Mobile agentic coding in practice: Termius + Codex + Claude combo, still no winner
zack_overflow · x · 2026-08-27
The author shares a hands-on combo for agentic programming on the phone — Termius + Codex remote SSH + Claude remote control — concluding there's no excellent solution yet.
- Codex iOS remote SSH: good for quick tasks and browser/computer use, but buggy (slow loads, vanishing or stuck messages), so only trusted for personal logistics; layered chat/work and per-device navigation stacks make it unwieldy.
- Claude iOS remote control: UX matches Claude Code and handles real work, but devices bind to folders on that device only — you must SSH in via Termius, attach tmux, cd, and run claude rc. The author instead starts Claude CLI in Termius and runs /remote-control, so any failure can be fixed in the terminal pane.
- Termius: most stable of the three, but input latency hurts CLI driving on cellular; mosh with client-side prediction helps, yet breaks on TUIs, especially vim.
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