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What you can do with Pairfob

Pairfob lets you control the coding agents running on your computer from a phone, tablet, or another computer, using the same live sessions over an end-to-end encrypted connection with no open ports.

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  • Pair your phone to agents on your computer

    Install Pairfob once, scan a QR code, and open live agent sessions on your phone.

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    In the arronKler/pairfob repo, follow the Quick start in README.md to install Pairfob and run `pairfob pair` on this computer. Report the output of `pairfob list` showing one paired device. Verify that `pairfob` prints a running status before you finish.

  • Answer agent prompts from your phone

    See which agents are waiting for input and reply to them from a phone.

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    In the arronKler/pairfob repo, read the section 'What you can do from the phone' in README.md. Summarize how the Needs you strip and the Auto, Control, Terminal and Chat modes work, and name the one mode to use for a full-screen TUI such as vim. Verify your answer against the README text.

  • Review agent code changes on your phone

    Read git status and diffs, comment on lines, and send the comments to the agent.

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    In the arronKler/pairfob repo, use README.md to identify which review features the phone app supports for git status, diffs and comments. Report that list as your output. Verify each item is stated in the 'What you can do from the phone' section.

  • Send photos and PDFs to an agent from your phone

    Upload files over P2P and insert their workspace paths into the agent draft.

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    In the arronKler/pairfob repo, open README.md and quote the sentence that describes how files are handed to the agent. Output that quote and the list of file types the README names. Verify the quote matches the README exactly.

  • Check agent subscription quota from the computer

    List the quota each agent on the computer can report, and turn on Claude collection.

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    In the arronKler/pairfob repo, run `pairfob quota list` on this computer and report which subscription quotas it lists and any reason given for missing ones. Verify the command output matches the list of agents named in the README's quota feature.

How to use Pairfob

  1. Check you have what it needs: A macOS or Linux computer that stays awake and online; A current mobile browser on the phone or tablet; Herdr 0.8 or newer (the installer adds it if missing).
  2. Open arronKler/pairfob on GitHub and read the README and license.
  3. Run curl -fsSL https://pairfob.com/install.sh | sh on the computer.
  4. Run pairfob pair on the computer.
  5. On the phone, open https://pairfob.com/pair and scan the QR code.
  6. Press Enter once on the computer to admit the phone.

These steps come from our top use case, Pair your phone to agents on your computer, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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About this repo

  • Who it is forDevelopers who run Codex, Claude Code or similar agents on a macOS or Linux machine and want to check on or steer them away from the desk.
  • Why it is hot
  • LanguageTypeScript
  • Sourcegithub.com/arronKler/pairfob · Back to Hot repos

Requirements

  • A macOS or Linux computer that stays awake and online
  • A current mobile browser on the phone or tablet
  • Herdr 0.8 or newer (the installer adds it if missing)
  • An AI agent installed and signed in on the computer, if you want to use one
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Questions about Pairfob

What is Pairfob?

Pairfob lets you control the coding agents running on your computer from a phone, tablet, or another computer, using the same live sessions over an end-to-end encrypted connection with no open ports. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/arronKler/pairfob.

Who is Pairfob for?

Developers who run Codex, Claude Code or similar agents on a macOS or Linux machine and want to check on or steer them away from the desk.

What can I do with Pairfob?

5 use cases so far, for example: Pair your phone to agents on your computer; Answer agent prompts from your phone; Review agent code changes on your phone. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.

What do I need to run Pairfob?

A macOS or Linux computer that stays awake and online; A current mobile browser on the phone or tablet; Herdr 0.8 or newer (the installer adds it if missing); An AI agent installed and signed in on the computer, if you want to use one.

What are alternatives to Pairfob?

Other hot AI repos in Software and DevOps: Harness2, iFixAi, Orca, Diagram Design, AI Memory.

Is Pairfob safe to run?

Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.