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310points
168comments
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How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

19 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 20 critical, out of 63 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.

Idea: 14 for, 10 againstExecution: 3 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful for stepping away from the laptop while agents run

    From 3 comments
    • > I can start a Claude Code session and if I need to leave my laptop, I can respond from my phone anywhere I've been looking for this for some time now. This is amazing if it…
      JyB on HN
    • For the skeptics: using Claude Code from your phone is kind of great. Think this sort of solution is excellent once you've figured out a good workflow. Open-sourced my own…
      smithclay on HN
    • This is lovely, I was literally wishing for this two nights ago. I'll give it a try. Good luck!
      Aarostotle on HN
  • Fills a gap left by terminal-over-SSH tools

    From 2 comments
    • This is awesome. Should have android. This is why I use termius and ssh. I can be in and out of anything with Claude. Just a large pain in the ass with input lag and terminals…
      nickfixit on HN
    • Ok now this is genius, and how I’ve wanted AI agents to work for a while now. Gonna try this out!
      jama211 on HN

Objections

  • Hosted server means code and sessions leave the user's machine

    From 3 comments
    • This sort of thing should be run locally over something like tailscale or ngrok - direct peer to peer communication between phone and laptop. No way I'm sending my code to your…
      _1tem on HN
    • Cool. I'm a vibetunnel user and this looks like a better UI. However, I like that vibetunnel keeps all of my data local. Does this have remote access to my codebase and session?…
      rgbrgb on HN
    • You're correct, that's one pro for vibetunnel/mobile SSH clients - they're a direct connection to your machine. For our platform, the messages flow through our server, which…
      kmansm27 on HN
  • Anthropic or Codex could ship the same feature

    From 2 comments
    • This is neat but I gotta ask - what’s your moat against Anthropic just launching the same thing a week from now? Codex already works from your phone, I imagine Anthropic is well…
      herval on HN
    • Really cool, I actually haven't met many people using cursor background agents. I do think Anthropic is working on a web app for Claude Code (saw it in some thread somewhere), so…
      kmansm27 on HN
  • Copy and paste and output display problems in the apps

    From 2 comments
    • Seems copying text in the app doesn't work? In that case it is useless. A quick way to copy an entire chat and a selection messages is a requirement for me to be able to use it.
      macrolime on HN
    • Love the idea*! Currently trying it and the output from claude code output doesn't appear on my phone though? Sometimes it outputs nothing, sometimes it outputs what appears to…
      mattnewton on HN
  • Free open-source alternatives make paying hard to justify

    From 1 comment
    • One big question I have, in the era of Claude Code (and advancements yet to come) — is why should a hacker submit to using tools behind a SaaS offering … when one can just roll…
      mccoyb on HN

Requests

  • Self-hosting and pointing the mobile app at own servers

    From 2 comments
    • Congratulations on the launch! Main question I have since your backend is open source, is there a way to self host and point the mobile app at our own servers?
      throwup238 on HN
    • I need this, and I need it for seats, but I need it on-prem or it will never get approved. You should sell an iOS subscription based version that allows changing the api/auth url…
      frazbin on HN
  • Android app

    From 2 comments
    • Pretty cool, but where is the Android app?
      decide1000 on HN
    • It annoys me that this isn't available on android. I'm looking for an open source replit alternative. The closest I got is to manage github coding agent with preview…
      jacooper on HN
  • Windows support

    From 1 comment
    • This is awesome, I was trying to build this as well. I'd love a windows version if that's on the roadmap.
      nickelbob on HN
  • Voice control

    From 2 comments
    • Very cool! Would love an integration with Twilio / phone and text-to-voice and voice-to-text. Start an agent, receive a call when a response from the user is needed, provide…
      bingdig on HN
    • Like others (smithclay, sst/opencode) have said about aiming for a similar feature, I had plans to make a mobile app for Talkito[0][1] which primarily adds voice TTS/ASR and…
      robbomacrae on HN

Questions

  • Does it work with Codex, Gemini or other agent CLIs

    From 2 comments
    • Can it control Codex, too? The ability to switch between Claude, Qwen, Gemini, Codex, and sst/OpenCode *CLIs would be pretty incredible! * All of these are trivially installable…
      bigwheels on HN
    • This method of devleopment is definitely the future. I've been having a lot of success with Google's Jules (https://jules.google.com/) which has the added benefit of running the…
      xetxov on HN
  • How the privacy and data flow works

    From 2 comments
    • What does the privacy situation look like? Do you get to see what we're working on?
      KaoruAoiShiho on HN
    • Cool. I'm a vibetunnel user and this looks like a better UI. However, I like that vibetunnel keeps all of my data local. Does this have remote access to my codebase and session?…
      rgbrgb on HN
  • How to review and QA agent code from a phone

    From 2 comments
    • These tools sound like a good idea, but then I try them and they always fall over at the same place: My problem isn't running the agents, I have an SSH terminal that supports…
      stavros on HN
    • Cool, but I wonder... is this really a feasible workflow? The way I use LLMs is, I enter a very specific query, and then I check the output, meticulously reviewing both the…
      vekker on HN

Alternatives named

  • Vibetunnel

    From 2 comments
    • Cool. I'm a vibetunnel user and this looks like a better UI. However, I like that vibetunnel keeps all of my data local. Does this have remote access to my codebase and session?…
      rgbrgb on HN
    • Like others (smithclay, sst/opencode) have said about aiming for a similar feature, I had plans to make a mobile app for Talkito[0][1] which primarily adds voice TTS/ASR and…
      robbomacrae on HN
  • Termius and tmux over SSH

    From 2 comments
    • This is awesome. Should have android. This is why I use termius and ssh. I can be in and out of anything with Claude. Just a large pain in the ass with input lag and terminals…
      nickfixit on HN
    • termius and tmux I don’t see the point
      user3939382 on HN
  • Google Jules

    From 1 comment
    • This method of devleopment is definitely the future. I've been having a lot of success with Google's Jules (https://jules.google.com/) which has the added benefit of running the…
      xetxov on HN
  • Claude Code GitHub action

    From 1 comment
    • I agree with the general sentiment here that this is the future of coding for a lot of tasks. But in terms of a business case for your product I'm really struggling to see how…
      asar on HN

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