Agentmux vs OpenAB Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Agentmux
Transform your iPhone or iPad into a powerful command center for remote development. Connect to servers, manage persistent tmux sessions, and run AI coding agents directly from your device. Browse, edit, and preview project files with ease, all without needing a laptop.
- Remote server connection
- Persistent tmux session management
- AI coding agent execution
- File browsing and editing
- Markdown preview
- Live Activities and Dynamic Island integration
- iCloud sync for settings
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Agentmux turns your iPhone and iPad into a command center for remote development. Connect to your servers, resume persistent tmux sessions, launch coding agents, browse project files, preview Markdown, and make quick code edits without opening a laptop. Agentmux is built for developers who already live in terminals, SSH, tmux, and AI coding agents. Run coding agents from your phone Launch Claude, Codex, Antigravity, OpenCode, Antigravity, and custom CLI agents directly inside remote project sessions. Agentmux discovers your projects and keeps agent launch actions close to the work. Keep sessions alive with tmux & Live Activities Remote work should not disappear when Wi-Fi drops or iOS switches networks. Agentmux integrates deeply with tmux so you can reconnect and continue where you left off. Monitor background tasks and active sessions at a glance with Lock Screen Live Activities and Dynamic Island integration. If tmux is missing, Agentmux can help install it on supported servers. Browse and edit remote projects Open a file explorer over SSH/SFTP, move through project folders, inspect Git context, preview Markdown, and edit text/code files with line numbers and syntax highlighting. Edit configs with confidence using strict syntax validation for JSON, YAML, and TOML files. Swipe through remote image galleries with edge-aware gestures. Designed for mobile terminals Use an iPhone shortcut panel for arrow keys, Ctrl, Esc, Tab, Home/End, and other terminal controls. Seamlessly copy text from remote editors (like Vim/Neovim) to your iOS clipboard using OSC 52. On iPad, use a hardware keyboard, trackpad, landscape layout, and larger workspace. Sync your workflow Optional iCloud sync keeps supported server settings, recent sessions, and recent files available across your own devices with fast incremental batch sync. SSH credentials are stored securely in iOS Keychain. Agentmux is a focused SSH workspace for developers who want their remote dev box, coding agents, tmux sessions, files, and editor in one mobile app. 14-day free trial with Pro features. Agentmux Pro is available as a lifetime unlock.
OpenAB Remote
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OpenAB Remote turns your iPhone into a private push-to-talk remote and terminal client for OpenAB Connect. Pair with your Mac over the local network, dictate with on-device speech recognition, and send only terminal-safe text to the selected session. Import your own runtime connections from OpenAB Connect, browse live sessions, and attach directly over your own Tailscale network. Choose your speech engine: Apple's on-device recognition (no download), or optionally download Whisper (OpenAI, MIT) or SenseVoice (Alibaba FunASR) to run on this iPhone — SenseVoice is recommended for Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese and Korean. • On-device push-to-talk transcription • Direct terminal session attach and resume • Remembered, encrypted nearby pairing • Explicit Auto-Enter permission • No account, analytics, advertising, or telemetry • Optional Whisper engine: download an open-source model once (MIT) and run it fully on-device • Fully offline Demo Mode for evaluation OpenAB Remote talks only to your Mac and infrastructure — plus, only if you choose the Whisper engine, a one-time model download from Hugging Face. Your speech, credentials, and terminal sessions are not sent to an OpenAB service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenAB Remote at none against Agentmux's 1. Agentmux's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Agentmux sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OpenAB Remote asks for nothing beyond the download.
Agentmux ships an update every 3 days, OpenAB Remote every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Agentmux | OpenAB Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HSINWEI LIAO | Jiayan Lin |
In-app purchases
Agentmux
- Agentmux Pro Lifetime$14.99
OpenAB Remote
No in-app purchases









