What does HackerNews think of stash?

I would recommend avoiding Pythonista myself as it is abandonware but that has been possible for a long time via stash which is still actively developed https://github.com/ywangd/stash

there are a few other python environments that support pip install

I haven't used Pythonista myself, and it is true that, as I understand it, Pythonista doesn't directly provide the capability to use "pip" or pull code from GitHub. But it seems that these issues have been addressed via plugins for Pythonista. E.g.,

https://github.com/ywangd/stash

Your wish is granted.

http://osxdaily.com/2018/01/08/get-terminal-app-ios-command-...

Bit limited, but it’s a start. Personally I prefer Pythonista with the Stash shell command extensions package.

https://github.com/ywangd/stash

As far as the rules, quoting Federico Viticci[1]:

"For a long time, Apple's App Store review guidelines prohibited apps from downloading executable code from the Internet. The company's original stance resulted in IDEs that couldn't sync scripts and programs across multiple devices – a serious limitation for the emergent movement of programmers embracing the iPad Pro as a portable workstation.

Fortunately, Apple started relaxing their rules earlier this year, allowing "apps designed to teach, develop, or test executable code" to download and run code."

As an example of what's possible, in Pythonista 3[2] on my iPad Pro I installed StaSH[3] (bash-like shell implementation), youtube-dl using pip, and then wrote a simple script[4] to let me save YouTube videos with a long-press on a link -> Share -> Run Pythonista 3 Script...

1: https://www.macstories.net/linked/pythonista-3-2-syncs-scrip...

2: https://omz-software.com/pythonista/

3: https://github.com/ywangd/stash

4: https://gist.github.com/solarfl4re/0a3647788f8ec2f375f2da3db...