TBCC A.S.H. is an SSH terminal client built for people who live in the command line. Not a toy. Not a demo app. A serious, daily-use tool for developers, sysadmins, and anyone who earns a living over SSH.
A.S.H. stands for Advanced Secure Hostshell. The name says what it is. No gimmicks, no subscriptions, no cloud account required before you can type a single command.
Why We Built It
The SSH apps that used to work well got cluttered. They added things nobody asked for. They started asking for accounts. They started phoning home. They started making money in ways that had nothing to do with the product you paid for.
We got tired of it. So we built our own.
TBCC A.S.H. is SSH-only. It does one thing and it does it right. Every design decision comes back to the same question: does this make the terminal better? If the answer is no, it doesn't ship.
What It Does
Terminal That Actually Works
- Full ANSI/VT100 escape handling — colors, cursor movement, screen clears, all of it
- 16-color, 256-color, and true color (24-bit) support
- Box-drawing characters, wide characters, UTF-8 — renders correctly
- tmux works. vim works. htop works. mc works. ncurses apps behave as expected
- Blinking cursor with block, underline, and bar styles
- Pinch-to-zoom font scaling
- Terminal themes: dark, light, amber, green phosphor, and full custom color picker
Scrollback That Doesn't Lie
- Deep, configurable scrollback buffer with efficient memory use
- Smooth inertial scrolling through thousands of lines
- Scrollback search with next/previous navigation
- Copy and share terminal output
- Overlay scrollbar — no wasted screen column, thumb appears when you need it
- Jump-to-bottom that works even during fast log output
Keyboard That Doesn't Fight You
- Full function key row: F1–F12
- Ctrl, Alt/Meta, Esc, Tab — all accessible without hunting
- Insert, Delete, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down
- Sticky modifier keys for one-handed combos
- Full hardware keyboard support
- Custom key rows for pipe, slash, backtick, brackets, tilde — the characters you actually need in a terminal
Session Management
- Multiple SSH sessions open simultaneously in tabs
- Background service keeps sessions alive when the screen turns off
- Automatic reconnect on network change
- Configurable keepalive so long-running remote jobs don't get killed
- Review mode for reading scrollback without disrupting the live session
Security That Isn't Theater
- Real host key verification — Trust On First Use on first connect, fingerprint check on every return visit
- Host key change warnings that block the connection until you decide what to do
- All stored credentials encrypted with Android Keystore-backed AES-256-GCM — hardware-bound where supported
- Known hosts manager — view, trust, or remove any stored fingerprint
- Secure defaults: modern key exchange, ciphers, and MACs out of the box
- Legacy compatibility mode for older servers — requires explicit consent, shown with a clear warning
- Diagnostics screen showing exactly which algorithms were negotiated on your last connection
SSH Done Right
- Password authentication
- Public key authentication — RSA, ECDSA, Ed25519
- Keyboard-interactive authentication
- Configurable port per host
- Per-host terminal dimensions, keepalive, and crypto policy
- xterm-256color terminal type sent to server by default
Our Promise to You
Here is what makes TBCC software different from almost everything else on your phone:
We do not want your data. We are not collecting it. We are not sharing it. There is no ad network. There is no analytics SDK running in the background. There is no crash reporter phoning home. There is no server on our end that receives anything from you.
When you connect to an SSH server using A.S.H., the only network traffic leaving your phone is the SSH connection itself — between your device and your server. We never see it. We never touch it. We couldn't even if we wanted to.
The price you paid for this app is not a subscription to be upsold or a profile to be built. It is a commitment to software built on a different principle. You chose a tool that respects the boundary between what is yours and what isn't. We committed to keeping it that way.
If something breaks, tell us. We will fix it for everyone — not just you. That is the deal.
What It Is Not
No Telnet. No RDP. No VNC. No Mosh. No serial console. No AI assistant wired into your terminal session. No cloud sync. No account required before you can connect to your own server. No "pro tier" that gates features that should have been in the base app.
SSH. One protocol. Done properly.
Get It
TBCC A.S.H. is available on Google Play. Search TBCC ASH or TBCC Advanced Secure Hostshell.
Run into something that doesn't work right? Use the feedback link in the app or reach out through the Play Store listing. Real problems get real fixes, pushed to every user.
Privacy Policy
Effective date: 2026-04-13 | App: TBCC A.S.H. (Advanced Secure Hostshell) | Package: com.tbcc.ash | Developer: TBCC
Summary
TBCC A.S.H. is an SSH terminal client. It is a tool, not a service. It does not collect, transmit, store, or share any personal data with TBCC or any third party.
Data We Collect
None. TBCC A.S.H. collects no personal data, usage data, analytics, diagnostics, or telemetry of any kind. No data is sent to TBCC or any third-party server.
Data Stored on Your Device
The following data is stored locally on your device only. It is never transmitted to TBCC or anyone else.
| Data | Where | Encryption |
|---|---|---|
| SSH host connection details you enter (hostname, port, username) | Local app storage | Android Keystore-backed AES-256-GCM |
| SSH passwords you choose to save | Encrypted local storage | Android Keystore-backed AES-256-GCM |
| SSH private keys you import | Local app files directory | Android Keystore-backed AES-256-GCM |
| SSH known host fingerprints | Local app files directory | Plaintext (fingerprints are not secret) |
| App preferences and settings | Local DataStore | Plaintext |
Network Activity
The app makes no network connections except SSH connections to servers you configure. There are no connections to TBCC servers, no analytics endpoints, no advertising networks, and no third-party SDKs that make outbound calls.
Third-Party Services
None. TBCC A.S.H. contains no third-party analytics libraries, advertising SDKs, crash reporting tools, or social login integrations.
Permissions Used
- INTERNET — to make SSH connections to your servers
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE — to detect connectivity changes and reconnect
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE / FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC — to keep SSH sessions alive when the app is in the background
- WAKE_LOCK — to prevent the device CPU from sleeping during active SSH data transfer
- REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS — optional, user-initiated only via Settings; allows persistent sessions to survive Android Doze mode during long remote tasks; never requested automatically
Data Security
SSH credentials are encrypted using the Android Keystore system. Encryption keys are hardware-bound on supported devices and are never exported or transmitted. The app uses modern cryptographic defaults for all SSH connections and requires explicit user consent before enabling any legacy compatibility mode.
Data Retention and Deletion
All app data exists only on your device. To delete all data, uninstall the app or use Android's "Clear Data" option in App Settings. There is no server-side data associated with your use of this app, and therefore no data deletion request process is needed or possible.
Children
This app is not directed at children under 13 and is intended for use by developers, system administrators, and technically proficient users.
Changes to This Policy
If this policy changes, the updated version will be published here and distributed with the app update. The effective date at the top of this section will be updated accordingly.
Contact
For privacy-related questions, contact TBCC via the Google Play developer page for this app.
Direct link to this policy: https://triple5farming.com/tech-lab/software/tbcc-ash-advanced-secure-hostshell#privacy-policy
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