CodeMote

CodeMote is a solo-built iOS and iPadOS app that turns your iPhone or iPad into a remote control for your development machine. It connects directly to VS Code, Cursor, Antigravity, or any Node.js-capable machine via an encrypted tunnel, letting you drive AI coding agents, live terminals, Git, and the full file tree from your phone — without ever copying your code to a third-party server.

What It Is

CodeMote is a mobile remote-control layer for developer workstations. Unlike the official mobile apps from Claude, Codex, or Cursor — which each lock you into a single agent's chat interface on their own cloud — CodeMote connects to the real editor and real terminal running on your own computer. The result is a full mobile IDE experience: live terminal streaming, real diffs, file browsing and editing, and complete Git flow (stage, diff, commit, push, branch, history), all from a phone.

How the Connection Works

CodeMote uses Microsoft's free devtunnel tool to create an outbound, encrypted relay between your phone and your computer. There is no SSH server to expose, no VPN to configure, and no router ports to open. Pairing is done by scanning a QR code shown in VS Code (or printed in the CLI terminal), which generates a single-use, revokable token. The phone-to-computer link is one-to-one; code, terminals, files, and Git data are never mirrored to CodeMote's servers.

AI Agent Supervision

The core use case is supervising long-running AI coding agents from anywhere. CodeMote supports any terminal-based agent — Claude Code, OpenAI Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Aider, opencode, GitHub Copilot CLI, Cursor CLI, Amp, Qwen Code, Droid by Factory, and others. When an agent pauses for a permission prompt or decision, a Lock Screen Live Activity flips to a "waiting" state and pushes a notification. The developer can read the ask, approve or redirect, and pocket the phone — without needing to be at their desk.

Setup Paths

Two setup paths are supported:

• With an IDE: Install the CodeMote VS Code extension from the VS Code Marketplace (or Open VSX for Cursor, Antigravity, Windsurf, and other forks), install the devtunnel CLI, sign in once with a GitHub or Microsoft account, and start a session from the Command Palette.
• Without an IDE: Run npx codemote-cli start on any machine with Node.js 18 or newer — including headless servers, VPS instances, Raspberry Pis, and Docker containers. The CLI handles the tunnel and prints a QR code directly in the terminal. ngrok and Tailscale funnel are also supported as tunnel alternatives.

Platform and Availability

The iOS/iPadOS app is available on the App Store. The companion extension runs in VS Code on macOS, Windows, and Linux. An Android version is not currently available. The app includes a 7-day free trial and uses auto-renewing subscriptions billed through Apple. The developer, Salvatore Castellitti, builds CodeMote solo and is reachable directly at s.castellitti.dev@gmail.com.