{"slug": "termius", "name": "Termius", "category": "terminal", "category_name": "Terminal and shell", "description": "", "recommenders": 7, "commenters": 33, "warners": 6, "score": 5.464, "rising": -2.29, "first": "2026-01-03", "latest": "2026-10-30", "why": "I've been using Termius for a while. Overall positive", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 7, "neutral": 18, "compare": 3, "warn": 5}, "spark": [0, 0, 4, 2, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I've been using Termius for a while. Overall positive", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://termius.com", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Termius"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 770267296, "item_id": 48141706, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48141706", "by": "asadm", "date": "2026-05-14", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Termius on my phone to remote and make agent do stuff", "excerpt": "I use Termius on my phone to remote and make agent do stuff while i chill or am on road. This seems useful too.", "context": "", "use_case": "remote agent control from phone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Work with Codex from Anywhere"}, {"id": 753056352, "item_id": 47066022, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47066022", "by": "mmcclure", "date": "2026-02-18", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've been using Termius for a while. Overall positive", "excerpt": "Very cool! I've been using Termius for a while. Overall positive, but my one complaint is that the interactions can be pretty tedious using it with TUIs like Claude Code. I like the gesture-based movement, excited to try that in practice. I use Tailscale SSH, so one very small bit of feedback is that it took me a second to realize I just needed to put a dummy password in to actually get to the connection.", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH from iOS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty"}, {"id": 748457920, "item_id": 46778620, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46778620", "by": "nisegami", "date": "2026-01-27", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recently switched from JuiceSSH to Termius", "excerpt": "After using it for many years, I recently switched from JuiceSSH to Termius (com.server.auditor.ssh.client for disambiguation) after having some issues and seeing the writing on the wall regarding JuiceSSH. It took some customization but I was able to get it set up pretty nice and I'm happy with it.", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH client on Android", "switched_from": "JuiceSSH", "story": "JuiceSSH \u2013 Give me my pro features back"}, {"id": 748324528, "item_id": 46770283, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46770283", "by": "anonova", "date": "2026-01-26", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Local-only usage of Termius is free and doesn't even require logging in to the service.", "excerpt": "Local-only usage of Termius is free and doesn't even require logging in to the service. I've been using it like this for years.", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH client", "switched_from": "", "story": "JuiceSSH \u2013 Give me my pro features back"}, {"id": 744334160, "item_id": 46520885, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46520885", "by": "einsteinx2", "date": "2026-01-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I really like Termius, have you tried it?", "excerpt": "> and blink shell https://blink.sh/ to have a high quality iOS shell with a mosh and ssh client built right in to resume at any time I really like Termius, have you tried it? I think I tested out Blink when I was trying various SSH/shell apps and chose Termius over it, but it\u2019s been so long now that I completely forget why. EDIT: does Blink give you a local shell as well like vs only SSH/mosh?", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 799681045, "item_id": 49980065, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49980065", "by": "dools", "date": "2026-10-06", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "using tmux over Termius is pretty weak", "excerpt": "This is interesting to me because I only started using JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA specifically to do AI coding. It was the first time I'd used an IDE, the first time I'd built a cross platform app, first time I'd used Kotlin, and the first time I'd tried AI coding. The journey started with choosing KMP as the stack, then I figured \"here's the company that released KMP, they have an IDE, they have AI, I'll use that\". It ", "context": "", "use_case": "mobile SSH access to agents", "switched_from": "", "story": "JetBrains reports revenue growth, net financial loss for 2025"}, {"id": 785557217, "item_id": 49097326, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49097326", "by": "sebderhy", "date": "2026-07-29", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "I tried Termius on my phone but it was quite painful the moment I tried to paste screenshots or record voice notes.", "excerpt": "Hey HN. Like many others, I'm running my coding agents almost exclusively on my VPS. But I got tired of the terminal as the interface: I tried Termius on my phone but it was quite painful the moment I tried to paste screenshots or record voice notes. The best thing I found was Claude's remote-control feature, but it locks me to one coding agent / LLM provider, and therefore I'm stuck