Keep Claude Code sessions alive across your Mac, iPad and iPhone
A developer codes with Claude Code from a MacBook, iPad or iPhone against one Mac mini, but closing a window killed the session. He built Cockpit, which runs Claude in a daemon so conversations survive and follow him across devices.
Source
@kodikas_nl on X · 2026-10-17
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-19.
What they did
A developer codes with Claude Code from a MacBook, iPad or iPhone against one Mac mini, but closing a window killed the session. He built Cockpit, which runs Claude in a daemon so conversations survive and follow him across devices.
Result (as claimed)
Free and MIT licensed.
Tools they used
Cost: Claude Code: from $17/mo.
Set it up
Pick a contained repo or task
Start on a branch or side project where mistakes are cheap.
Install and configure
Set up Claude Code. Read what it can run on your machine and limit permissions where possible.
Run it on a real task
Give it a well-scoped issue and let it work. Review the diff like any pull request.
Add guardrails
Keep tests and CI in the loop, and never let an agent push to main or touch production secrets unattended.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Keep Claude Code sessions alive across your Mac, iPad and iPhone What the original author did: A developer codes with Claude Code from a MacBook, iPad or iPhone against one Mac mini, but closing a window killed the session. He built Cockpit, which runs Claude in a daemon so conversations survive and follow him across devices. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Free and MIT licensed. Source: https://x.com/kodikas_nl/status/2111574156617928930 Tools they used: Claude Code Category: Dev & ops Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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