Tailscale + SSH (DIY setup)
DIY setup https://tailscale.com
- Supported agents
- any CLI agent
- Where the agent runs
- your computer, a server you rent
- iOS
- yes
- Android
- yes
- Push notifications
- no (unless you wire up hooks yourself)
- Diff review
- no
- Price
- Tailscale has a free personal tier (see vendor); SSH app and server costs extra
- Open source
- partly (Tailscale client is open source; not re-verified here)
- Laptop must stay on?
- depends: no if the host is an always-on server
Notes
Recipe, not a product: private network with Tailscale, an SSH app (Termius, Blink), tmux/mosh on the host. Third-party guides recommend this over exposing daemons to the internet.
Sources
- https://codepick.dev/en/guides/mobile-ai-coding-tools-2026/
- https://maude.pilotdev.fr/compare/coding-agent-phone-apps/
Last checked: 2026-10-16. Something out of date? Send a correction.