# Shellular Android app

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Shellular Android app and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A phone app for running AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex and Pi on your own machine, with native UI, persistent terminals and access to old sessions. Commenters note it still needs the CLI and daemon running on your computer.

## Why people recommend it

- Native phone UI for agents (2 comments): "Your app is better than the web app I have since it's native, but we still need to use your CLI and daemon to work." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48819178)) "love that the phone app has a native UI for agents like Pi instead of relying only on terminal renderers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48819001))
- Persistent terminals and localhost access (2 comments): "more than just a chat UI because Shellular also gives you persistent terminals, localhost access, code editor" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48819197)) "we give you access to all of it, not just a chat UI" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48819146))

## What people warn about

- Needs CLI and daemon running (1 comments): "Your app is better than the web app I have since it's native, but we still need to use your CLI and daemon to work." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48819178))
- Sessions do not sync (1 comments): "Main one that hit me hard is the sessions don't sync" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48839932))
- Android app needs Google Play services (1 comments): "Android app doesn't work without Google Play services" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821231))
- Building from source fails (1 comments): "build from source is also not working?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821348))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Paseo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/paseo.md): 70 recommend
- [OpenChamber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openchamber.md): 31 recommend
- [Claude Code Remote Control](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-code-remote-control.md): 30 recommend
- [Omnara](https://hackerapproved.com/p/omnara.md): 27 recommend
- [Juggler](https://hackerapproved.com/p/juggler.md): 22 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Shellular Android app", https://hackerapproved.com/p/shellular/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).