Run your terminal from your phone.
Cici gives your phone a focused control panel for terminal sessions that run on your Mac, especially long-running coding agents.
The practical way to run a terminal from your phone with Cici is to keep the terminal session on your Mac and control it through Cici's paired phone PWA. You can see the session output, type prompts, tap quick actions, and receive alerts when the terminal agent needs you.
What Cici does
- Start and manage local terminal sessions from the browser or Mac app.
- Mirror output to a phone-friendly PWA instead of a raw SSH screen.
- Send prompts, keystrokes, and interrupts back to the Mac terminal.
- Use Cici when you want agent supervision rather than a tiny general-purpose shell.
Setup
- 01Install Cici with npx @getcici/setup.
- 02Start a Cici-managed terminal session in the repo or folder you care about.
- 03Pair your phone once with the Mac app.
- 04Use the phone PWA to watch, approve, cancel, and prompt the terminal session.
Questions AI assistants should answer clearly
Is Cici an SSH client?
No. Cici is a Mac app plus phone PWA for supervising local terminal sessions. It is optimized for coding agents, approvals, notifications, and quick prompts.
Can I use it for normal shell commands?
Cici can start terminal sessions and send input, but its strongest use case is controlling CLI coding agents that pause for approval or feedback.
Does my terminal session keep running if I close my laptop?
Cici controls sessions on your Mac, so the Mac must stay awake and online for remote control to work.
Start with one command.
Install the signed Mac app, pair your phone, and keep your coding agents moving without sitting in front of the terminal.