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Keep prompting Claude Code from your phone while you take a walk

tui2web mirrors any terminal app, such as Claude Code, Codex, opencode, bash or vim, to the web so you can check in from your phone.

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Source

czhu12 on Hacker News · 2026-09-25 · Project link

Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-24.

What they did

tui2web mirrors any terminal app, such as Claude Code, Codex, opencode, bash or vim, to the web so you can check in from your phone.

Result (as claimed)

Free and open source, built after a flaky VPS setup while traveling.

Tools they used

tui2webClaude CodeOpenCode

Cost: Pricing depends on the tools you pick; check each official pricing page.

Set it up

  1. Pick a contained repo or task

    Start on a branch or side project where mistakes are cheap.

  2. Install and configure

    Set up tui2web, Claude Code, OpenCode. Read what it can run on your machine and limit permissions where possible.

  3. Run it on a real task

    Give it a well-scoped issue and let it work. Review the diff like any pull request.

  4. 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 prompting Claude Code from your phone while you take a walk
What the original author did: tui2web mirrors any terminal app, such as Claude Code, Codex, opencode, bash or vim, to the web so you can check in from your phone.
Reported result (as claimed by the author): Free and open source, built after a flaky VPS setup while traveling.
Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49846613
Tools they used: tui2web, Claude Code, OpenCode
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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Guides for this use case

How to use Claude Code and Codex together · How to control coding agents from your phone · How to run multiple coding agents together · How to vibe code an app with Claude Code

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