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Last updated 2026-08-09 · benchmark measured 2026-09-24 — deterministic & reproducible

A desktop terminal app with offline command help, SSH management, and optional AI.

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Legit.Show scored MyShell 83/100 on 2026-09-24, measured across all 7 frames from its public surface. legit.show/s/myshell-app/2026-09-24

Is MyShell production-ready?

Legit.Show scores MyShell 83 out of 100 — the simple average of its 7 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on MyShell (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Privacy; its weakest is Security. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.

The 7 Frames

• Performance — 91/100
• Accessibility — 93/100
• Security — 60/100
  How this compares across the catalogue: The Web Security Baseline
• Privacy — 100/100
  How this compares across the catalogue: The Privacy Gap
• Reliability — 75/100
• Standards — 89/100
• Discoverability — 70/100

What we measured

• Security headers present: X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy.
• No Content-Security-Policy and no HSTS.
• Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
• Real Lighthouse performance run — 176 ms to first byte.
• 3 of 3 sampled routes reachable.
• Has a reachable privacy policy.
• Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
• Discoverable: sitemap, OpenGraph image.

Who it's for

Remote developers · DevOps engineers · System administrators · SSH users · Terminal power users

Pricing

$39 one-time Desktop license (14-day free trial); MyShell Cloud optional at $8/mo or $79/yr; Bundle Desktop + Cloud annual for $99

Sources and updates

Description

Taken from myshell.app's own website on 2026-08-09.

Operator

Myshell.app, as named in myshell.app's terms, privacy page or footer.

Benchmark

Measured by Legit.Show from the live site, the way any visitor sees it — with no access to its code or accounts. Same method for every product, and no AI decides the score. Last checked 2026-09-24.

Put together from public information, without MyShell's involvement. If anything here is wrong, tell us and a person will check it.

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