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Omnara

Ranked 4 of 13 coding agent interfaces by recommenders

People use it to supervise Claude Code and Codex from their phone, citing reliable messaging. Critics say $20 a month is steep and the idea easy to copy.

People use it to supervise Claude Code and Codex from their phone, citing reliable messaging. Critics say $20 a month is steep and the idea easy to copy.

47 people gave an opinion

recommend it
27
criticize it
20
approval share
57%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 4 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: recommended
  12. October 2026: recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 27 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
  • 1.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
  • Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.

The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works

What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • More reliable messaging and lower latency

    “reliability and latency when sending messaages is much better in Omnara”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

    “in my experience Omnara is much more reliable than the other solutions”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

    “reliability and latency when sending messaages is better in Omnara”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”
  • Seamless switching between computer and phone

    “Omnara tries to make switching between being on your computer and being on your phone feel seamless”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

    “greatly increasing productivity as you can keep working whilst in transit”

    Comment from 15 May 2026 in “Work with Codex from Anywhere”

    “it's quite useful for mobile coding”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”
  • Native GUI better than CLI

    “I enjoy Omnara more than those solutions because it's a native experience tailored for coding agents”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

    “we think that a GUI is a better experience than the CLI anyways”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”
  • No hosting or tunnel maintenance

    “we try to make it much easier than self hosting and managing your own tunnels”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

    “there's also 0 hassle of maintaining anything on your own with Omnara”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

What people warn about

Each mark is one comment

  • Too expensive for what it does

    “Feels expensive for something that an engineer can hack in a couple of ours with tailscale and Claude Code.”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

    “$20 per month for a service that runs CC on a remote machine in a convenient matter is steep but doable.”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

    “feels hard to justify $20 a month for what looks like considerably less features than openchamber”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”
  • Easy to clone or replicate

    “This project seems like a good idea that didn't have enough of a moat.”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

    “Just shows that AI has advanced so quickly that it is easy to clone YC startups to zero.”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

    “Just seems like a feature that Anthropic/OpenAI could release any day.”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”
  • Doesn't use end-to-end encryption

    “The lack of E2E encryption was why I didn't chose Omnara.”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

    “they seem to proxy all your conversations”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

    “That means you don't have E2EE, period.”

    Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”
  • Unclear what it adds over alternatives

    “I don't quite see the appeal, because Claude Code already supports something similar.”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

    “I am not sure what more this is offering?”

    Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

Other coding agent interfaces people recommend

The four most recommended other coding agent interfaces, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

Omnara compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
Paseo701088%91 mo6 ownersApproved
OpenChamber31782%6—Approved
Claude Code Remote Control303645%5——
OmnaraThis page272057%4——
Juggler22581%5—Approved
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What people said

40 of the 69 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“Because they're decoupled in Omnara, an agent can use 0, 1, or n machines.”

RecommendsComment from 22 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Omnara – Open-source alternative to Claude Managed Agents”

“probably the fastest starting point is to point your agent to it and ask it to swap in your keywords”

RecommendsComment from 22 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Omnara – Open-source alternative to Claude Managed Agents”

“It stores the state of all agents in a postgres db you can easily query”

RecommendsComment from 10 Sep 2026 in “OpenAI Agents API”

“greatly increasing productivity as you can keep working whilst in transit”

RecommendsComment from 15 May 2026 in “Work with Codex from Anywhere”

“Very useful for supervising Claude and occasionally steering it.”

RecommendsComment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“If you can improve over existing user experience of other tools, this is certainly worth the price.”

RecommendsComment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“Looks like a good product. Everyone is afraid of the grind, keep going!”

RecommendsComment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“That means you don't have E2EE, period.”

CriticizesComment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“we think that a GUI is a better experience than the CLI anyways”

RecommendsComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“Great to see. It’ll be great to democratize access to remotely using cli coding agents.”

RecommendsComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“Progress seems great and excited to see what you have in the future!”

RecommendsComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“But the app is really slick, so it would be great to have it with the multiple threads sidebar, etc..”

MixedComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“The lack of E2E encryption was why I didn't chose Omnara.”

CriticizesComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“$20 per month for a service that runs CC on a remote machine in a convenient matter is steep but doable.”

MixedComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“I am not sure what more this is offering?”

CriticizesComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“from what I've heard from users our architecture is more reliable”

RecommendsComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“they seem to proxy all your conversations”

CriticizesComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“that does not a startup charging $20/month make”

CriticizesComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“Just shows that AI has advanced so quickly that it is easy to clone YC startups to zero.”

CriticizesComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“reliability and latency when sending messaages is much better in Omnara”

RecommendsComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“we try to make it much easier than self hosting and managing your own tunnels”

RecommendsComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“in my experience Omnara is much more reliable than the other solutions”

RecommendsComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“This project seems like a good idea that didn't have enough of a moat.”

MixedComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“it's quite useful for mobile coding”

RecommendsComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“It seems to be just an expensive version of tailscale”

CriticizesComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“Omnara is a pretty technical product, which you'll see if you try it out”

RecommendsComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“For now it's pretty useful, and we're making it better every day.”

RecommendsComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“we've heard Omnara has better reliability and latency”

RecommendsComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“I like your landing page and the video where the guy does stuff outside while his agents work in background”

MixedComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“Just seems like a feature that Anthropic/OpenAI could release any day.”

CriticizesComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“reliability and latency when sending messaages is better in Omnara”

RecommendsComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“there's also 0 hassle of maintaining anything on your own with Omnara”

RecommendsComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“anyone can build this for themselves so easily”

CriticizesComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“We also support syncing your local session to a cloud sandbox to continue your session, and in the cloud sandbox, we provide LLM tokens.”

RecommendsComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“Feels expensive for something that an engineer can hack in a couple of ours with tailscale and Claude Code.”

MixedComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“Your UI looks great though, glad to see more players in this space!”

RecommendsComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“Omnara tries to make switching between being on your computer and being on your phone feel seamless”

RecommendsComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“feels hard to justify $20 a month for what looks like considerably less features than openchamber”

CriticizesComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“I don't quite see the appeal, because Claude Code already supports something similar.”

CriticizesComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

“I enjoy Omnara more than those solutions because it's a native experience tailored for coding agents”

RecommendsComment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from Anywhere”

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