running on iOS 15. Safari is navigated to ish.app and another tab for the GitHub page for the project can be seen in the background. iSH is running nano, editing its own source code: specifically, kernel/ptrace.c. The file is centered around line ~170.

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iSH@iSH_app
3 Jun 2021
iSH 1.2.1 is out! This release ships with hterm 1.91, fixing an issue on iOS 14.5 preventing non-ASCII characters from displaying correctly. Now you can use all your favorite emoji prompts, o, si quieres, ¡puedes escribir en español, ⟩ꡡ⍥◡ɲꚞꘖ(ጸᗜꖛዋ🜁o̍)!
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Saagar Jha@_saagarjha
7 May 2021
It is hard to describe how challenging it is to work with this kind of enforcement. @iSH_app exists on the App Store because we had experience that allowed us to reverse some of these secret rules and convince Apple that we were compliant with them. Many can’t do that.
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Saagar Jha@_saagarjha
13 Apr 2021
The TestFlight interstitial is a great example of a “helpful” feature that was created without checking to see if it could be useful. @iSH_app’s backlog has several dozen reports that are just a screenshot of this page and text “it told me to take a screenshot so I did”.
TestFlight interstitial page with instructions on how to take a screenshot. At the top is the title “Share Feedback”, followed by “Take a screenshot and send to the developer directly from this beta app.” A picture of an iPhone (with dots on the volume up and power button) is below and then a prominent button to “Start Testing” and a less emphasized one to “Learn More”.

ALT TestFlight interstitial page with instructions on how to take a screenshot. At the top is the title “Share Feedback”, followed by “Take a screenshot and send to the developer directly from this beta app.” A picture of an iPhone (with dots on the volume up and power button) is below and then a prominent button to “Start Testing” and a less emphasized one to “Learn More”.

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iSH@iSH_app
15 Feb 2021
It's disappointing that they are still doing this even after we *specifically* told them that this was difficult for us :/ All of us work on iSH for fun; the "random calls during Apple's business hours" invariably interrupted our day jobs.
Kosta Eleftheriou
@keleftheriou
10 Feb 2021
Dear Worldwide Developer Relations Manager who has been trying to call me and my wife multiple times: Unscheduled calls are not the best way to reach people these days. Same goes for App Review calls. Also, email?🤷
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@pirafrank@mastodon.social@pirafrank
25 Jan 2021
how to compress images on iOS/iPadOS: 1. download @iSH_app 2. apk add ImageMagick 3. mkdir -p /mnt/icloud_drive 4. mount -t ios . /mnt/icloud_drive 5. cd /mnt/icloud_drive 6. convert -format "jpg" -quality "75" old.jpg new.jpg @a_Shell_iOS has ‘convert’ built-in btw
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iSH@iSH_app
10 Dec 2020
Should we have named today's update iSH Pro Max? 🤔
a-Shell@a_Shell_iOS
9 Dec 2020
a-Shell is happy to announce its younger and smaller brother, a-Shell mini: apps.apple.com/fr/app/a-shel…
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iSH@iSH_app
9 Dec 2020
iSH 1.1 now includes APK! It's easier than ever to install all your favorite software. If you are updating from a previous version of the app, see go.ish.app/get-apk for more details about how you can enable this feature.
# apk add git # apk add emacs # apk add rust In the top right corner: Downloading rust-1.14.0-r0.apk (69%)

ALT # apk add git # apk add emacs # apk add rust In the top right corner: Downloading rust-1.14.0-r0.apk (69%)

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iSH@iSH_app
9 Dec 2020
To allow APK to access the on-demand resources, we modified /etc/apk/repositories to point at /ish/apk, then mounted a custom filesystem there that downloads resource tags when requested and exposes them through a POSIX interface.
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iSH@iSH_app
9 Dec 2020
iSH includes a snapshot of almost every package (sorry, SuperTuxKart) from the main and community APK repositories. Unfortunately, we forgot to tell apk about the community packages. You can fix this yourself by running "echo 'file:///ish/apk/community' >> /etc/apk/repositories".
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