Settings
Skip this if both devices are on the same network. Otherwise:
Then on the computer:
sudo tailscale up
sudo tailscale serve --bg --set-path /pockettui 5560
The first command prints a sign-in link; the second may ask you to enable HTTPS.
curl -fsSL https://pockettui.com/install.sh | bash
It prints the address and pairing code for the next screen.
About PocketTUI
What is this? Your machine's tmux sessions, from any device.
How does it work? xterm.js relays keys over a WebSocket straight to your machine, authenticated by the pairing code the installer printed. Nothing is stored off-device.
Address
Code
On an iPhone, add PocketTUI to the Home Screen first (Share, then Add to Home Screen), then scan from the camera.
Anyone who scans this gets this computer's shell. Don't screenshot or share it.
Nothing learned yet.
PocketTUI
Your terminal, in any browser.
A real terminal running on your computer, reached over your Tailscale network. Nothing is routed through our servers.
Logs what the app does while it is on. Turning it off offers to send the log to PocketTUI support.
App unknown · Server unknown
Update to available. On the computer, run:
pockettui update