Really Remote Control Your Agentic Terminal From Anywhere

The iOS app controls your terminal, the Relay Server bridges to it with tmux.

iOS App

The mobile interface for your terminal sessions

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Relay Server

Runs on your Mac and bridges to tmux

Download for macOS Free & open source

See It In Action

Mac — Relay Server

Mac Relay Server

v0.2.54 · b19aa05

Port: 8765

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iPhone — Really Remote

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How It Works

Install the Relay

Download and run the Relay Server on your Mac. It listens for connections on your local network.

Start a tmux Session

Open Terminal and start a tmux session. The relay bridges your sessions automatically.

Connect from iPhone

Open Really Remote on your iPhone and connect. Control your agentic terminal from anywhere on any network.

iPhone

Really Remote App

Encrypted tunnel

Tailscale · WireGuard · LAN · SSH

Your Mac

Relay Server

WebSocket bridge

CLI calls

send-keys · capture-pane

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tmux

Terminal sessions

Get Started

Three steps to a working remote terminal.

1. Install

Download the signed .dmg from GitHub Releases and drag Mac Relay Server to your Applications folder. tmux comes bundled — no extra installs.

2. Open the app

Launch the app, click Start Server, then Show Network to read your Mac's local IP. Click the green version pill in the title bar if you want to verify the build.

3. Connect from iPhone

Open Really Remote on your iPhone, type the Mac's IP and port (default 8765), and connect. Create a session in the SESSIONS row, attach, and you're driving tmux remotely.

Full setup guide

FAQ

Tmux is a terminal multiplexer that lets you run multiple terminal sessions inside a single window. It's widely used by developers and sysadmins to manage long-running processes and organize their workflow. Really Remote connects to your tmux sessions so you can interact with them from your phone. Check out tmux here, it's open source: tmux/tmux

No — Mac Relay Server ships with tmux 3.5a built in, so it works on your Mac with no prior setup. If you already have tmux installed via Homebrew (brew install tmux), the relay automatically prefers your system copy so you get upstream security updates. Either way, sessions you create in the app appear in tmux ls from any Terminal — the small "via bundled tmux" / "via system tmux" pill in the SESSIONS row tells you which one is active. Homebrew

Not necessarily. Really Remote works over any network where your iPhone can reach your Mac — including your home Wi-Fi, Tailscale, WireGuard, or an SSH tunnel. A VPN is one option, but not required. Recommended private network: Tailscale

Yes, the iOS app and MacOS server are free. The MacOS server is free and open source. Contributions are welcome! Relay Server

Any network where both devices can communicate: local Wi-Fi (LAN), Tailscale, WireGuard, ZeroTier, SSH tunnels, or any other VPN solution. The relay uses standard WebSocket connections on port 8765 by default, or any open port you specify.

Really Remote relies on your network layer for security. When using Tailscale, WireGuard, or an SSH tunnel, all traffic is encrypted end-to-end. On a local network, traffic stays within your LAN. There is no cloud relay — data flows directly between your devices.