Linux Helper

Linux Helper is an iPhone and iPad app that turns plain-language requests into executable Linux commands. Linux Helper is aimed at system administrators who want to work faster and build their skills, and it sits in the Developer Tools category of the App Store. The app is published by the developer JIUHONG and is available in English and Simplified Chinese.

A user describes a task in ordinary language, and Linux Helper interprets the request and generates the matching Linux command, ready to run. Beyond single commands, the app analyzes and helps locate complex Linux system problems. A voice keyboard for quicker input is announced as coming soon. The developer says user content is never stored and that uploaded data is used only to generate commands.

Linux Helper is free to download with in-app purchases: Linux Helper Pro costs $0.99 per month or $9.99 per year. The app requires iOS 15.0 or later on iPhone and iPadOS 15.0 or later on iPad. It can also run on a Mac with an Apple M1 chip or later and macOS 12.0 or later, and on Apple Vision with visionOS 1.0 or later, although it is designed for iPad and not verified for macOS.

Use cases

• Getting a ready-to-run Linux command from a plain-language description of a task
• Troubleshooting and locating complex problems on a Linux system
• Speeding up day-to-day command-line work for system administrators
• Learning Linux commands by seeing what a request translates to