Your Mac keeps coding. You get your day back.
Drive the AI coding agents on your own Mac — Claude Code and Codex — from your phone. Brief the agent, review every change, run the tests, open the running app, and merge, all over your private Tailscale network.
PRCHD turns your phone into a precise remote control for the AI coding agents already running on your Mac. Your Mac stays the source of truth — it runs the agents and owns the files, git, and processes. Your phone attaches to live sessions over your own private Tailscale network.
No cloud workspace. No relay servers. No account to create. Your source code never leaves your machines.
| macOS host | Download the latest DMG | macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon |
| iPhone / iPad | App Store | iOS / iPadOS |
| Android | Google Play | Phones & tablets |
| Tailscale | Download | Required on both devices — free for personal use |
- Install the host. Download the DMG, drag PRCHD to Applications, and launch it. It lives in your menu bar.
- Install Tailscale on your Mac and your phone, signed in to the same tailnet.
- Install the mobile app from the App Store or Google Play.
- Pair. Open the PRCHD menubar popover on your Mac and scan the QR code with your phone. One scan — every connection after that is authenticated automatically.
That's it. Pick a project, create a workspace, and put the agent to work.
Direct the session
- Create isolated workspaces — each on its own git branch and worktree
- Run parallel chats against the same workspace
- Choose the model, reasoning effort, and autonomy level per chat
- Watch live reasoning, tool calls, plans, and file edits as they happen — stop or steer mid-turn
Review every change
- Syntax-highlighted diffs and full file views, rendered by your Mac
- Select any lines and hand them to the agent with a note attached
- @-mention files and folders, pin context, attach images
Verify before you merge
- Tap run targets — tests, lint, build — and see pass/fail inline in the chat
- A real terminal on your Mac when you need one, streamed to your phone
- Start the dev server and open the actual running app on your phone
Finish deliberately
- Merge & Close lands the branch; Discard & Close drops it
- Merge conflicts never destroy work — the workspace is preserved for your desk
- Draft a pull request with AI and open it from your phone
Built for real life
- Sessions keep running while your phone is in your pocket — reconnect and replay, nothing is lost
- Pair multiple Macs and browse every project in one list
- Face ID app lock, and a context meter that shows how full the model's window is
- A Mac with Apple Silicon running macOS 13 or later
- Claude Code and/or Codex installed and signed in on that Mac
- Tailscale on both the Mac and the phone (the free personal plan is fine)
- An iPhone, iPad, or Android device
- No account, no sign-up, no telemetry of your code.
- Your code is never uploaded to PRCHD servers — there are none. The agents talk to their own providers exactly as they do when you run them at your desk.
- Pairing is a one-time QR scan; every connection is authenticated and stays inside your private tailnet. Nothing is ever exposed to the public internet.
This is the public home of PRCHD: releases and the issue tracker live here. PRCHD is developed in a private repository, so there is no source code in this one.
- Releases — signed, notarized macOS builds. New versions are published here.
- Issues — bug reports and feature requests. We read all of them.
Found a bug? Open an issue — please include:
- PRCHD host version (menubar popover → Settings) and macOS version
- Phone platform and app version, if the problem is on the mobile side
- What you did, what you expected, and what happened instead
Feature requests are welcome too — including things like Intel or Windows/Linux host support, which we prioritize by demand.
For anything security-related, please email hello@prchd.app instead of opening a public issue.
Is PRCHD free? Yes — the host app and the mobile app are free, with no in-app purchases and no ads.
Does my code go through your servers? No. There are no PRCHD servers. Your phone talks directly to your Mac over your private Tailscale network.
Does it work on Intel Macs? Not yet — builds are Apple Silicon only for now. If you need Intel, open an issue and tell us.
Windows or Linux host? Not yet. The macOS host ships first; other platforms are on the radar.
Which agents are supported? Claude Code and Codex today, through a backend abstraction built to grow.
prchd.app · Support: hello@prchd.app
PRCHD is an independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic, OpenAI, or Tailscale Inc. Claude Code, Codex, and Tailscale are trademarks of their respective owners.