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Requirements for Shinphony on iPhone and iPad, and what you need on the computer you connect to.

On your iPhone or iPad

Install Shinphony from the App Store. It runs on iOS and iPadOS 15 or later; Live Activities need iOS 16.2 or later.

On your computer

• An SSH server you can reach from your phone (macOS: System Settings → General → Sharing → Remote Login; Linux: openssh-server).
• Optional: a session manager, so work keeps running when your phone sleeps: herdr-core, tmux or Rex.
• Optional: the Shinphony hook for task notifications and Live Activities. The app installs it for you.

Away from home, your phone needs a route to the computer: a public address, a forwarded port or your own VPN such as Tailscale.

Current App Store release: 1.1.0 · Updated 2026-11-14