muxd AI Agent vs OpenShell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
muxd AI Agent
Control and interact with your AI agent running on any of your machines from your mobile device. Chat, analyze images, manage multiple nodes, and resume sessions seamlessly. It supports any AI model and provider, offering a private, open-source solution.
- Chat with AI agent remotely
- Image analysis for visual tasks
- Resume sessions across machines
- Monitor node health and status
- Switch between machines instantly
- Supports any AI model and provider
- Built-in tools for various tasks
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muxd is a mobile client for the muxd AI agent an open-source daemon that runs on your machines and works with any model from any provider. Connect to your agent by scanning a QR code or entering a host address. Manage multiple machines through a single server, switch between nodes, and resume any session from your phone. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Chat with your AI agent from anywhere • Send images for analysis and visual tasks • Browse and resume sessions across all your machines • Monitor node health, uptime, and connection status • Switch between machines instantly through the central server • Pick up conversations exactly where you left off MULTI-MACHINE HUB Run one serverto coordinate all your muxd daemons desktop, laptop, server, VM. The app connects to the server and lets you pick which machine to talk to. Node health updates in real time with heartbeat monitoring. ANY MODEL, ANY PROVIDER muxd works with Claude, GPT, Mistral, Grok, Fireworks, Ollama, and any OpenAI-compatible API. Your choice of model, your API key, running on your hardware. BUILT-IN TOOLS Your agent has 27 tools including file operations, bash commands, web search, git, scheduling, project memory, and more. Describe what you need and the agent picks the right tool. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything runs on your machines. No cloud middleman. Sessions are stored locally in SQLite. API calls go directly to your chosen provider. Zero telemetry. Zero data collection. OPEN SOURCE muxd is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license. The full codebase is on GitHub. REQUIRES A running muxd daemon or hub on your network. Install muxd on your machine from https://muxd.sh.
OpenShell
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OpenShell — a unified AI client for your iPhone: local LLMs, cloud APIs, and remote coding over SSH, all in one app. Chat with Ollama, MLX, and LM Studio local models; OpenAI, xAI Grok, and Nous Hermes cloud APIs; or drive Claude Code on a remote Mac over SSH. Pick the backend you want and work in the same app — from quick questions to code reviews, file edits, and builds, straight from your iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: muxd AI Agent at 17.0 against OpenShell's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
muxd AI Agent ships an update every 5 days, OpenShell every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | muxd AI Agent | OpenShell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bata Labs, LLC | seungkoo lee |
In-app purchases
muxd AI Agent
No in-app purchases
OpenShell
No in-app purchases
