OpenShell vs Arauto

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.

Arauto is a free, private iOS client for your own Hermes AI agent. If you run Hermes, Arauto gives it a beautiful home on your iPhone — chat with it, manage it, and shape it from anywhere. Connect in seconds with your server URL and key. Everything stays yours: your conversations, your model, your provider key. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Chat with your Hermes agent in a fast, native interface with live streaming replies • Watch your agent work, tools and skills run step by step, in view • Turn skills on and off, and browse what your agent can do • Choose your AI provider and model (Anthropic Claude or OpenAI) and set your key, written straight to your own server • Edit your agent's persona so it sounds the way you want • Pick conversations back up across sessions BRING YOUR OWN KEY Arauto doesn't resell AI. You point it at your provider with your own API key, so you pay providers directly and stay in control. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your server URL and key live only in your device's Keychain • Conversations are kept on your device • Your messages go to YOUR Hermes server, never to us • No accounts, no tracking, no analytics, no third-party SDKs REQUIREMENTS Arauto is a companion app: it needs a Hermes agent that you host, plus the small Arauto companion service running alongside it. It is not a standalone chatbot. FREE Arauto is completely free and nothing is locked. Built for people who run their own AI and want it in their pocket.