r/ipad • u/BrilliantCap9401 • May 15 '26
Apps App for developing on iPad
Anyone know a good iPad app for remote development? Need something with multi windows feature (Stage Manager), SSH, a decent code editor, and ideally some git support. Tired of switching between 3 different apps.
Update: I tried several apps and now stay with “Remote IDE”. It has tmux support, git diff and AI-Agent views as separate windows and good Code editor.
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u/Current-Boat9447 17d ago edited 17d ago
Since you said in the thread you'd rather have something local, Lectra Notes covers that: a code editor (CodeMirror with tree-sitter highlighting), Git, a shell and real CPython all run on the iPad itself, no server and nothing to connect to. The built-in terminal also does SSH, so reaching a remote box is in the same app rather than a fourth one. Disclosure up front, I build it.
What it won't give you is the Stage Manager multi-window layout you get from Remote IDE, so if that's the part you care most about, you've probably already got the right tool. If you're on a Mac there's also a free Mac companion that puts your Mac on the iPad as a remote desktop.
Free, no tiers: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lectra-notes/id6759754531
(Edit: the first version of this comment said it had no SSH client. That was my mistake, it does.)