Polpo
Control Claude Code (and other agents) from your phone
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Polpo is an open-source mobile controller for AI coding agents. It runs a lightweight server on your machine and gives you a phone-friendly dashboard to manage sessions, send prompts, approve tool calls, and review plans.We just released v1.1.0 with support for 5 agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, OpenCode, Pi), skills management from the phone (browse/install/remove skills from skills.sh), and the ability to start new sessions without touching the terminal.The idea started because we wanted to kick off coding tasks from the couch and check on them from the phone. It grew from there.Built with Node.js, no framework on the frontend, WebSocket for real-time updates. Works on LAN or remotely via tunnel (cloudflared, localtunnel, ngrok, SSH).Built by PugliaTechs, a non-profit association from Puglia, Italy.
HN · launched Feb 28, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 89%) · 0 views
Niche: ai coding agent session managers · 514 launches, 36 in the last 7 days ▼ -18% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Agent / copilot
- Developer
- AI-native
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes Polpo is a lightweight local HTTP/WebSocket daemon wrapping local CLI processes (Claude Code, Gemini, etc.) coupled with a mobile-friendly web UI for approvals and log streaming.
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Competitors
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Attention rank: #638 of 660 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 102 days after the earliest competitor.
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