as soon as I hit my usage limit. ", "context": "", "use_case": "mobile terminal for agents", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: ShellTeam \u2013 web app to steer coding agents on your VPS"}, {"id": 753054832, "item_id": 47065927, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47065927", "by": "bonyt", "date": "2026-02-18", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "it pushes a subscription and AI features pretty hard", "excerpt": "Neat, it's staggering that there hasn't been a good non-subscription option for a simple utility like this for iOS. I've used Termius for a while, but it pushes a subscription and AI features pretty hard. I think this really needs the ability to generate SSH keys on the secure enclave, like Secretive[1] does on macOS. [1] https://secretive.dev/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty"}, {"id": 745605873, "item_id": 46600367, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46600367", "by": "river_otter", "date": "2026-01-13", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "I saw issues when using inside of termius.", "excerpt": "Thank you for the bug report! I created https://github.com/njbrake/agent-of-empires/issues/26 Would you be able to share any additional information about what terminal you are using? I saw issues when using inside of termius. I have https://github.com/njbrake/agent-of-empires?tab=readme-ov-file#using-aoe-with-mobile-ssh-clients-termius-blink-etc to try to explain how to use it inside of ios termius, if that helps.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Agent-of-empires: opencode and claudecode session manager"}]}], "who": [{"by": "mynegation", "context": "used screen and tmux for 30 years", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50302116", "date": "2026-10-30"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["ssh client", "ssh from phone", "ssh client on ios", "ssh client on phone", "remote sessions from ios", "ssh from iphone"], "compared": [{"slug": "tailscale", "name": "Tailscale", "co": 15, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "tmux", "name": "tmux", "co": 15, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "claude-code", "name": "Claude Code", "co": 8, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "mosh", "name": "Mosh", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "herdr", "name": "herdr", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "pi", "name": "Pi", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "secretive", "name": "Secretive", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46517458", "title": "Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone", "mentions": 8}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47148454", "title": "Claude Code Remote Control", "mentions": 4}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47064787", "title": "Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46491486", "title": "Claude Code On-the-Go", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46768909", "title": "JuiceSSH \u2013 Give me my pro features back", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46588905", "title": "Show HN: Agent-of-empires: opencode and claudecode session manager", "mentions": 2}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {"neutral": 11, "compare": 1, "recommend": 4}, "2026-02": {"compare": 2, "warn": 2, "recommend": 2, "neutral": 2}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-06": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-07": {"warn": 1}, "2026-08": {"warn": 1}, "2026-09": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-10": {"warn": 1, "neutral": 2}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 804833858, "item_id": 50302116, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50302116", "by": "mynegation", "date": "2026-10-30", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "on a small iOS screen in Termius", "excerpt": "From someone who also used screen and tmux for 30 years: 3 reasons why I switched to herder. They may not be relevant to you and in that case tmux is just great. One: visual indication which agent is working and which is waiting for an input. Two: native support for remote herdr sessions - in the same view. Three: it\u2019s responsive and can be completely touch-driven through menus on a small iOS screen in Termius.", "context": "used screen and tmux for 30 years", "use_case": "remote sessions from iOS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Herdr has released native app"}, {"id": 804423794, "item_id": 50276487, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50276487", "by": "krzs9", "date": "2026-10-28", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "ssh into the box from my iPhone (using Termius)", "excerpt": "I have a Hetzner box that costs about 10$ a month - I use that as my always-on box. I use Pi as my harness and they run in herdr. I can then from my Mac (bottom of the line macbook air - next laptop will be a Neo) ssh to the box and control my agents. I can also ssh into the box from my iPhone (using Termius) and continue seamlessly from there too.", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH from iPhone", "switched_from": "", "story": "New 14\u2011inch MacBook Pro with M6"}, {"id": 799681045, "item_id": 49980065, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49980065", "by": "dools", "date": "2026-10-06", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "using tmux over Termius is pretty weak", "excerpt": "This is