# ArcShell – SSH & Terminal > SSH/SFTP terminal + Proxmox & server management, post-quantum crypto. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/de.arcan.arcshell](https://chrome-stats.com/d/de.arcan.arcshell) ## Overview - **ID:** `de.arcan.arcshell` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Arcan Consulting - **Category:** TOOLS - **Downloads:** 7 - **Version:** 2.2.8 - **Last updated:** 2026-07-27 - **First published:** 2026-04-27 - **Publisher country:** DE - **Size:** 18 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-15 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.arcan.arcshell) - **Website:** [https://www.arcshell.app](https://www.arcshell.app/) - **Privacy policy:** [https://arcan-it.de/privacy-arcshell.html](https://arcan-it.de/privacy-arcshell.html) ## Description ArcShell is a modern SSH terminal AND a mobile server-management platform for system administrators, developers and on-call engineers. Everything runs on-device – no account, no cloud, no telemetry. One-time purchase, no subscription, no ads.

━━━ WHY ARCSHELL ━━━
You probably already have an SSH app. ArcShell is the one that also manages your infrastructure from the same place – Proxmox, Proxmox Backup Server, OPNsense and Kubernetes – on its own auditable, post-quantum SSH stack. What usually takes three or four apps, in one.

• Own SSH-2 library (open source, Apache 2.0)
• Post-quantum key exchange (ML-KEM-768 hybrid with X25519) – today
• Zero telemetry, zero ad SDKs, zero trackers
• One-time purchase – no subscription, no in-app purchases, no paywalled features

━━━ TERMINAL ━━━
• Built-in xterm-256color emulator, 24-bit truecolor, no root required
• Multi-tab with groups; save & restore your open tabs as named session layouts
• Clickable links (OSC 8), themes + plugin palettes, volume-key font zoom
• tmux integration with reclaim, Mosh, Telnet, USB-serial (OTG)

━━━ PROXMOX & VIRTUALIZATION ━━━
• Proxmox VE as a connection type – cluster dashboard over the native REST API, fast and live
• Create VMs with a full wizard (UEFI/TPM/SCSI/ISO) and edit hardware in detail; start/stop, snapshots, clone, migrate, backup
• Guest consoles: noVNC with automatic keyboard layout plus a real serial-console tab
• Proxmox Backup Server (datastores, backups, verify, GC, restore) and OPNsense (dashboard + firewall) as their own host types
• Everything works behind a jumphost

━━━ SERVER TOOLS ━━━
• Fleet: run one command across host groups with live per-host results
• Docker dashboard, journald log viewer, package manager (apt/dnf/pacman/apk/zypper), server-info gauges
• Config GUI for nginx/sshd/systemd with guided wizards (SSL, SSH hardening) and validation before apply

━━━ FILE COMMANDER ━━━
• Dual-pane file manager – local, SFTP, Nextcloud, WebDAV, SMB
• Quick-edit with syntax highlighting, file compare, bookmarks

━━━ AUTH & SECURITY ━━━
• Password, public key, certificate, FIDO2/WebAuthn, agent forwarding
• TOFU host-key verification, known-hosts management
• Encrypted at rest (SQLCipher, AES-256), App Lock via biometric/PIN, per-host VPN requirement, screenshot protection

━━━ PRIVACY & FAIRNESS ━━━
• Zero telemetry – no analytics, no crash reporting, no trackers
• Ad-free from the very first start
• SSH library open source (Apache 2.0) – the crypto stack is auditable
• Backup encrypted locally or via share-sheet; import your OpenSSH config

━━━ PRESENTATION MODE ━━━
• Live-stream your terminal to any browser on your LAN, password-protected, with filters that mask secrets before they leave the device

━━━ LOCALIZATION ━━━
English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese. Offline handbook included.

Feedback and bug reports: via Play Store or arcshell.app@arcan-it.de. ## Rankings - #2,902,825 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` - `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE` - `android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS` - `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED` - `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO` - `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC` - `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT` - `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK` - `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE` - `de.arcan.arcshell.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` ## Similar extensions and apps - [ZXshell - SSH Terminal](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.finzaiko.zxshell) — 146 users - [Pocket Shell](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.appshaus.pocketshell) — 36 users - [Terminal Shell SSH](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.nexterm.app) — 2,011 users - [Terminal - VPS Client](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.bsmedia.sshterminal) — 2,798 users - [IronCode SSH](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ironcode.ssh_client) — 365 users - [Pocket SSH](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ibnuomarfx.pocket_ssh) — 9 users - [Crabby Shell SSH](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.crabbyshell.crabbyshell) — 54 users - [PocketShell](https://chrome-stats.com/d/app.pocketshell.mobile) — 88 users - [Xermius](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.xermius.terminal) — 209 users - [SSH Terminal & SFTP Client Pro](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.mughu.ssh_terminal) — 40 users - [ShellDock](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.sshtool.free) — 5 users - [XTerm - SSH Terminal Client](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.termsh) — 186 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/de.arcan.arcshell)