Simple question, need honest answers.
I built a mobile app that lets you control Claude Code CLI from your phone. Queue tasks, check progress, get notifications when stuff finishes. All P2P, no cloud.
Why this exists:
I get coding ideas during my commute but can't act on them
I waste time checking if long tasks finished
My brain works when I'm away from my desk, but Claude doesn't
SSH seemed like the obvious solution: Tried it. Ran into issues:
Setting it up properly took way longer than expected
Connection would drop when I switched from WiFi to cellular
Mobile terminal apps are frustrating for anything beyond basic commands
Had to manually check when tasks completed (no notifications)
After 2 weeks I just gave up on it. What I built instead:
Simple setup (QR code, 2 minutes)
Handles network switching
Mobile-first interface (not a terminal)
Notifications when tasks finish
P2P connection (your code stays on your devices)
Before I invest more time: Would you actually use this? Not "that's interesting" - would you install it and use it at least weekly? Landing page: https://clauderemote.zenithy.co
Need brutal honesty. If SSH is good enough and I'm overcomplicating things, tell me so I can move on.
Your running the risk of copyright suites using "Claude" in the name of a product/service you're selling.
Ugh, haven't think about that. Thank you. Will consider renaming it
I've been thinking of something like this too. I want to get notifications when a long running task finishes. I also want to be able to follow up on that task and have Claude dive deeper or refine something. I don't necessarily want to start long running tasks from my phone though because I'm not going to be able to pay attention to what is doing
I’ve already built a similar system for myself. I run it on Kubernetes so it can operate 24/7 in a secure environment.I actually joined Reddit specifically to gather valuable ideas and insights about what an effective workflow could look like. I face the same challenge you mentioned: I can’t rely on a system if I don’t clearly see what it’s doing.
Sometimes I also need a synchronous interaction, not just asynchronous communication. In certain situations, you really need a back-and-forth with the tools in real time.
Nice, thank you for the feedback. So what you want is only notifications and responding on Claude's follow ups?
Yeah exactly. And allow a voice to text button to respond to Claude since again, I might be busy or on the move
Bro these are amazing stuff. Thanks for sharing with me. What do you think would you pay a one time fee for a product like this or do you think it isn't worth the money to have this "comfort"?
You should have a free tier and then paid on top of it. Free tier could be respond to 3 messages a week and then paid is higher number of responses. Not sure how you want to split it up, but definitely have a free tier to get adoption and then paid tiers to when people want to use it more
I thought a one-time fee was reasonable for this product. Personally, I hate subscriptions I would rather pay a higher one-time fee than pay every month for the same service. But definitely a free tier would help to attract customers, thank you!
Is it better than Happy Coder? Cause Happy Coder is great and terrible at the same time. Have you compared the two?
Didn't hear from it. Why is it bad for you?
The setup and connection is phenomenal and quick and stable, a level of smoothness and stability that could only be achieved by 4 sr engineers (which it is). But the actual terminal interaction is what I’m not a fan of , that was a design choice, likely to maintain the aforementioned stability and reliability.
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That is exactly what I want from a tool like this too. I have tried the ssh path, and I felt overwhelmed. So I want to make it dead simple and focus on usability. Thank you for the feedback. This gives me a sign that I am not the only one suffering from these problems
Kudos OP! I literally had this idea and put it in my vibe coding development backlog. I'd be happy to test with you and partner on this. I thought it was a great idea
I mean, it sounds great, but I don’t exactly understand what it is. I need like a shorter one or two sentence.
Fair enough, will make the landing page more straight forward
I mostly meant above in the description
Claude Code from Slack?
I have tried an opensource slack alternative to this, but it was hard to setup, and the UX was terrible
Just joined the waitlist. I would like to use and I guess many people would really use it to reclaim some of the time that gets wasted during commit and walks, etc. Do you have already app launched?
Thanks man, I have a beta with a few features. I made my friends using it to get some external feedback, but it is on android only rn and still working on the google play stuff and ios release. I just really want to prove the idea before I head into publishing on stores and investing way too much time in it