AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Polpo – Control Claude Code (and other agents) from your phone

Polpo is an open-source mobile controller for AI coding agents. It runs a lightweight server on your machine and gives you a phone-friendly dashboard to manage sessions, send prompts, approve tool calls, and review plans. We just released v1.1.0 with support for 5 agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, OpenCode, Pi), skills management from the phone (browse/install/remove skills from skills.sh), and the ability to start new sessions without touching the terminal. The idea started because we wanted to kick off coding tasks from the couch and check on them from the phone. It grew from…

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

1. 1
   Claude Code Remote Control▲475

   Continue local sessions from any device with Remote Control

   Feb 2026 · code.claude.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   KarmaBox▲311

   Run your own Claude Code in your pocket.

   Apr 2026 · karmaboxai.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   opencode▲393

   Your terminal's AI agent, with any model you want

   2025 · opencode.ai · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Vibe Pocket▲135

   Run AI agents like Claude Code, Codex, Opencode on mobile

   Dec 2025 · vibepocket.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Munder Difflin▲200

   Make clones with Claude Code and Codex to do your work

   Aug 2026 · munderdiffl.in · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Harness by Autonomousfree tier, from $149/mo▲295

   Every coding agent, every machine, one command center.

   8d ago · autonomous.ai · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Pi Coding Agent▲176

   A new Emacs mode for AI-assisted coding (Claude Code style), with native Emacs buffers instead of a flickering terminal. Built on top of pi, a no-bs open source Claude Code alternative. It supports Claude, GPT, Gemini, Ollama. I've been using it daily for weeks. Demo video that says more than $NUMBER words: https://danielnouri.org/media/pi-coding-agent-demo.mp4 The key decision here is that we have two separate windows: chat history is a markdown-mode buffer, with beautiful rendering, unlimted scrollback, selective tool expansion where it matters, etc. The input window…

   May 2026 · pi.dev · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Viberia▲146

   Hey HN, This is my take on the agent harness. Everything on an isometric map. Agents are grouped into "buildings" that run in a sequence or a loop; e.g., the CodeForge has an agent that writes a PRD, another one that implements, and a third that reviews. Everything is customizable, you build your own buildings/teams however you want. It's a Tauri app, really light (about 8x less energy than the closest competitor I benchmarked, so it actually runs from a coffee shop on battery). It's macOS only for now, but ping me if you are willing to test the Windows or Linux version. I've been…

   May 2026 · getviberia.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Mission Control – Open-source task management for AI agents▲45

   I've been delegating work to Claude Code for the past few months, and it's been genuinely transformative—but managing multiple agents doing different things became chaos. No tool existed for this workflow, so I built one. The Problem When you're working with AI agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf), you end up in a weird situation: - You have tasks scattered across your head, Slack, email, and the CLI - Agents need clear work items, context, and role-specific instructions - You have no visibility into what agents are actually doing - Failed tasks just... disappear. No retry, no notification…

   Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    ShioriCode▲119

    Open-source alternative to Codex & Claude Code

    May 2026 · shiori.ai · its alternatives →

11. 11
    GPS▲83

    Memory layer for LLMs that stores repo rules + past lessons

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Opposable▲83

    Opposable is computer use for phones. Claude Code, Codex or an on-device model can see, tap and type across every app on a real Android phone, yours or one in our cloud.

    16d ago · getopposable.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Paseo – Beautiful open-source coding agent interface▲92

    Hey HN, I'm Mo. I've been building Paseo, an open source environment for running Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode across desktop, mobile, web, and CLI. It started last September as a push-to-talk voice interface for Claude Code. I wanted to talk to an agent while going on walks. Then I wanted to see what it was doing. Then text it when I couldn't talk. Then review diffs, run multiple agents, and manage work across machines. After a lot of iteration, it turned into a broader environment. The basic model is: - A daemon runs on your machine (MacBook, desktop, VPS, etc.). - Clients connect to it…

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Termly▲82

    Hey HN! I'm one of the developers of Termly. Problem: I love using Claude Code for development, but being chained to my laptop all day wasn't working. SSH + terminal emulators felt clunky for interactive AI coding sessions. Solution: Built a WebSocket relay that mirrors your AI coding session to mobile with zero-knowledge E2E encryption. How it works: 1. npm install -g @termly-dev/cli 2. termly start (wraps your AI tool) 3. Scan QR code with mobile app 4. Your session syncs in real-time, encrypted end-to-end Tech stack: • Open source CLI (MIT licensed) - inspect the code yourself •…

    Nov 2025 · termly.dev · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Agents At Work▲18

    Monitor and control AI agents from your phone

    Jun 2026 · agentsatwork.app · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Abralo – Free, easy way to run several Claude Code agents in one window▲37

    Hi guys, I've been using Claude Code for almost everything lately. Have given one an email account so it can research business leads, draft emails, fact-check them and clear them with me before sending (works really well by the way). I also tend to have a few Claude Code agents running at any one time for coding. I used to create a split terminal to manage them from there, but found working in the terminal all day pretty depressing and, more importantly, found it hard to follow Claude Code's process and see which agents needed my immediate attention. I tried Anthropic's VS Code Claude Code…

    Jul 2026 · abralo.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Sesori▲7

    Mobile control for your AI coding sessions

    Jul 2026 · sesori.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Happy Coder – End-to-End Encrypted Mobile Client for Claude Code▲30

    Hey all! Few weeks ago we realized AI models are now so good you don't need to babysit them anymore. You can kick off a coding task at lunch and Claude Code just... works. But then you're stuck at your desk steering it. We were joking around - wouldn't it be cool to grab coffee and keep chatting with Claude from your phone? Next thing you know, 4 of us are hacking on weekends to make it happen. Dead simple to try: "npm install -g happy-coder" then run "happy" instead of "claude". That's it. We had three goals: * Don't break anyone's flow - Use Claude Code normally at your desk, pick up your…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Friday AI▲28

    The full-stack AI Agent — Claude Code meets Lovable

    Jun 2026 · tryfriday.ai · its alternatives →

20. 20
    handmux—Your coding agent, on your phone▲8

    Drive your coding agent from anywhere, zero install

    Jul 2026 · handmux.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Recreated Claude Code's behavior in 280 lines of Python▲5

    The magic in AI coding assistants isn't the code -- it's the prompts. I studied the externally observable behavior of Claude Code and recreated it from scratch in Python with the exact same behaviors. It works with any model -- OpenAI, Gemini, Claude. What's surprising: 1. You can keep the core agent really simple, just 280 lines of Python. As long as it supports hooks, custom sub-agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP), then all the rest of the coding-assistant-specific behavior and tools can be factored out into a separate MCP server. 2. The magic is in the prompts (1200 lines of…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Snailer▲6

    I built my own AI coding agent for you.

    Oct 2025 · snailer.ai · its alternatives →

23. 23IA
    I am running 3 coding agents non-stop over the last 3 days. Here is how▲10

    1. Headless mode Headless mode allows you to use the AI as a command-line utility for automation and scripting. In Claude Code you run it with the -p flag: claude -p, in codex - exec, opencode - run. 2. Ask human The traditional communication channel with the operator won't work in headless mode - we need to implement a dedicated tool. Here is an example of how this can be done https://github.com/sermakarevich/claude/tree/main/mcp/ask_hu... 3. Tasks queue Beads is a lightweight distributed graph issue tracker for AI agents, powered by Dolt. You can…

    Jun 2026 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    AIPilot▲3

    Control AI coding agents from your mobile, anywhere

    Feb 2026 · aipilot.softwarity.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →