mosh vs SSH

SSH drops when your phone moves. mosh keeps going.

SSH is tied to one network. mosh keeps your session on your machine and syncs it to your phone as you change networks.

Roams
Wi-Fi to cellular, same session. No reconnect.
Catches up at once
After a dead zone you see the live screen, not a replay of every byte.
Falls back
No UDP? Waycar switches to SSH on its own. A MOSH or SSH badge shows which.
Quick return
Come back and pick up where you left off.

Needs mosh-server and open UDP on your machine. Tap Test Mosh to check.

Chat Mode

Skip the terminal. Just talk to your agent.

Claude Code, Codex, omp, pi and opencode, as a simple chat.

Replies in your notifications
Read the reply without opening the app. herdr only, for now.
Allow or Cancel, right there
Answer permission prompts in the chat. The terminal is one tap away.
See what it sees
Images and videos appear above the reply.
New Chat from the Home Screen
Touch and hold the Waycar icon, then tap New Chat.

An agent in Chat Mode on iPhone: you ask why a reconnect test fails, it shows a Reconnect timeline chart and explains the fix, then asks your OK to run the tests with Allow, Cancel, and Show Terminal buttons. At the bottom is the Message field with a mic button

AI Usage · via CodexBar

Know which account runs dry. Before your agent does.

With CodexBar on a Host, the Console shows the provider closest to its limit.

① Glance

The AI Usage row at the top of the Agent list on iPhone, reading Claude 59% · 12%

Percent left this session and this week.

② Tap for every gauge

AI Usage sheet on iPhone with session and weekly gauges for Claude and Codex, Pro and Flash gauges for Gemini, each with a pace line and reset time. Claude has 59% of its session left, and its weekly gauge is amber at 12% left and on pace to run out in 2 days

Every provider, lowest first

Session and weekly gauges, pace, and reset times.

Runs on your Host

Read over SSH every few minutes while the app is open.

Entirely optional

Turn it on or off for each Host.

Closed Sessions

Quit by accident?
Pick up where you left off.

Ended agents stay for 30 days. Two taps bring one back.

Tap Closed
Ended agents, newest first. Search works too.
Tap one
It reopens in a new tab, in the same folder.
You're back
Most agents resume the same chat.

The Console on iPhone with the Closed filter on, listing four closed agents from two Hosts

Opened the wrong one?

Back out without typing and it closes again.

On iPhone and iPad

With iCloud Sync, closed agents show up on both.

Out of your way

Off your main list. Swipe to forget one sooner.

tmux

Already on tmux? Keep it.

tmux 3.2 or later works too, with the same install command. Run both? One list.

What Waycar can do with herdr versus tmux
Feature	herdr	tmux
Agent list	Workspaces, tabs and panes	Sessions, windows and panes
Agent status	Every agent herdr knows	Claude Code, Codex, omp, pi and opencode, via Waycar hooks
Alerts and Live Activities	Yes	Via Waycar hooks
Chat Mode replies in alerts	Yes	Not yet
Everything else	Yes	Yes, a few parts via Waycar hooks

Agent list
herdrWorkspaces, tabs and panes
tmuxSessions, windows and panes
Agent status
herdrEvery agent herdr knows
tmuxClaude Code, Codex, omp, pi and opencode, via Waycar hooks
Alerts and Live Activities
herdrYes
tmuxVia Waycar hooks
Chat Mode replies in alerts
herdrYes
tmuxNot yet
Everything else
herdrYes
tmuxYes, a few parts via Waycar hooks

How it works

Phone to machine. Nothing in between.

Plain SSH, straight to your machine. No account.

Your device

Waycar

SSH key made on device
never leaves the Keychain
iPhone · iPad · iOS 18+

Your machine

SSH + herdr or tmux

OpenSSH (stock config)
herdr ≥ 0.7.5 or tmux ≥ 3.2
mosh-server, for mosh

claudecodexompgeminiopencodepi

01 / terminal

The same screen you'd see at your desk

The agent's real terminal, not a copy.

02 / connection

Survives the subway

mosh keeps it attached. A Jump Host reaches private machines.

Features

Built for the moment an agent
needs you.

Every screen is native SwiftUI.

Agent console

Every machine, sorted by who needs you first.

Agents from every Host, blocked first. Filter, search, or pin.

BlockedDoneWorkingIdle

Agent Console on iPhone with an AI Usage row on top, then agents on two Hosts, each marked Blocked, Done, or Working with a one-line summary

Terminal

A real, native terminal.

Ghostty's engine: full-screen apps, momentum scrolling, selection, jump to live.

Prompting

Draft it first. Send once.

Edit before you send. On-device dictation (iOS 26), snippets and Skills.

Workspaces

Start an agent on a clean worktree.

A fresh git checkout on its own branch, or any folder.

Connect

Pair a machine with one QR.

Keys made on device. The Pairing Code pins the host key. The Hosts sheet shows live CPU and memory.

iPad

A first-class iPad app, keyboard and all.

Sidebar, Stage Manager, Take Over Here, drag and drop, shortcuts. See the iPad gallery →

⌘1–9agents⌘[ ⌘]switch⌘Fsearch⌘Nnew agent⌘Einput mode⌘↩send

New Agent sheet on iPad over the Agent Console, with Host, Workspace, New Worktree, Agent, and Arguments fields

Notifications

Know the moment an agent blocks.

