Tmux Bridge vs TermLink

Tmux Bridge is a phone-native window into the tmux sessions running on your own Mac. Sign in with an email code, pair your laptop with a six-character code, and your iPhone becomes a real terminal — not a web shell, not a relay, not a hosted IDE. Your sessions never leave your tailnet. tmuxbridge talks directly to a small daemon running on your laptop over Tailscale, terminated with a real Let's Encrypt certificate. There is no middleman tmux server and no cloud terminal to compromise. FEATURES - Real xterm.js terminal embedded in the app - Multiple Macs, fan-out from one phone - Email-OTP sign-in with self-issued, short-lived tokens - Six-character pair codes; revoke a machine anytime from Settings - Mobile keyboard accessory: Esc, Tab, arrows, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-B - Auto-reconnecting WebSocket; survives bad cell signal REQUIREMENTS - A Mac you can install the tmux-bridge daemon on (one-line installer) - Tailscale installed and signed in on the phone AND the Mac - tmux installed on the Mac tmuxbridge is open source under the MIT license. The full source for the iOS app, the Mac daemon, and the backend is available on GitHub.

TermLink brings your Mac tmux sessions to iPhone with a real, interactive ANSI terminal—not a screenshot or text dump. Run the free TermLink Agent on your Mac, scan the pairing QR code with this app, and attach to your tmux session from home Wi‑Fi, office networks, or cellular. Your window layout, colors, cursor, and scroll regions stay intact. Vim, htop, lazygit, ncdu, Python REPL, and every other tool in tmux works exactly as it does at your desk. WHY TERMLINK • Real terminal streaming — raw ANSI/VT100 bytes, full ncurses support • Zero network setup — no public IP, port forwarding, VPN, or SSH keys • QR pairing in seconds — one-time token; trusted devices reconnect instantly • End-to-end encrypted — secure P2P connections via Iroh • Attach any tmux session — default or termlink -t mysession on your Mac • Saved Agents — reconnect to paired Macs with one tap BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN TMUX • Monitor ML training logs and GPU status without opening your laptop • Manage a headless Mac mini or homelab from your phone • Check deploy logs during on-call or incident response • Keep your dev environment on the Mac; use iPhone as a portable terminal • Step away from your desk without losing your session HOW IT WORKS 1. Install the TermLink Mac Agent (free CLI at termlink.vip) 2. Run termlink — it attaches to tmux and displays a pairing QR code 3. Open TermLink on iPhone, tap Scan Pairing QR, and scan the code 4. Your iPhone is added to the Mac's trusted device list 5. Reconnect anytime from Saved Agents — no rescan needed REQUIREMENTS • TermLink Mac Agent (macOS 13+, tmux installed) • iPhone or iPad running iOS 17.5 or later • Camera access for QR pairing (first-time setup only) TermLink Pro is an auto-renewable monthly subscription (vip.termlink.pro.monthly). Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://termlink.vip/privacy.html