# Claude Code Remote Control 30 Hacker News commenters recommended Claude Code Remote Control and 36 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Lets you continue a Claude Code session from your phone so long tasks don't stall on permission prompts. Critics say connections drop often and push notifications are unreliable. ## Why people recommend it - Check in on sessions from phone (4 comments): "Now we can just go about our life and check in from the phone." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47148463)) "when I'm on the go the RC app is more convenient" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47150668)) "which is actually the fastest way to open it on your phone" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47150429)) - Useful for a preview release (3 comments): "I'm super happy Anthropic finally releases this tool. It's a starting point and I hope they'll improve it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47148846)) "I think it is pretty good for a preview release." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47158378)) "thanks for shipping early" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47177516)) - Long tasks don't stall on permissions (2 comments): "you lose a lot of time if you step away from a session and it gets stuck asking for permission" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47150474)) "this would easily solve parallel long running work without skipping permissions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47152669)) - Keeps local files and environment intact (2 comments): "Running agents on your own machine means your filesystem, tools, and env stay intact" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47144128)) "Having access to my local repository and my whole home folder is much easier" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47150681)) ## What people warn about - Connections drop or fail to connect (3 comments): "Yup, it's very broken at this time, that's if you manage to get a reliably connection or the session to even show up." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47330373)) "But man it is surprisingly buggy. Connections drop so fast and flakily." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622969)) "Not just the mobile app, but also Claude Code Web is super unreliable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47159829)) - Setup is awkward and hidden (4 comments): "Even if you don't log into github, remote-control still works if you copy across the link that the cli tool outputs for you and just visit that on your phone. That's a bit of a pain though of course." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47158529)) "Also broken for me. First of all /remote-control in the terminal just printed a long url." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47158579)) "it requires extra configuration that isn't (at least clearly) visible in the app itself" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49248010)) - Android notifications stop working (2 comments): "it recently stopped sending me notifications on Android so it's not much use anymore" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48621463)) "official push notifications can sometimes drop out on certain devices like Android" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48621667)) - Missing features and short sessions (2 comments): "The latter is more like the direct Code experience (though there are some gaps in RC mode vs in a Claude-owned sandbox)." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48960288)) "I would have hoped for them to at least support the "/clear" command or some form of it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47152834)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Paseo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/paseo.md): 70 recommend - [OpenChamber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openchamber.md): 31 recommend - [Omnara](https://hackerapproved.com/p/omnara.md): 27 recommend - [Juggler](https://hackerapproved.com/p/juggler.md): 22 recommend - [T3 Code](https://hackerapproved.com/p/t3-code.md): 20 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://claude.com/product/claude-code) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Claude Code Remote Control", https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-code-remote-control/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).