Questions about Mussh

Herdr is the runtime your coding agents run on. It keeps their terminals running on your computer, even after you close Herdr's window or lose the SSH connection, and marks each agent as working, blocked or idle. Mussh is an independent phone client for Herdr, not a Herdr product: over SSH it shows your agents in one fleet view, their replies as chats, approval cards when an agent is blocked, and the changes in your project. Without Herdr, Mussh is an SSH terminal.

Herdr is open source under the Apache License 2.0; its site is herdr.dev. Based on Herdr 0.9.3's README and documentation, checked on 12 October 2026.

Mussh gives coding agents separate chats on Android and iPhone, connected to Herdr on your own computer over SSH. 10 coding agents, including Claude Code, Codex and Pi, open as readable chats, with replies, approval requests and project diffs. Herdr is required for chat; without it, the app still works as an SSH terminal.

Yes. Run Claude Code, Codex or another supported agent in Herdr on your computer, then connect Mussh to that computer over SSH. Each agent opens as its own chat on Android or iPhone: you read its replies, send it messages, answer its approval requests and check the changes in your project. The agent keeps running on your computer; the phone is the remote control.

Yes. Mussh is an SSH client for Android and iPhone, made for coding agents. Without Herdr it works as an SSH terminal, and the terminal stays free after the 30-day trial. With Herdr on your computer, the app adds the fleet view, chats, approval cards and change review.

Claude Code, Codex, Pi, OMP, Kimi Code, Qwen Code, Qoder, Factory Droid, GitHub Copilot and Antigravity, on Android and iPhone and with Linux, macOS and Windows computers alike. The app supports 27 agents in total. Agents without a chat view show their status in your fleet and open in their live panel: OpenCode, Cursor, Grok Build, Hermes, Amp, Devin, Kilo Code, Gemini CLI, Letta Code, MastraCode, Kiro CLI, Maki, Cline, Command Code, Crush, Muse Code, Prime Agent.

Based on Herdr 0.9.3's supported agents, checked on 10 October 2026.

For the fleet, approval cards and chat, yes: Herdr runs on your computer and Mussh connects to it. Without Herdr you can still use Mussh as an SSH terminal.

Install Herdr on your computer with its official instructions; it runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, and on Windows Mussh needs Herdr 0.9.1 or newer. Start it by running herdr in a terminal as the same user the app connects as over SSH, and leave it running; after a restart, start it once again. Then pair the phone: run the pairing command from the app and scan the QR code. The app finds Herdr on its own and shows your agents.

Linux, macOS and Windows. The app works out which system the computer runs, so the same app handles all three. Windows connects through its built-in OpenSSH Server, and the fleet, approval cards, chat, file panel and change review work there as they do on Linux and macOS; Herdr on Windows needs version 0.9.1 or newer. QR pairing works on all three; on Windows the app gives you a PowerShell command instead of a shell one.

Yes. The agents run on your computer and Mussh is the remote control. If the computer sleeps or goes offline, there's nothing to connect to.

Yes, while the app is connected to your computer. Approval notifications let you open the agent that needs you. Android also notifies you when an agent finishes and keeps the connection open in the background. On iPhone it stays open for about 30 seconds after you leave the app; after that, iOS wakes the app from time to time to check for agents waiting for approval, so those notifications can come late. Mussh has no push server, so nothing arrives while your phone can't reach your computer.

Yes, as long as your phone can reach the computer over SSH. The pairing script picks up your Tailscale address first and your local network address second, and the phone uses the first one it can reach.

No. Mussh has no server of its own and no accounts. The app connects straight from your phone to your computer over SSH, and your agents keep talking to their own providers, like Anthropic or OpenAI, exactly as they do on your desktop.

Dictation is optional and uses your phone's own speech recognition, which is usually Google on Android and Apple on iPhone, under that provider's terms. The microphone is on only while you dictate, and Mussh doesn't keep recordings.

Copy the pairing command from the app, run it on your computer and scan the QR code it prints. You confirm the phone's key fingerprint on the computer before the key is added. The key is created in Android Keystore or the iPhone's Secure Enclave and can't be exported. A biometric lock is optional and off by default. To unpair, revoke the phone's key on your computer.

Yes. Tap a file path in the agent's answer to open that file from your connected computer in the app's read-only reader. Web links open in your browser. See the step-by-step example in the walkthroughs.

Markdown with headings, tables and code blocks; source code with syntax highlighting and line numbers; diff files; and images. Browse the agent's project or open a file path from its chat. Reading files does not edit them or change your checkout. See the reader examples.

Every feature is free for 30 days from the first launch. After that the terminal stays free, and $25 for lifetime unlocks everything else. During the trial, the app checks the date with the store at least once every 7 days; if it can't, the terminal keeps working and the other features wait for the internet. There's no subscription and no account. You buy through Google Play or the App Store, and you can restore the purchase on another phone signed in to the same store account.