Control your AI terminal sessions from your phone.
LinkShell lets you view and control Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, or Copilot terminal sessions from your phone. It bridges a real PTY session over WebSocket, preserving colors, cursor control, and signals. Start with one command, pair via QR code, and you're connected. Works on LAN with built-in gateway or across networks with a remote server. Supports reconnection recovery, scrollback buffer, and optional desktop screen sharing. Built for developers who use AI coding assistants.
👋 Hey Product Hunt!
I built LinkShell because I kept running into the same problem — I'd kick off a Claude Code session on my laptop, walk away to grab coffee, and have no way to check on it or approve permission requests from my phone.
LinkShell bridges your local AI terminal (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Copilot) to your phone over WebSocket. It's a real PTY bridge, not just text mirroring
— colors, cursor control, Ctrl+C, everything works.
How it works:
- Run linkshell start --provider claude on your machine
- Scan the QR code with the app
- You're connected. Full terminal control from your phone.
It works on LAN out of the box (built-in gateway, zero config), or you can deploy the gateway on a server for remote access.
The whole thing is open source and self-hosted. Would love to hear your feedback!
About LinkShell on Product Hunt
“Control your AI terminal sessions from your phone.”
LinkShell launched on Product Hunt on April 11th, 2026 and earned 76 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #20 on the daily leaderboard. LinkShell lets you view and control Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, or Copilot terminal sessions from your phone. It bridges a real PTY session over WebSocket, preserving colors, cursor control, and signals. Start with one command, pair via QR code, and you're connected. Works on LAN with built-in gateway or across networks with a remote server. Supports reconnection recovery, scrollback buffer, and optional desktop screen sharing. Built for developers who use AI coding assistants.
On the analytics side, LinkShell competes within GitHub — topics that collectively have 41.2k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how LinkShell performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted LinkShell?
LinkShell was hunted by LiuTianjie. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of LinkShell including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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