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Termphin vs VibeTunnel

VibeTunnel is an open-source Mac app that serves your terminal sessions to a web page, so you can watch an agent from a phone browser. Termphin is a native SSH client: it connects to the machine directly, and the shell keeps running when you disconnect.

TermphinFree
VibeTunnelFree, open source
How it works
What runs on the phone
A native app
A web page. Native iOS app is early work
What runs on the machine
A small agent, uploaded over SSH
Mac app on Apple Silicon, or the npm package on Linux
Reaching it away from home
SSH, as you already do
Tailscale, ngrok or Cloudflare Tunnel
Which machines
Any SSH server: Linux, macOS, Windows
The Mac or Linux box running it
Features
Session survives a dropped connection
Agent on the server keeps the shell, on by default
Sessions live on the Mac
Session recording
No
asciinema format
Git follow mode
No
Yes
SFTP and tunnels
Included
No
Key toolbar
Editable key toolbar and action dock
Browser keyboard handling
Price and source
Price
Free, nothing to buy
Free
Open source
Server agent and terminal renderer
MIT
Included Partly, or on a paid plan Not available Soon In progress

Last reviewed , against the sources listed at the end of this page.

Which one is for you

Pick Termphin if you want

  • Any server

    Termphin reaches anything with SSH: a VPS, a Raspberry Pi, a Windows box. VibeTunnel serves the machine it runs on.

  • No tunnel to set up

    SSH already crosses the internet. There is no ngrok or Cloudflare Tunnel to configure and keep running.

  • A native terminal

    A key toolbar, snippets, SFTP and port forwarding, drawn by a native renderer rather than a browser.

Pick VibeTunnel if you want

  • Zero install on the phone

    Any browser works, on any device, once the Mac side is running.

  • Recording and git follow

    Sessions can be recorded in asciinema format, and git follow mode keeps a checkout in step with branch changes.

  • Fully open source

    MIT licensed, app and server.

Using both

  1. VibeTunnel for the Mac

    Keep it if you want to glance at sessions on your Mac from any browser.

  2. Termphin for servers

    Use Termphin for agents running on remote machines, and for SSH work generally.

  3. Or only Termphin

    Enable Remote Login on the Mac and connect to it with Termphin like any server.

Try Termphin

A free SSH client whose sessions survive a dropped connection.

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Sources

Every VibeTunnel fact on this page comes from these, checked on . Plans change - if something here is out of date, tell us at [email protected].