Shellway
An SSH client for people who live in the terminal. Hosts, keys, SFTP and port forwards, all kept in one encrypted vault that syncs through your own iCloud Drive.
MAC · IPHONE · IPAD35.90°N 14.51°E · Malta
Built like
a bastion.
I make apps that keep your data where it belongs: on your devices, encrypted, and out of everyone else's business. Designed and engineered in Malta by one person who reads every support email.
The workshop
Apps
Small, sharp tools for Apple devices. No ads, no trackers, no account to sign up for.
In the workshop
Moonkeep
A cycle tracker that never phones home. Your health data stays on your iPhone, locked behind your passcode, and nobody else ever sees it. Not even me.
IPHONE · APPLE WATCH
In the workshop
VEIL
A private home for your photos and videos. Albums are encrypted on the device, so the moments you keep there stay yours.
IPHONE · IPAD
How I build
Three walls I don't knock down
Your data stays yours
Everything is encrypted on your device. There's no server of mine holding your hosts, photos or health logs, so there's nothing to leak.
Made to last
Native apps that open fast, work offline, and get looked after for years. No feature churn, no rug pulls.
A real person answers
Email support and it lands with the person who wrote the code. Bug reports get fixed, not ticketed.
About
Hi, I'm Nicholas.
I've spent almost twenty years keeping networks, firewalls and Linux servers standing in places where downtime was never an option.
That work taught me to plan for things going wrong, to keep secrets secret, and to make tools that behave the same way every time. These apps are where I put that experience to use for everyone else, starting with the SSH client I always wanted for myself.
When I'm not writing code I'm usually out on the island somewhere, probably near a wall that's older than most countries.
2006First day in network operations
~20Years in banking, iGaming and government infrastructure
316 km²Size of the island nation it's all built on
0Trackers in any of my apps
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Why a bastion
Malta held.
In 1565 a small garrison on a small island held its walls through a four-month siege by one of the largest armies of its day. A year later they started building Valletta, a whole city designed around one idea: assume someone will try to get in, and make sure they can't.
That's the brief for every app I ship. The eight-pointed cross in the logo comes from the same island, and the same stubbornness.
Support and privacy
Need a hand?
Each app has its own help page and privacy policy. If those don't answer it, email me.
SupportGuides, answers and how to report a bug for each app.
PrivacyPlain-English policies. Short version: I don't collect your data.
Email
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