Guide

How to Run Claude Code From Your Phone

Five ways to run Claude Code from a phone — SSH apps, tmux, a web tunnel, a Telegram bot, and managed remote control — with the trade-offs of each.

Updated June 8, 2026 2 min read 📄 Read as Markdown

Claude Code lives in your terminal, but the work doesn’t stop when you leave your desk. Here are the five realistic ways to drive it from a phone, from most manual to most managed.

1. SSH from a mobile terminal app

Apps like Blink Shell (iOS) or Termius (iOS/Android) give you a real SSH session into your machine. Combined with tmux, you get the full Claude Code TUI on your phone.

  • Good: full fidelity, nothing to build.
  • Rough: typing in a terminal on a phone, managing SSH keys, and your machine needs to be reachable (open port, VPN, or tunnel).

2. tmux + a persistent session

tmux keeps Claude Code alive between connections so you can detach on your laptop and re-attach from your phone mid-task. It’s the backbone of almost every remote setup — but on its own it still needs SSH access to reach.

3. A web tunnel to a terminal

Tools like ttyd or gotty expose a terminal in the browser; pair with a tunnel (Cloudflare Tunnel, Tailscale) so no port is open to the public internet. You get Claude Code in a mobile browser tab.

  • Good: no terminal app, works on any phone.
  • Rough: you’re publishing a shell to the web — authentication and tunnel hygiene are non-negotiable.

4. The native Telegram channel (or Remote Control)

Claude Code’s built-in Channels plugin bridges Telegram straight into a running session, and Remote Control drives a session from the Claude app. See the full walkthrough in How to Connect Claude Code to Telegram.

  • Good: official, chat UX, nothing to build.
  • Rough: the session must stay open, it’s Claude-only, and you can’t approve permission prompts from Telegram.

5. Managed remote control (Chatcode)

Chatcode runs Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, or OpenCode on a server you own and makes the session reachable from a browser terminal and Telegram — always on, with a per-session sandbox toggle and no inbound ports. It’s the fastest path from “idea on the bus” to “agent already working.” Full setup: Claude Code in Telegram with Chatcode.

Which should you pick?

  • Want maximum control and don’t mind a terminal? SSH + tmux.
  • Want the official, free option for quick pings? Native Channels.
  • Want it always-on and Telegram-first, with Codex too? Chatcode.