PiHelm

PiHelm turns your iPhone into a real-time monitor and control panel for any Raspberry Pi over SSH. No agent to install — just your existing SSH credentials.

DASHBOARD • Live CPU, RAM, temperature, disk and network with circular gauges • Per-core CPU, load average, frequency and throttling status • Disk I/O and memory breakdown (used / cached / swap) • Top processes with CPU & memory bar charts • Auto-refresh every 10 seconds

HEALTH SCORE & ASSESSMENT • 0-100 health score with letter grade (A+ to F) • 8 categories: thermal, power, storage, memory, performance, security, network, maintenance • Pi-model-aware recommendations: Pi 4 vs Pi 5 thermal thresholds, PSU sizing, etc. • Detects under-voltage, throttling, SD-card root, swap thrashing, weak SSH config, missing updates and more • Each finding explains WHY it matters and WHAT to do, with copy-ready commands

DOCKER • List all containers (running and stopped) with image size and ports • Start, stop, restart, pull image, remove • Logs viewer and inspect

PROCESSES • Top 25 processes sorted by CPU or memory • Kill (SIGTERM) and force kill (SIGKILL) with confirmation

SYSTEMD • List, search and filter services (active / inactive / failed) • Start, stop, restart with proper sudo handling • journalctl logs viewer

NETWORK TOOLS • Interface and connection viewer • Ping, traceroute, DNS lookup, ARP table, port scanner

TERMINAL • Persistent shell session (cd, export, env work across commands) • History recall, copy output, command cancellation • Smart handling of interactive commands (no more hangs)

HISTORY • 24h charts of CPU, RAM, temperature, disk, network and more • Multi-series for per-core CPU and disk I/O • Min / avg / max statistics per metric

MULTI-PI • Save and switch between multiple Raspberry Pis • SSH password authentication • Auto-connect to last used Pi (optional)

ALERTS • Configurable thresholds for temperature, disk and CPU • Local notifications when running, plus best-effort background checks • 5 minute cooldown per alert type

PRIVACY • 100% on-device, no servers, no analytics • Credentials stored in iOS Keychain, never transmitted • Connection is direct SSH from your iPhone to your Pi

PRICING • Free: 1 Pi, full read-only dashboard and viewing • Pro: $7.99 one-time purchase unlocks multi-Pi, all actions (Docker, processes, systemd), alerts, 24h history, terminal, custom commands, and the Health Score engine • 7-day free trial of Pro starts on first launch

LANGUAGES English, Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese.

REQUIREMENTS • Raspberry Pi (any model) reachable on your local network or via VPN • SSH enabled on the Pi • iOS 16 or later