interesting to me because I only started using JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA specifically to do AI coding. It was the first time I'd used an IDE, the first time I'd built a cross platform app, first time I'd used Kotlin, and the first time I'd tried AI coding. The journey started with choosing KMP as the stack, then I figured \"here's the company that released KMP, they have an IDE, they have AI, I'll use that\". It ", "context": "", "use_case": "mobile SSH access to agents", "switched_from": "", "story": "JetBrains reports revenue growth, net financial loss for 2025"}, {"id": 794828242, "item_id": 49676765, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49676765", "by": "mrsirg", "date": "2026-09-12", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I drive the whole setup with tailscale + termius in tmux sessions from my workstation", "excerpt": "I tried a lot of open source harnesses, such a pi, oh my pi, open code, prime agent. Wrote a whole extension kit for pi. none of them really completely satisfied me for the way I work and none of them really felt like they were truly built for local first. So like everyone else I built my own agent runtime + harness. It\u2019s zero bloat, event driven, cache friendly, and supports concurrent tool calls. Out of the box it ", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH client", "switched_from": "", "story": "I built a harness and now it is my daily driver for local agents"}, {"id": 787795410, "item_id": 49237213, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49237213", "by": "asar", "date": "2026-08-09", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "", "excerpt": "if you're using herdr, i built a plugin exactly for this reason. its a pwa so requires a proper frontdoor for secured access (tailscale, netbird etc.). https://github.com/AltanS/collie", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "OpenChamber: An Agentic Development Environment"}, {"id": 785557217, "item_id": 49097326, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49097326", "by": "sebderhy", "date": "2026-07-29", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "I tried Termius on my phone but it was quite painful the moment I tried to paste screenshots or record voice notes.", "excerpt": "Hey HN. Like many others, I'm running my coding agents almost exclusively on my VPS. But I got tired of the terminal as the interface: I tried Termius on my phone but it was quite painful the moment I tried to paste screenshots or record voice notes. The best thing I found was Claude's remote-control feature, but it locks me to one coding agent / LLM provider, and therefore I'm stuck as soon as I hit my usage limit. ", "context": "", "use_case": "mobile terminal for agents", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: ShellTeam \u2013 web app to steer coding agents on your VPS"}, {"id": 779684401, "item_id": 48730275, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48730275", "by": "teekert", "date": "2026-06-30", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Right now I'm trying to get used to it in Termius", "excerpt": "Not what OP means but there is Zellij [0] Zellij is nice, it's as close to a window manager in a terminal as I ever got. Right now I'm trying to get used to it in Termius, with a Logitech Pebble for some light remote devving. [0] https://zellij.dev/", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH client", "switched_from": "", "story": "A native graphical shell for SSH"}, {"id": 770267296, "item_id": 48141706, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48141706", "by": "asadm", "date": "2026-05-14", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Termius on my phone to remote and make agent do stuff", "excerpt": "I use Termius on my phone to remote and make agent do stuff while i chill or am on road. This seems useful too.", "context": "", "use_case": "remote agent control from phone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Work with Codex from Anywhere"}, {"id": 764577331, "item_id": 47786083, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47786083", "by": "ratsimihah", "date": "2026-04-15", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I ssh from my phone using termius", "excerpt": "I bought a Mac mini m4 before openclaw to use as a music production machine, when it turned out not to work out I tried setting up openclaw on it after hearing all the noise, but that turned out not to work out either. I\u2019ve found a much better use for it now. I use it as a Tailscale + ssh + tmux + Claude code machine, which gives me an always on Claude code environment with persistent sessions. I ssh from my phone us", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH from phone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Is anyone actually using OpenClaw?"}, {"id": 754538017, "item_id": 47158626, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47158626", "by": "fun_society", "date": "2026-02-25", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "", "excerpt": "I was doing something similar, but it felt clunky on my phone. Wrote a daemon + mobile app (similar to Happy, but fixed a lot of the problems) and baked in Tailscale support. Will open source it soon and should have an official release in the next few weeks: https://getroutie.