Hacker News Reader

Comment by kelnos | Hacker News Reader

I get that some people go that way, but to me, the fact that Claude Code is a standalone terminal app is a strength, not a weakness. I don't really want or need a GUI here. "From Terminal Chaos to Visual Clarity" doesn't resonate with me; terminals to me are simpler and more structured.

At most, I've been thinking about installing one of the extensions to integrate Claude Code into (neo)vim, but even that I'm not sure I really want or need.

But for people who arm themselves to the teeth with GUIs and IDEs, I guess I can see the appeal.

View on HN

I'm with you on desktop but I've been craving some sort of way to interact with Claude Code from my phone while I'm out and about.

What I want at the core is to be able to open up access to my laptop's currently running Claude Code instance (without all these hacky backdoors that fork the chat with every message by using `--print`; I want a first class API that lets me append messages to the current chat), then I want to be able to send messages (with voice transcription) and approve/deny permissions and see the code diffs and all of that.

Maybe something like a Telegram bot? I had hopes for Claude Code UI[1] but the web interface is too clunky on mobile.

1. https://github.com/siteboon/claudecodeui

I have been using VibeTunnel from the iPad. Probably not good for a phone, but on a slightly larger screen it's great. The tailscale integration makes it super easy.

Pretty neat, links included below for convenience:

https://vibetunnel.sh/

https://github.com/amantus-ai/vibetunnel

Many of my claude tasks get frequently get stuck over small stuff, or require input from me, so I had Claude whip up something comparable in a few minutes. Now I can keep them moving remotely with ease and not be stuck in front of a desktop monitoring them! It's dreamy.

What's your use case / use need for this flow? Personally I really do not want to do this sort of thing from my phone. I just can't see "coding" from my phone as anything but clunky and unpleasant, even with an assistant.

(Not to mention that if I only have my phone, I'm probably out doing something where I don't want to be working...)

Similar request as the parent, my use case is I setup a long prompt/task and like to go for a walk around the block to get my legs moving. Being able to "move the llm along" and make small modifications from my phone would be nice. Personally, I'd never do a long session that way but the chance to move my legs while it does a long task but not get stuck on a simple question in the claude tool would be lovely.

use Termius (shell client for iOS devices). put your phone and laptop/desktop on the same VPN. SSH in, use Claude Code normally from anywhere

This showed up on Hacker News a few daysd ago:

https://omnara.com/

I use Termux and ssh for this. Plus Zellij/tmux. Classic stuff I used to do for regular dev back 10 years ago.

My phone also can build and run many projects on its own so I often don't even connect to the laptop.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com