JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back

https://nproject.io/blog/juicessh-give-me-back-my-pro-features/

90•jandeboevrie•2h ago

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twosdai•2h ago

Wow nice work. Thanks for doing this and writing it up.

JorgeGT•2h ago

Damn. I especially liked the cloud backup & sync. Any good alternatives?

simlevesque•1h ago

I'm using Termux with aliases. I'll write "c1" and it logs in the machine. I use git to sync and backup from my laptop.

I bought JuiceSSH too but I didn't use it that much. It's a shame they did what they did.

Zenul_Abidin•1h ago

I too bought JuiceSSH. I can still download and run it on other phones I get in the future, right?

muppetman•57m ago

Cloud sync seems busted, so not really.

mystifyingpoi•1h ago

Termux is one of the best apps ever made for Android power users. It literally replaces so much stuff, if you don't care about GUI. No need for SSH app - it has ssh. No need for file sync app - there is rsync. No need for notetaking app, there is your $EDITOR you like. All 100% free. It's amazing.

epiccoleman•59m ago

+1. Termux absolutely rules and makes the dream of a cyberdeck actually viable. I use it at least once a week for various homelab stuff.

cremp•1h ago

This might be a good plug for Morphie or Revanced patches to automate the patch process.

sowbug•1h ago

I haven't used my Pro purchase in years, but if I did want to ssh from my phone today, I'd use the newish Terminal app, available since Android 15. It's a full Debian virtual machine.

sunnyam•1h ago

Do you mean Termux? I can't find any other Terminal app with a similar name

simlevesque•1h ago

Enable Developper Options. It should be in the Developer menu. It's a toggle that'll enable this apk.

seszett•1h ago

Honestly I don't find it more useful than Termux, especially for being so much heavier.

cogman10•1h ago

Just because I was curious.

Termux is doing a container. The android terminal is doing a virtual machine. That's the difference.

Termux would definitely be the light weight option, but you will be pinned to whatever version of the kernel your device is shipped with (may be a bit old.)

yjftsjthsd-h•45m ago

No, termux isn't a container, it's running directly in userspace on the host. The only weird thing is that because it's running directly on the host, it has to be built to use unusual paths, eg. /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/bash instead of /usr/bin/bash. If it used containers (which IIRC it can't because Android doesn't really support it) that would actually be easier because then it could use a chroot to make the paths look normal.

cogman10•36m ago

Ah, well that stinks a little. I guess it makes sense, if android doesn't mandate a few kernel settings then working with containers might not be an option.

ndom91•44m ago

Is this available outside of Pixels? I still can't find it on my OnePlus 13 running Android 16 with Jan security updates

cmehdy•7m ago

The option exists on Samsung phones but is greyed out and crashes if you force it via adb. It is also marked as experimental.

saidinesh5•1h ago

No Android started bundling a terminal app recently:

https://itsfoss.com/news/google-android-linux-terminal-rollo...

domh•1h ago

Huh, I did not know this. This is also present on GrapheneOS too! (I'm installing it now)

fmajid•49m ago

It is extremely flaky on GrapheneOS, at least on my Pixel 8 Pro. Just typing Ctrl-D to exit will corrupt it, requiring a full reinstallation of the Debian VM

wilsonnb3•1h ago

I don’t think it is that widely available due to Snapdragon chips not supporting some feature it requires.

Good option for Pixel owners or phones with MediaTek chips though.

fulafel•39m ago

Apparently it's about software, not hardware - Qualcomm recommends running Android under a virtual machine (which lacks nested virtualization support).

PortableCode•1h ago

smali code is funny to read, basically an object-oriented assembly language (feels so wrong)

arendtio•37m ago

Don't let Alan Kay[1] read that...

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=alankay

bakugo•1h ago

I just tried to purchase pro from within the app just to see what the price is, and the Google Play purchase popup tells me it's not available. Interesting.

saidinesh5•1h ago

Wow. Thanks for this. I haven't logged into Juice SSH in years, but i thought it had all my ssh keys backed up in the cloud.

znpy•1h ago

I’d start rotating those keys asap… you’re one breach away from a security nightmare

graemep•1h ago

You should encrypt your ssh keys anyway, and you should encrypt anything sensitive you are backing up to a cloud.

trey-jones•1h ago

Private keys should never leave the device where they are created.

9dev•48m ago

Actually, you shouldn’t. You probably use an easy-to-remember password on SSH keys since you have to type them often, but that also means you’re storing one of your (let’s face it, the primary) password you have in a single file, readable to every executable your run under your account. And that means you’re one exfil away from not only getting your SSH keys compromised, but also allowing an attacker to run an offline decryption attack with unlimited attempts. This invariably leads to your main password getting compromised.

Instead, set up SSH certificates, MFA, Yubikey, or TPM/Enclave storage for your private keys.

yjftsjthsd-h•43m ago

> You probably use an easy-to-remember password on SSH keys since you have to type them often

No, use ssh-agent and decrypt once per boot.

> Instead, set up SSH certificates, MFA, Yubikey, or TPM/Enclave storage for your private keys.

Granted, I agree with this, too.

pelagicAustral•1h ago

> JuiceSSH used to be the best SSH client available on Android until December 2025.

Really? I always gave that award to Termius, which is kind of my second best behind Servercat which I miss very dearly from the iOS environment.

Arrowmaster•1h ago

One was a one time purchase, the other requires a subscription.... The answer should be clear.

anonova•1h ago

Local-only usage of Termius is free and doesn't even require logging in to the service. I've been using it like this for years.

esseph•1h ago

Really great terminal app that I used in Android for a very long time with some interesting features.

Also, Mosh shell support for sshing in degraded connection environments!

khanan•1h ago

Replaced JuiceSSH two years ago with ConnectBOT (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.connectbot...) as a "free" alternative. Never looked back.

genpfault•1h ago

> ConnectBot

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.connectbot/

https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot

muppetman•1h ago

Not trying to defend the developer here but they went really silent once before like this. Then came out of the gate with a bunch of updates and new features. I'm hoping they've just got really busy with life, I know when I emailed them before they have been responsive and helpful. I mean hell they might have died? Does the Store have a process for this? This app has been around a long time so I don't understand the rugpull comments. Also the syned keys are (supposedly, I guess we don't have the source) encrypted so even if the dev is no longer active that aspect should be secure I hope.

My Pro features still seem to be working for me. EDIT: No, I see now that Cloud Sync isn't a thing anymore. Looks like it's really lost its backend servers.

1f60c•59m ago

This is pretty interesting but why not just pay the 20 bucks?

__float•55m ago

The second paragraph explains this: they already have paid, and some people have paid [again], but their purchase is not accepted.

blibble•53m ago

I would not use an SSH client written by someone that feels it's OK to break the terms of the contract this way

who knows what's coming next?

dcdc123•39m ago

The issue is people that already paid lost their pro features unless they pay _again_.

awill•4m ago

There are just fewer highly polished Android apps vs iOS apps, and that's why I switched to iOS.

I bought JuiceSSH years ago on Android and it worked great, but I agree it's degraded, and I couldn't find an equivalent I liked.

iOS has multiple apps that beat JuiceSSH. I use Termix and it's really, really good.

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