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH client on iOS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Claude Code Remote Control"}, {"id": 754450224, "item_id": 47153139, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47153139", "by": "zaking17", "date": "2026-02-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "", "excerpt": "I\u2019ve had decent luck with Termius because it gives you a row of keyboard shortcuts above the usual keyboard. Still cramped, but it works. Tmux is annoying with a mobile keyboard, so I vibe coded a little mobile-friendly wrapper https://github.com/zakandrewking/pocketbot Someone is going to solve this with a non-buggy app, but it really needs to have all the features of Claude code. Everyone is a power user in this se", "context": "", "use_case": "Mobile SSH terminal", "switched_from": "", "story": "Claude Code Remote Control"}, {"id": 754439153, "item_id": 47152447, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47152447", "by": "elliotbnvl", "date": "2026-02-25", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "", "excerpt": "I\u2019ve been doing this for a while [1], but ultimately settled on a building a thin transport layer for Telegram to accept and return media, and persistent channels, vastly improved messaging UX, etc. and ended up turning this into a \u2018claw with a heartbeat and SOUL [2]. [1] https://elliotbonneville.com/phone-to-mac-persistent-terminal/ [2] https://elliotbonneville.com/claude-code-is-all-you-need/", "context": "", "use_case": "Remote terminal on iOS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Claude Code Remote Control"}, {"id": 754401764, "item_id": 47150110, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47150110", "by": "kzahel", "date": "2026-02-25", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "The one feature drawback of tailscale/tmux/termius is no file upload.", "excerpt": "Yeah the remote control featureset is pretty limited right now. I did a comparison here https://yepanywhere.com/claude-code-remote-control/ (with my own project). I'm sure they'll iterate on it. Overall it's such an obvious feature for them to add I'm surprised it took them so long to ship. There are probably at least 50 such projects that people have made (https://github.com/kzahel/yepanywhere/blob/main/docs/competi", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Claude Code Remote Control"}, {"id": 753071585, "item_id": 47066974, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47066974", "by": "radicality", "date": "2026-02-18", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "", "excerpt": "I\u2019m happy with ShellFish, $30 one-time (subscription option too). https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ssh-client-secure-shellfish/id1336634154", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty"}, {"id": 753056352, "item_id": 47066022, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47066022", "by": "mmcclure", "date": "2026-02-18", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've been using Termius for a while. Overall positive", "excerpt": "Very cool! I've been using Termius for a while. Overall positive, but my one complaint is that the interactions can be pretty tedious using it with TUIs like Claude Code. I like the gesture-based movement, excited to try that in practice. I use Tailscale SSH, so one very small bit of feedback is that it took me a second to realize I just needed to put a dummy password in to actually get to the connection.", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH from iOS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty"}, {"id": 753054832, "item_id": 47065927, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47065927", "by": "bonyt", "date": "2026-02-18", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "it pushes a subscription and AI features pretty hard", "excerpt": "Neat, it's staggering that there hasn't been a good non-subscription option for a simple utility like this for iOS. I've used Termius for a while, but it pushes a subscription and AI features pretty hard. I think this really needs the ability to generate SSH keys on the secure enclave, like Secretive[1] does on macOS. [1] https://secretive.dev/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty"}, {"id": 749702417, "item_id": 46856401, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46856401", "by": "smetannik", "date": "2026-02-02", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "Termius is SSH client.", "excerpt": "Termius is SSH client. Termux is basically a terminal emulator + package manager. You can run Node, Rust, Claude Code locally on your phone. As an example - I used it to do Rustlings every day I commute on a subway. NYC subways don't have mobile network coverage, so I can't just SSH there into a remote machine.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Termux"}, {"id": 748457920, "item_id": 46778620, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46778620", "by": "nisegami", "date": "2026-01-27", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recently switched from JuiceSSH to Termius", "excerpt": "After using it for many years, I recently switched from JuiceSSH to Termius (com.server.auditor.ssh.client for disambiguation) after having some issues and seeing the writing on the wall regarding JuiceSSH. It took some customization but I was able to get it set up pretty nice and I'm happy with it.", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH client on Android", "switched_from": "JuiceSSH", "story": "JuiceSSH \u2013 Give me my pro features back"}, {"id": 748324528, "item_id": 46770283, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46770283", "by": "anonova", "date": "2026-01-26", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Local-only