Claude Code mobile apps compared
Apps that run Claude Code or Codex from a phone differ mainly in one place: what sits between the phone and the agent. Some install a wrapper or daemon on the computer and sync through a relay. Some are terminals that connect over SSH. ServerCC is in the second group and installs nothing on the host. The table below lines them up; each linked page goes into one comparison.
At a glance
| ServerCC | Happy Coder | Paseo | Moshi | Termius | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Path to the agent | SSH direct | CLI wrapper + encrypted relay | Daemon + relay or own tunnel | SSH / Mosh direct | SSH direct |
| Installed on the host | Nothing | happy CLI | Paseo daemon | moshi-hook for notifications, diff, preview | Nothing |
| Real shell on the phone | Yes | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| Agents integrated | Claude Code, Codex, Grok Build, OpenCode, Kimi Code, Pi, OMP | Claude Code, Codex | Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi, OMP + ACP | Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, Kimi, Qwen, Grok Build, Pi, OMP | None (generic terminal) |
| Survives app close | tmux / herdr on the server | Wrapper process | Daemon | tmux / Zellij / herdr | Manual tmux |
| Take over sessions started at the desk | Any tmux / herdr session | Only via happy | Only via the daemon | Any tmux / Zellij / herdr session | Manual attach |
| Tailscale inside the app | Yes | Not needed (relay) | Via own tunnel | Supported | Via system VPN |
| Native text field for prompts | Yes | Chat UI | Chat UI | Agent-tuned keyboard | — |
| Git diff, file browser | Yes | Diffs in chat | Via agent | Via daemon (Pro) | SFTP |
| Git worktrees | Yes | — | Managed per task | — | — |
| Skills and MCP management | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Port preview and VNC | Ports + VNC | — | Per-worktree dev URLs | Localhost preview | Port forwarding |
| iCloud backup | Yes | Relay sync | On the daemon | — | Own cloud sync |
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad, Android | iOS, Android, web, macOS | iOS, Android, web, desktop | iPhone, iPad, Android | iOS, Android, desktop |
| Price | Free tier; Pro one-time or subscription | Free, MIT | Free, Apache-2.0 | Free tier; subscription or lifetime | Free tier; subscription |
Comparison pages
- ServerCC vs Happy Coder — CLI wrapper plus encrypted relay, versus SSH direct with nothing on the host.
- ServerCC vs Paseo — A daemon that owns agents, worktrees and dev servers, versus tmux and herdr over SSH.
- ServerCC vs Moshi — Two SSH-first terminals; one adds a host daemon for notifications, diffs and preview.
- ServerCC vs Termius — A general SSH client versus one built around agent sessions.
- ServerCC vs Claude Code Remote Control — Anthropic's built-in remote feature versus going direct over SSH.
Facts about other products come from their public documentation as of September 2026. If something here is out of date, tell us and it will be corrected.