MyShell
Quick starts
Save profiles for local shells and SSH hosts with working directory, startup
commands, and keep-alive for long-running dev servers like
wrangler dev.
Native macOS app
Your shells, organized
MyShell is a lightweight desktop app for managing local and remote shell sessions. Save quick starts, juggle multiple terminals, and keep scrollback on your Mac — even when SSH drops.
Built for real terminal work
Not another web terminal in a tab. MyShell is a native Mac app with side-panel navigation, session persistence, and tools that stay out of your way.
Active sessions
Run many sessions at once. Scrollback is saved on your Mac. Quit and relaunch — your session history comes back. SSH disconnects show a reconnect button.
Terminal workspace
Single or grid layout with toolbar controls, find-in-output search, and one WebGL-accelerated xterm for the focused pane — background sessions stay fast.
Command library
Quick Search and Command Explorer help you find shell commands by category. Scan project folders for npm scripts and custom commands automatically.
Tasks & recipes
Run predefined task recipes from the right panel — common dev workflows without leaving the terminal context.
AI assistant
Ask questions about commands, your session, or shell workflows in the built-in AI chat tab. Configure your own provider in settings.
Cursor + cloud VM workflow
MyShell complements editors like Cursor. Use Remote SSH for AI editing on a cloud host, and MyShell for daemons, logs, and shell work on the same machine.
Provision a VM
Spin up a dev box on GCE, Hetzner, or anywhere you SSH. Clone repos and install your toolchain once.
Edit with Cursor
Connect via Remote SSH and open your repo. Let Cursor handle AI-assisted editing and port forwarding.
Run with MyShell
SSH profiles in the side panel start daemons, tail logs, and keep scrollback on your Mac — even when the editor reconnects.
Pricing
7-day free trial, then lifetime purchase. Cloud + AI is an optional subscription.
Lifetime
One-time
Full app: terminals, profiles, SSH, groups, local AI library, and BYOK assistant.
Cloud + AI
Subscription
Cloud sync for profiles & settings plus hosted default AI. BYOK never requires a subscription.
Online checkout is coming soon. Download MyShell below to start your free trial.
After purchase you receive a license key by email. Open MyShell and enter it, or use
myshell://activate?key=MSHL-...
Frequently asked questions
Licensing, trials, and what each plan includes.
Download MyShell and launch it — your 7-day trial starts automatically
on first run. No account or credit card is required. All core features work during the
trial: local and SSH sessions, profiles, terminal workspace, tasks, and the AI assistant
with your own provider key.
After seven days you need a lifetime license to keep using MyShell.
Your profiles, settings, and scrollback stay on your Mac — purchase a license and enter
the key in the app to unlock it again. Nothing is deleted when the trial expires.
A one-time payment that permanently unlocks the full app on your Mac:
unlimited sessions, SSH profiles, groups, command library, tasks, and BYOK AI. Pay once,
use forever — including future app updates. One license can be activated on up to three
devices.
An optional monthly or annual add-on for users who want encrypted
cloud sync of profiles and settings across Macs, plus a hosted default AI model so you
do not need your own API key. The core app still requires a lifetime license — the
subscription only adds cloud sync and hosted AI.
Yes. Bring your own key (BYOK) is included with the lifetime license.
Open Settings and configure OpenAI or another supported provider — no subscription required.
The Cloud + AI plan is only if you want sync and a hosted model without managing keys.
No. Local shells, SSH sessions, scrollback, profiles, and tasks are all part of the
lifetime license. The subscription is strictly optional for cloud backup and hosted AI.
After purchase you receive a license key by email. Open MyShell → Settings → License,
paste the key, and activate. You can also open a link like
myshell://activate?key=MSHL-... from your email.
By default everything stays on your Mac under
~/Library/Application Support/myshell/. Cloud sync (subscription) encrypts
data on your device before upload — the server only stores opaque ciphertext.
Performance-first design
Terminal I/O stays out of Vue reactive state. Output is batched before IPC.
One WebGL xterm
Only the active session renders with WebGL. Background sessions buffer in Rust ring buffers.
Smart hibernation
Idle sessions hibernate automatically. Keep-alive profiles stay running for dev servers.
System OpenSSH
Uses /usr/bin/ssh — your ~/.ssh/config, keys, and known_hosts just work.
Download MyShell
Open the .dmg, drag MyShell to Applications, and launch from Spotlight (⌘Space). Requires macOS 10.15 or later.
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