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The SSH client built for iPhone Duo

Fold it for one session. Unfold it for two. Pling runs two SSH terminals side by side on the iPhone Duo's inner display, so your coding agent and your live server logs share one screen.

Split view on the unfolded iPhone Duo

• Two sessions at once. Pling lays the panes out side by side, or stacked when the window is narrow.
• Open a split three ways: from the tab bar, by dragging a tab onto the terminal, or with ⌘D.
• Resize by dragging the divider. It snaps to thirds and halves and shows each pane's size. Drag it past an edge to close a pane.
• Zoom a pane to full screen by double-tapping its title, and back again.
• Typing goes where you expect. The keyboard and voice input follow the pane you tap; ⌘[ and ⌘] switch panes, ⌘1 to ⌘9 jump between tabs.
• Your split survives a relaunch. The pair stays together in the tab bar and comes back when you reopen the app.

Folded: one session on the cover screen

Close the phone and the cover screen keeps the session you were working in, with the full terminal, keyboard bar and tabs. Open it again and both panes are back.

Everything else Pling does

• SSH and Mosh with jump hosts, SSH config import and live port forwarding. Mosh keeps sessions alive through tunnels and network changes.
• tmux and zellij: tap a host with a session running and Pling jumps back in instead of starting a new one.
• SFTP file manager to browse, upload, download and edit remote files.
• Push notifications from servers, scripts and CI with one HTTP request (API docs).
• Server monitoring for CPU, memory, disk and uptime through the host agent or over SSH.
• Command Agent: describe a task in plain English and Pling runs the SSH session for you, stopping before anything destructive.

Also on iPad

The same split view runs on iPad, including windowed mode, with every split command in the Split menu.

Frequently asked

Does Pling support iPhone Duo?

Yes. Pling 2.5.15 adds split view for the unfolded iPhone Duo: two SSH sessions side by side, or stacked when the window is narrow. Folded, the cover screen shows the session you were using.

Can I run two SSH sessions side by side?

Yes. Open a session in split from the tab bar, drag a tab onto the terminal, or press Command-D with a keyboard. Drag the divider to resize: it snaps to thirds and halves and shows each pane's size.

Where does my typing go in split view?

To the pane you tap. The keyboard and voice input follow the focused pane, and Command-[ and Command-] move between panes with a hardware keyboard.

Does split view work on iPad?

Yes. The same split view works on iPad, including in windowed mode, with every split command in the Split menu.

Is Pling free?

Pling is free to download. The free plan includes 3 concurrent SSH sessions, 5 saved hosts, SSH and Mosh, SFTP browsing and voice input. Pling Pro adds 10 sessions, unlimited hosts, push notifications, monitoring and more.

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