usage of Termius is free and doesn't even require logging in to the service.", "excerpt": "Local-only usage of Termius is free and doesn't even require logging in to the service. I've been using it like this for years.", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH client", "switched_from": "", "story": "JuiceSSH \u2013 Give me my pro features back"}, {"id": 746116610, "item_id": 46632288, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46632288", "by": "Jnr", "date": "2026-01-15", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "login on phone to ssh (mosh) with Termius", "excerpt": "I have claude code hooks that send local computer notifications when action is required or processing finished. And when I step away from computer, I get those notifications through pushover. Then I login on phone to ssh (mosh) with Termius and connect to the tmux session running claude. I use this approach when watching TV with the family and laptop is not appreciated on the sofa. :)", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "MailPilot - Email for AI Agents"}, {"id": 745605873, "item_id": 46600367, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46600367", "by": "river_otter", "date": "2026-01-13", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "I saw issues when using inside of termius.", "excerpt": "Thank you for the bug report! I created https://github.com/njbrake/agent-of-empires/issues/26 Would you be able to share any additional information about what terminal you are using? I saw issues when using inside of termius. I have https://github.com/njbrake/agent-of-empires?tab=readme-ov-file#using-aoe-with-mobile-ssh-clients-termius-blink-etc to try to explain how to use it inside of ios termius, if that helps.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Agent-of-empires: opencode and claudecode session manager"}, {"id": 745532211, "item_id": 46595763, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46595763", "by": "river_otter", "date": "2026-01-12", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "termius on my phone ssh into my Mac mini", "excerpt": "Tbh that's exactly what I'm using aoe for: termius on my phone ssh into my Mac mini and then use aoe to check in on each agent session. Just make sure you check out the readme if you do this because at least for termius there's a quirk to make tmux and TUI happy. The recommended approach is to run aoe itself inside a tmux session which then will spawn additional tmux sessions as needed.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Agent-of-empires: opencode and claudecode session manager"}, {"id": 744397986, "item_id": 46524874, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46524874", "by": "pankajhbk007", "date": "2026-01-07", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "rest of the setups are the same with Tailscale + termius etc", "excerpt": "been using the same setup for the past 2-3 months now. My company gave the employees old mac pro (intel) for free to use for whatever purpose they want to. I was using AWS for most of my personal projects which I have now migrated to this mac. I use the app 'Amphetamine' to not let the mac sleep, and rest of the setups are the same with Tailscale + termius etc Fun fact: once you get ssh access to mac, you can control", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH from phone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone"}, {"id": 744380115, "item_id": 46523757, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46523757", "by": "purrcat259", "date": "2026-01-06", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "termius on my phone", "excerpt": "If you don't want to run your machine 24/7 (whether for electrical consumption, environmental, noise, etc reasons), I wrote an ssh proxy [1] that will send WOL packets to a target machine and hold your connection until its alive. I then configured debian-autoshutdown [2] to turn the machine off if there's no traffic on ssh after 15 minutes. This way I just ssh into my machine (whether via antigravity on my laptop or ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone"}, {"id": 744355473, "item_id": 46522217, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46522217", "by": "postalcoder", "date": "2026-01-06", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I've been doing this (tailscale + termius + tmux + ssh) for at least a year and a half.", "excerpt": "> Tmux is helpful, too. Yes. tmux is essential, IMO. It's great to be able to monitor a session from desktop, or to pick up an existing conversation i'm having on the computer on my phone. In my shell, I have gemini flash wrapper that I use to manage my sessions so I can quickly connect to an existing one, or create a new one with natural language. > He doesn't seem to be credited on this page, but I believe Pieter L", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH client on phone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone"}, {"id": 744334160, "item_id": 46520885, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46520885", "by": "einsteinx2", "date": "2026-01-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I really like Termius, have you tried it?", "excerpt": "> and blink shell https://blink.sh/ to have a high quality iOS shell with a mosh and ssh client built right in to resume at any time I really like Termius, have you tried it? I think I tested out Blink when I was trying various SSH/shell