Encrypted pushes for Blocked and Done. A Live Activity for each Host.

Preview bar

Everything it prints, one tap away.

Images, PDFs, Markdown and links, in one bar under the terminal. Send it screenshots and files too, up to 64 MB.

Controls

Every key an agent can ask for.

Esc, Tab, arrows, Ctrl and F-keys, or type straight in. Make it your own.

Appearance

30 terminal themes. One for light mode, one for dark.

Two built-in fonts and pinch to zoom. Settings sync via iCloud Keychain.

Agents

Bring the agents you already run.

Waycar finds them on each Host. Shells show up too.

claude
codex
omp
gemini
opencode
pi
Amp
Antigravity
Cline
Cursor Agent
Devin CLI
Droid
GitHub Copilot CLI
Grok Build
Hermes Agent
Kilo Code
Kimi CLI
Kiro CLI
Maki
Mastra Code
Muse
Qoder CLI
Qwen Code

Consolesorted by status
Attachlive terminal
New Agentfresh worktree
Hostsevery machine

Security & privacy

Your keys. Your machines. Nobody else's servers.

The app has no account and no ads. Your keys and terminals never touch our servers. Notifications are encrypted before they leave your Host. Read the privacy policy →

On-device keys
The private key never leaves your Keychain.
Pinned fingerprints
The Pairing Code verifies your first connection.
Checked at both hops
Jump Host and machine are verified separately.
Post-quantum ready
Post-quantum key exchange when your server supports it.
On-device dictation
Speech becomes text on your phone.
Encrypted sync
Hosts and keys sync via end-to-end encrypted iCloud Keychain. Optional.

Setup

Get the app. Run one command. Scan.

Get Waycar
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iPhone and iPad
Show QR codeHide QR code
Scan with your iPhone or iPad
Android™,
Coming soon
Android is a trademark of Google LLC.
Close
Install on your Mac or Linux box
Works with herdr, tmux, or both.
Scan the code
Say yes to show a QR, then scan it in Waycar. Run it again to pair another device.

iOS / iPadOS 18+
Android: coming soon
herdr ≥ 0.7.5
or tmux ≥ 3.2
No Node needed on the Host
OpenSSH · streamlocal on, for herdr
macOS: Remote Login on
mosh-server + UDP, for mosh

you@studio-mac — zsh

$ curl -fsSL https://waycar.dev/install.sh | sh# answer Y to show a pairing QR

FAQ

Before you ask.

How do I get Waycar?: Download it on the App Store, then run the install command on each machine, or add one by hand.
What does Waycar cost?: Free for 10 Launches (new agents or shells, and resumed agents) every 30 days. Watching running agents never counts. Waycar Pro removes the limit for $5 a month or $40 a year in the US, and renews until you cancel in your Apple Account.
Do I need herdr?: No. tmux 3.2 or later works too.
Which agents work in Chat Mode?: Claude Code, Codex, omp, pi and opencode. Run the install command again first.
Does anything go through the cloud?: Not your sessions: they go over SSH straight to your machine. Push notifications and usage analytics are optional. AI Summaries, if you turn them on, send recent screen text to your AI provider.
My machine isn't reachable from the internet. Can I still use it?: Yes. Put an SSH Jump Host in front of it.
Is Waycar affiliated with herdr or the AI companies?: No. Waycar is an independent app from OTREVA, LLC.
Is there an Android app?: Not yet: Android is coming next. Waycar is on iPhone and iPad today.

Ride at the back.
See the whole train.

A waycar is the caboose: the last car, keeping watch over the whole train.

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Your agents stay attached.Over mosh, and SSH.

SSH drops when your phone moves. mosh keeps going.

Roams

Catches up at once

Falls back

Quick return

Skip the terminal. Just talk to your agent.

Replies in your notifications

Allow or Cancel, right there

See what it sees

New Chat from the Home Screen

Know which account runs dry. Before your agent does.

Every provider, lowest first

Runs on your Host

Entirely optional

Quit by accident? Pick up where you left off.

Tap Closed

Tap one

You're back

Opened the wrong one?

On iPhone and iPad

Out of your way

Already on tmux? Keep it.

Agent list

Agent status

Alerts and Live Activities

Chat Mode replies in alerts

Everything else

Phone to machine. Nothing in between.

Waycar

SSH + herdr or tmux

The same screen you'd see at your desk

Survives the subway

Built for the moment an agent needs you.

Every machine, sorted by who needs you first.

A real, native terminal.

Draft it first. Send once.

Start an agent on a clean worktree.

Pair a machine with one QR.

A first-class iPad app, keyboard and all.

Know the moment an agent blocks.

Everything it prints, one tap away.

Every key an agent can ask for.

30 terminal themes. One for light mode, one for dark.

Bring the agents you already run.

Your keys. Your machines. Nobody else's servers.

On-device keys

Pinned fingerprints

Checked at both hops

Post-quantum ready

On-device dictation

Encrypted sync

Get the app. Run one command. Scan.

Get Waycar

Install on your Mac or Linux box

Scan the code

Before you ask.

Ride at the back.See the whole train.

Your agents stay attached.
Over mosh, and SSH.

Quit by accident?
Pick up where you left off.

Built for the moment an agent
needs you.

Ride at the back.
See the whole train.