ColliePWA vs Moshi
Both put the coding agents on your own machine within reach of your phone. Moshi is a native app that connects over SSH, Mosh or ET. ColliePWA is an open-source web app that your machine serves to your phone's browser.
Moshi details checked on 7 November 2026 from getmoshi.app.
What ColliePWA brings
Self-hosted, no relay
Your machine serves the app, with no account and no vendor server in the path.
Your desk stays put
It hooks into the multiplexer you already run. No wrapper CLI, no new desktop app.
Pick up mid-turn
The phone shows the same panes as your desk. Answer there, then sit down where you left off.
WalkyTalky messages
Agents send each other short signed messages across your crew, and you can message any session.
Crew failover
If the lead goes down, a deputy you named opens its standby door for your phone.
Large screens
On a tablet or an open foldable, several panes sit side by side beside a sidebar.
Rows led: ColliePWA 4, Moshi 1.
A green check marks the side that leads on that row.
| Feature | ColliePWA | Moshi |
|---|---|---|
| What you install | A web app your machine serves | Native app for iOS and Android; desktop app in alpha |
| Source code | Leads on this row. Open source, MIT | No public source code |
| Price | Leads on this row. Free | Free tier; Pro from $9.99/mo, $89.99/yr or $199 lifetime |
| Connection | Phone browser to your machine, via Tailscale by default | SSH; Mosh or ET with Pro. Direct, no relay |
| Multiplexers | Herdr and the Herdr app; tmux and zellij are experimental | Herdr, tmux and zellij |
| Agents | Any terminal agent in your panes | Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi and many more, via moshi-hook |
| What needs you | Status view lists waiting agents first | Agent inbox for approvals and replies; unlimited with Pro |
| Control keys | Keys tray: Esc, Ctrl+C, arrows, modifiers, F1 to F12 | Terminal gestures; shortcut panels for tmux, zellij and agents |
| Push notifications | Opt-in; on iPhone, only from the home-screen app | Included in the free tier |
| Voice input | On-device dictation with Whistle, or on your host; opt-in | On-device dictation free; cloud dictation with a monthly quota |
| Lock Screen and Apple Watch | Not available | Leads on this row. Live Activity and Apple Watch; actions from the watch with Pro |
| Machines and devices | Crews: several machines behind one URL, with failover | Pro license covers up to 3 of your devices |
| Agents message each other | Leads on this row. WalkyTalky: signed messages between sessions, across the crew | Not documented |
| If a machine goes down | Leads on this row. A deputy you named takes over for your phone | Each host connects on its own |
Moshi
Where Moshi is ahead
- Moshi is a native app, with terminal gestures and Face ID for your SSH keys. ColliePWA is a web app in your phone's browser.
- Moshi Pro speaks Mosh and ET, so a session survives sleep, a network switch or the app being closed. ColliePWA has no Mosh support.
- Moshi shows agent requests on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island and on Apple Watch. The free tier views the inbox on the watch, and Pro adds approve, deny and answer there. ColliePWA has none of these.
- Pro adds a diff viewer, a browser preview for local dev servers and image paste. ColliePWA shows diffs read-only in Files, and has no browser preview.
ColliePWA
Where ColliePWA is ahead
- ColliePWA is MIT-licensed. You can read the code that talks to your machine, change it, and run your own build.
- It opens in any phone browser, on iPhone or Android, and installs to the home screen without an app store.
- Your machine serves the app. The bridge binds to loopback, and you reach it through a front door you control, Tailscale by default.
- A crew puts several machines behind one URL. If the lead machine goes down, a deputy you named can take over.
- Every feature is free. There is no Pro tier and no device limit.
- WalkyTalky lets one agent session send a short signed message to another, on any machine in your crew. You can message any session from your phone too.
Moshi · ColliePWA
Which one to pick
Pick Moshi if you want a native app, Mosh or ET for sessions that survive sleep and network changes, or approvals from the Lock Screen and Apple Watch. If you want a browser preview of a dev server, Moshi Pro has one.
Pick ColliePWA if you want open-source software that you host, with nothing to install from an app store. It fits if you already run Herdr, want the agents that wait on you listed first, or run agents on several machines behind one URL.