Shellular Android app
Ranked 12 of 13 coding agent interfaces by recommenders
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.
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.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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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
Native phone UI for agents
“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.”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Shellular – run Claude Code, Codex, Pi from your phone” “love that the phone app has a native UI for agents like Pi instead of relying only on terminal renderers”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Shellular – run Claude Code, Codex, Pi from your phone” Persistent terminals and localhost access
“more than just a chat UI because Shellular also gives you persistent terminals, localhost access, code editor”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Shellular – run Claude Code, Codex, Pi from your phone” “we give you access to all of it, not just a chat UI”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Shellular – run Claude Code, Codex, Pi from your phone”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Needs CLI and daemon running
“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.”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Shellular – run Claude Code, Codex, Pi from your phone” Sessions do not sync
“Main one that hit me hard is the sessions don't sync”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Shellular – run Claude Code, Codex, Pi from your phone” Android app needs Google Play services
“Android app doesn't work without Google Play services”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Shellular – run Claude Code, Codex, Pi from your phone” Building from source fails
“build from source is also not working?”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Shellular – run Claude Code, Codex, Pi from your phone”
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.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paseo | 70 | 10 | 88% | 9 | 1 mo6 owners | Approved |
| OpenChamber | 31 | 7 | 82% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Claude Code Remote Control | 30 | 36 | 45% | 5 | — | — |
| Omnara | 27 | 20 | 57% | 4 | — | — |
| Shellular Android appThis page | 6 | 2 | 75% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
11 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Main one that hit me hard is the sessions don't sync”
“build from source is also not working?”
“Android app doesn't work without Google Play services”
“The other stuff is pretty cool and very lacking though.”
“more than just a chat UI because Shellular also gives you persistent terminals, localhost access, code editor”
“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.”
“we give you access to all of it, not just a chat UI”
“Shellular shows your all your old sessions, and also create new ones if you want to.”
“love that the phone app has a native UI for agents like Pi instead of relying only on terminal renderers”
“everything lives on your machine (Mac, PC, or VPS)”
“Awesome tool, have been using it for quite a few days now”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.