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Developer Guide
Summary
A step‑by‑step guide for running Claude Code on an Android phone by SSH‑ing from Termux into a remote desktop or VPS over a Tailscale mesh network, using tmux for persistent sessions and port forwarding for testing.
Highlights
Install Claude Code and tmux on a always‑on host machine.
Create a secure private network with Tailscale on both desktop/VPS and Android phone.
Use Termux as an SSH client to connect to the remote host.
Start a persistent tmux session so development resumes after disconnections.
Forward ports for local testing of Claude‑served services.
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Nicholas Khami
Context
Audience
Developers who want to code with Claude on a smartphone using open source tools