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Show HN: Remux – an open-source tmux workspace designed for iPhone

101 points by bitwise42 2mo ago

javier2 2mo ago
Can I get arrow keys for the keyboard?
- bitwise42 2mo ago
  you can long press the spacebar (or inside the terminal if you don't wanna open the keyboard) and drag in a direction you want for arrow keys
gigatexal 2mo ago
The amount of things mitchellh’s ghostty have enabled has been awesome
- bitwise42 2mo ago
  absolutely. ghostty is one of the projects i admire most, built by the engineer i look up to most.
bitwise42 2mo ago
Hi HN, i'm building Remux, a touch-first tmux workspace for iPhone, powered by Ghostty’s terminal core. It makes sessions, windows, and panes easier to navigate on a small screen, and includes: - Long-press previews for file paths and localhost links in terminal output - Saved commands - File and photo attachments - Image annotation and touch-friendly terminal controls Remux is free, open source, and MIT-licensed. TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/fHqG1ruE https://testflight.apple.com/join/fHqG1ruE Demo: https://getremux.app https://getremux.app
sebmellen 2mo ago
I think this is a very cool effort. Sorry you got downvoted to oblivion (probably because of the "vibe-coded" feel of the website and website copy, etc.) I'll try it out! Question for you — what is your security model? It seems like this only supports local network access, is that correct?
- bitwise42 2mo ago
  thanks for giving it a try. it isn't limited to local networks. Remux connects directly over ssh to any machine reachable from the iPhone, including thru a private network such as tailscale.
  - sebmellen 2mo ago
    Thank you for making it! Let me sponsor you on GitHub! We are hiring smart + driven engineers (email in bio).
hmokiguess 2mo ago
I have been wanting for something like this, today I use a PWA running off Tailscale on my device for simplicity, but a native app would be nice.
- bitwise42 2mo ago
  thanks! if you try it, let me know if there are any features you’d like to see.
- tambourine_man 2mo ago
  What PWA are you currently using?
  - hmokiguess 2mo ago
    My own fork of this https://github.com/tiann/hapi https://github.com/tiann/hapi with Tailscale and less features I don't need
dneri 2mo ago
The app looks great, congratulations on the beta. Will continue testing it, but it connects well and works quite fast. I mainly use Termius, but the tmux support here is interesting. Any way to see multiple panes at the same time?
- bitwise42 2mo ago
  thanks. there isn't a multi-pane view currently. i chose to show one pane at a time because of the available viewport on phones. you can switch between panes using the pane picker in the bottom sheet, but i'll consider adding that if there's enough demand.
nextblock 2mo ago
[flagged]
selfsimilar 2mo ago
I don't know much about the SSH this app uses (Citadel) which uses NIOSSH under the hood. I prefer using Mosh (https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh) for mobile apps where connectivity is often spotty. Does NIOSSH use a model that accounts for that?
- bitwise42 2mo ago
  NIOSSH itself doesn't include Mosh support, so adding it would require a mosh client. i didn't include it in the initial beta, because mosh isn't direct fit for tmux control mode, which requires an ordered raw byte stream. i'm planning to add mosh for standalone terminal sessions tho.
- tamimio 2mo ago
  >this app isn’t available in your country …
  - bitwise42 2mo ago
    thanks for flagging this. i'll look into it.
    - tamimio 2mo ago
      No, your app (remux) is installed and works well. I was replying to GP Mosh/Blink app which is on iOS too, but it isn’t available to download.
kovek 2mo ago
Please support /voice for claude!
- bitwise42 2mo ago
  thanks for the feedback. i'm working on making voice input more seamless.
rutharuth 2mo ago
congrats on the launch, I can see how much thought and work went into building this.
- bitwise42 2mo ago
  thanks, i really appreciate that.
jambalaya8 2mo ago
I have always secretly wanted someone to hack up something like tilda for android, with a shortcut to drop down. The APIs do not exist to support it tho... well, not that I could find. Guessing someone really clever could figure it out.
qudat 2mo ago
Neat! I'm curious, did you consider building on top of https://github.com/neurosnap/zmx https://github.com/neurosnap/zmx which also does attach/detach and uses libghostty?
- bitwise42 2mo ago
  zmx is neat. i came across it in the ghostty discord. i chose tmux since most people already have their workflow built around it.
oarsinsync 2mo ago
The app looks cool, and the website design (tmux style pane at the bottom) is very clever. Nicely done. Will be giving this a try! Been using Blink.sh with mosh, and the persistence of session is a joy, but the interface is still.. awkward at times.
- bitwise42 2mo ago
  thanks, really appreciate that. let me know if anything is missing for your workflow once your try remux
mmmulani 2mo ago
super cool, any interest in supporting fwknop/port knocking? happy to put up a PR
cpressland 2mo ago
Can anybody suggest a good terminal for iOS? I’ve used iSH a fair amount in the past but that hasn’t had an update in three years. I’m mainly just looking for tools like curl, dig, ping etc.
- drudoo 2mo ago
  I switched to Termix some months ago and I’m very happy with that.
- bitwise42 2mo ago
  i think Blink Shell seems a good fit for your usecase.
sdzgs 2mo ago
this is awesome. i was just claudding an exact copy of this. thanks for saving my tokens :)
code0igx 2mo ago
This looks great!
robgough 2mo ago
This is great – I built almost the same thing. It's eerie how similar it made that footer on the public websites! Your app definitely looks a bit nicer than mine though! https://belfry.robgough.net https://belfry.robgough.net I actually started with a Mac app primarily, as I wanted to have an easier way to switch sessions with the mouse and see Claude Code's status at a glance (I had herdr envy, but wanted to keep tmux). I then figured why not do the iOS/iPad version while I was at it. Highly encourage you to build out a Desktop version, I'm now using mine as my only terminal and wouldn't go back. Working across machines feels seamless.