apps and chose Termius over it, but it\u2019s been so long now that I completely forget why. EDIT: does Blink give you a local shell as well like vs only SSH/mosh?", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone"}, {"id": 744310433, "item_id": 46519402, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46519402", "by": "godelski", "date": "2026-01-06", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "", "excerpt": "While I don't use the AI part I have a very similar scheme and it is one of the reasons I encourage people to live in the terminal. The idea is to create a modern \"terminal\"[0] My main computer is a Macbook Air, which I carry around with me. It's purpose is for: internet, using Microsoft products when I'm forced to, Zoom/meetings, and SSH (or Mosh). Most of my work is not done on this Macbook, instead I use it mostly", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone"}, {"id": 744308481, "item_id": 46519280, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46519280", "by": "spacecadet", "date": "2026-01-06", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "an app called Termius", "excerpt": "I built my AI dungeon master game and play it using my phone, Tailscale, and an app called Termius. https://github.com/derekburgess/dungen", "context": "", "use_case": "Phone SSH client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone"}, {"id": 744304593, "item_id": 46519037, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46519037", "by": "runjake", "date": "2026-01-06", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "The author uses the Termius SSH app with Mosh", "excerpt": "> Would an email interface to Claude code work better? No. > What is the downside to using email? Email is clunky and feedback is not immediate. > seems easier then getting a vpn working. Tailscale is easy for a dev to get going and very reliable. The author uses the Termius SSH app with Mosh, so it keeps the same SSH session going across device sleeps and disconnects. Tmux is helpful, too. I do exactly what the auth", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone"}, {"id": 744285217, "item_id": 46517826, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46517826", "by": "qaboutthat", "date": "2026-01-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "seems inferior to Termius in every way except that scrolling tmux actually works", "excerpt": "I had this exact issue. I switched to Blink on iOS which seems inferior to Termius in every way except that scrolling tmux actually works.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone"}, {"id": 744008322, "item_id": 46500520, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46500520", "by": "quanwinn", "date": "2026-01-05", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "almost identical setup with tmux and Tailscale and Termius", "excerpt": "I have an almost identical setup with tmux and Tailscale and Termius, except I'd leave my laptop on and connect my phone to it instead: https://www.qu8n.com/posts/running-claude-code-from-my-phone", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH client on phone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Claude Code On-the-Go"}, {"id": 743952193, "item_id": 46497012, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497012", "by": "teitoklien", "date": "2026-01-05", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "over Termius app", "excerpt": "I use the same setup myself, download WisprFlow for IOS and over time just add to its dictionary the unusual words you often use during development works perfectly, i just say what i want coded, press enter, and Claude Code just does it in my server over Termius app", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH client on iOS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Claude Code On-the-Go"}, {"id": 743884579, "item_id": 46492786, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46492786", "by": "bobjordan", "date": "2026-01-04", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "Get an SSH terminal app (Blink, Termius, etc.).", "excerpt": "I do similar except I log into my office workstation and avoid the extra fees. I detailed my setup in an x post here https://x.com/bobjordanjr/status/1999967260887421130?s=20 and the TLDR is: 1.Install Tailscale on WSL2 and your iPhone 2.Install openssh-server on WSL2 3.Get an SSH terminal app (Blink, Termius, etc.). I use blink ($20/yr). 4.SSH from Blink to your WSL2\u2019s Tailscale IP 5. Run claude code inside tmux on ", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH terminal on iPhone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Claude Code On-the-Go"}, {"id": 743609520, "item_id": 46475595, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46475595", "by": "kosolam", "date": "2026-01-03", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Termius connects via ssh to remote server where I run claude code", "excerpt": "I\u2019m also vibing from the iphone. Termius connects via ssh to remote server where I run claude code. Ssh connects also over a wireguard connection. So ports are not an issue because they are all available via wg in a secure way. Additionally I have code server running there automatically port forwards and giving me ssl. So when I run \u201cpnpm dev\u201d in tmux in ssh then I access it via https://3000.dev.mydomain.com which wo", "context": "", "use_case": "SSH client on iPhone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: uvx ptn, scan a QR, get a terminal in your phone"}]}