Termphin vs CodeAgents Mobile
CodeAgents Mobile is a chat app for an AI agent - OpenCode today, Claude Code before it - that works on your Linux servers over SSH, with skills, MCP and server provisioning. Termphin is an SSH client: you get the real terminal and run whichever agent you like, and the shell keeps running when you disconnect.
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Which one is for you
Pick Termphin if you want
- Your agent, your way
Run Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or anything else exactly as you would from a laptop.
- A real terminal
Full-screen programs, tabs, split view, snippets and a key toolbar for when you need the machine itself.
- Sessions that survive
Termphin's open-source agent keeps the shell running when you lock your phone or lose signal.
Pick CodeAgents Mobile if you want
- An agent in an app
Projects keep their own context, chat history and servers. Skills and MCP servers extend what the agent can do.
- New servers from the phone
Provision a DigitalOcean or Hetzner machine with SSH keys set up for you.
- Recurring work
Give the agent a regular task and it reports back.
Using both
- CodeAgents for chat tasks
Keep it for skills-driven tasks you want to hand off in plain language.
- Termphin for the terminal
Use Termphin when you want to see and drive the session yourself.
- Same servers
Both reach your servers over SSH, so the same key works for both.
Sources
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