101 points by bitwise42 2mo ago

javier2 2mo ago

Can I get arrow keys for the keyboard?

bitwise42 2mo ago
you can long press the spacebar (or inside the terminal if you don't wanna open the keyboard) and drag in a direction you want for arrow keys

gigatexal 2mo ago

The amount of things mitchellh’s ghostty have enabled has been awesome

bitwise42 2mo ago
absolutely. ghostty is one of the projects i admire most, built by the engineer i look up to most.

bitwise42 2mo ago

Hi HN, i'm building Remux, a touch-first tmux workspace for iPhone, powered by Ghostty’s terminal core. It makes sessions, windows, and panes easier to navigate on a small screen, and includes: - Long-press previews for file paths and localhost links in terminal output - Saved commands - File and photo attachments - Image annotation and touch-friendly terminal controls Remux is free, open source, and MIT-licensed. TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/fHqG1ruE https://testflight.apple.com/join/fHqG1ruE Demo: https://getremux.app https://getremux.app

sebmellen 2mo ago

I think this is a very cool effort. Sorry you got downvoted to oblivion (probably because of the "vibe-coded" feel of the website and website copy, etc.) I'll try it out! Question for you — what is your security model? It seems like this only supports local network access, is that correct?

bitwise42 2mo ago
thanks for giving it a try. it isn't limited to local networks. Remux connects directly over ssh to any machine reachable from the iPhone, including thru a private network such as tailscale.
- sebmellen 2mo ago
  Thank you for making it! Let me sponsor you on GitHub! We are hiring smart + driven engineers (email in bio).

hmokiguess 2mo ago

I have been wanting for something like this, today I use a PWA running off Tailscale on my device for simplicity, but a native app would be nice.

bitwise42 2mo ago
thanks! if you try it, let me know if there are any features you’d like to see.
tambourine_man 2mo ago
What PWA are you currently using?
- hmokiguess 2mo ago
  My own fork of this https://github.com/tiann/hapi https://github.com/tiann/hapi with Tailscale and less features I don't need

dneri 2mo ago

The app looks great, congratulations on the beta. Will continue testing it, but it connects well and works quite fast. I mainly use Termius, but the tmux support here is interesting. Any way to see multiple panes at the same time?

bitwise42 2mo ago
thanks. there isn't a multi-pane view currently. i chose to show one pane at a time because of the available viewport on phones. you can switch between panes using the pane picker in the bottom sheet, but i'll consider adding that if there's enough demand.

nextblock 2mo ago

[flagged]

selfsimilar 2mo ago

I don't know much about the SSH this app uses (Citadel) which uses NIOSSH under the hood. I prefer using Mosh (https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh) for mobile apps where connectivity is often spotty. Does NIOSSH use a model that accounts for that?

bitwise42 2mo ago
NIOSSH itself doesn't include Mosh support, so adding it would require a mosh client. i didn't include it in the initial beta, because mosh isn't direct fit for tmux control mode, which requires an ordered raw byte stream. i'm planning to add mosh for standalone terminal sessions tho.
tamimio 2mo ago
>this app isn’t available in your country …
- bitwise42 2mo ago
  thanks for flagging this. i'll look into it.
  - tamimio 2mo ago
    No, your app (remux) is installed and works well. I was replying to GP Mosh/Blink app which is on iOS too, but it isn’t available to download.

kovek 2mo ago

Please support /voice for claude!

bitwise42 2mo ago
thanks for the feedback. i'm working on making voice input more seamless.

rutharuth 2mo ago

congrats on the launch, I can see how much thought and work went into building this.

bitwise42 2mo ago
thanks, i really appreciate that.

jambalaya8 2mo ago

I have always secretly wanted someone to hack up something like tilda for android, with a shortcut to drop down. The APIs do not exist to support it tho... well, not that I could find. Guessing someone really clever could figure it out.

qudat 2mo ago

Neat! I'm curious, did you consider building on top of https://github.com/neurosnap/zmx https://github.com/neurosnap/zmx which also does attach/detach and uses libghostty?

bitwise42 2mo ago
zmx is neat. i came across it in the ghostty discord. i chose tmux since most people already have their workflow built around it.

oarsinsync 2mo ago

The app looks cool, and the website design (tmux style pane at the bottom) is very clever. Nicely done. Will be giving this a try! Been using Blink.sh with mosh, and the persistence of session is a joy, but the interface is still.. awkward at times.

bitwise42 2mo ago
thanks, really appreciate that. let me know if anything is missing for your workflow once your try remux

mmmulani 2mo ago

super cool, any interest in supporting fwknop/port knocking? happy to put up a PR

cpressland 2mo ago

Can anybody suggest a good terminal for iOS? I’ve used iSH a fair amount in the past but that hasn’t had an update in three years. I’m mainly just looking for tools like curl, dig, ping etc.

drudoo 2mo ago
I switched to Termix some months ago and I’m very happy with that.
bitwise42 2mo ago
i think Blink Shell seems a good fit for your usecase.

sdzgs 2mo ago

this is awesome. i was just claudding an exact copy of this. thanks for saving my tokens :)

code0igx 2mo ago

This looks great!

robgough 2mo ago

This is great – I built almost the same thing. It's eerie how similar it made that footer on the public websites! Your app definitely looks a bit nicer than mine though! https://belfry.robgough.net https://belfry.robgough.net I actually started with a Mac app primarily, as I wanted to have an easier way to switch sessions with the mouse and see Claude Code's status at a glance (I had herdr envy, but wanted to keep tmux). I then figured why not do the iOS/iPad version while I was at it. Highly encourage you to build out a Desktop version, I'm now using mine as my only terminal and wouldn't go back. Working across machines feels seamless.