PocketCode
An Android IDE with a real terminal, SSH, Postgres & AI
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PocketCode is a code editor and IDE for Android phones and tablets: a real Linux terminal, SSH with SFTP and port forwarding, PostgreSQL running inside the app, an API tester (REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, SSE), Git, and C, Python and JavaScript running on the device. The AI assistant uses your own key (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Copilot or any OpenAI-compatible API), and every change it makes can be reviewed and undone. Your code stays on your device. No ads. Free plan, Pro optional.
PH · launched Oct 15, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 67%) · 1 view
Niche: mobile developer and terminal clients · 53 launches, 5 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- AI feature
- Commercial product
- Android
- Productivity
- Developer Tools
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Could you build this?
No Compiling, porting, and running a complete Linux userland, PostgreSQL engine, SSH daemon, compilers (C, Python), and terminal emulation natively within an Android sandboxed environment requires deep systems-level mobile OS and NDK engineering.
What it would actually take: Requires deep C/C++ cross-compilation via Android NDK, packaging Termux-style PRoot or custom userland toolchains, embedded PostgreSQL build optimizations for ARM, and custom terminal UI rendering (PTY interfaces). The primary challenge is bypassing Android's strict W^X memory restrictions and SELinux sandboxing while maintaining background process life cycles.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 203 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #100 of 204 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 273 days after the earliest competitor.
- PocketCoded Java · ph · 2026-11-01 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- PolyDev · ph · 2026-10-08 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- PropelCode: Your IDE, In Your Pocket · ph · 2026-09-12 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Portable-handoff · ph · 2026-09-13 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- OpenCode 2.0 · ph · 2026-10-13 · 240 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- MOOJE · ph · 2026-10-25 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- PocketConsole · ph · 2026-10-19 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- Agents At Work: You can go! · ph · 2026-10-26 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.44
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