Just use iSH and use the local terminal on the iPhone from which you can connect to the Mac terminal. Works well over tailscale, too.

Or... use something like https://shellbox.dev

You are connecting to the Mac shell, not the Mac terminal. The remote app running on the iPhone is the terminal.

Why stop at just one terminal? (shameless plug for https://github.com/rcarmo/webterm, which works pretty well on mobile)

What guarantee is there that the connection is not being MitM? Closed source app from an unknown developer versus OpenSSH is a no-brainer to me.

I’m not sure I get why this is better. Something like Tailscale makes it trivial to connect to your own machines and is likely more secure than this will be. Tailscale even has a free plan these days. Combine that with something like this that was shared on HN a few days ago: https://replay.software/updates/introducing-echo

Then you’re all in for like $3. What about webRTC makes this better?

How do you do data transfer with only blind signaling when either user is behind a NAT?

For connecting two devices I already pay for a service allowing that, it's called ISP (Internet Service Provider).

Or … just run clawdbot.

Just kidding

No, use wireguard or ssh or both.