Ovis

Your coding agents, on desktop, phone and browser.
Chat with Claude Code, Codex and other agents running on your computer, and answer them with a tap.

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Ovis runs on the computer where your agents work, and your phone or any browser connects to it. It is built on herdr and can show the same live terminals as herdr and the Herdr app, so they work side by side. How they fit together →

Install

Desktop app: Mac (Intel) · Windows · Linux (all builds). It needs nothing else, and its terminals are its own: to see the ones you already have in herdr or the Herdr app, install with the command below instead.

With herdr or the Herdr app: one command sets Ovis up beside it. On Linux or macOS:

curl -fsSL https://ovis.sh/install.sh | sh

On Windows, in PowerShell:

irm https://ovis.sh/install.ps1 | iex

On your phone: on the computer, open Settings → Devices and PCs → Add a connection → Ovis relay, switch it on, choose Show the QR code and scan it. A computer in an Ovis account asks the phone to sign in instead. The iPhone and Android apps are in beta. Phone setup →

Features

• Agents as a chat. Claude Code, Codex and more, with a turn's commands and edits folded into one line.
• Answers with a tap. Approvals and questions arrive as cards.
• Push alerts. Even with the app closed.
• The real terminal, one click away. With a key bar on phones.
• New agents from anywhere. In a folder you pick, from the desktop or the phone.
• Every workspace in one list. Other PCs over SSH too.

All features →

Watch it in motion (a 25-second clip)

_{Recorded on the demo, which runs in your browser.}

Limits: your computer has to be on and reachable (the Ovis relay, Tailscale, a VPN or an SSH tunnel). Chat is complete for Claude Code and thinner for other agents; the real terminal always works. On Windows, the one-line install starts on herdr until you switch to the Herdr app's terminals in Settings → About → Terminals.

Privacy: sessions stay on your computer, and no account is needed. The relay is end-to-end encrypted (trust model). Anonymous usage counts are on by default; Settings → About or OVIS_TELEMETRY=0 turns them off (what is sent).

Documentation

• User guide: quick start · supported agents · phone · remote PCs · configuration · FAQ
• INSTALL.md: every way to install, step by step.
• Demo · Changelog

Contributing

CONTRIBUTING.md has the setup and the checks, with development, DESIGN.md and SECURITY.md. Coding agents install Ovis for someone with INSTALL.md, and follow AGENTS.md and the review rules for changes.

Thanks

Built on herdr, with inspiration from chatmux, and powered by xterm.js, React, Bun and Lucide. Thanks to everyone who has contributed, including @Yoonwoo-Ha, and to @sanguneo, who helped design the icon and the website.

License

MIT. Copyright © 2026 devswha.