Guide
How to use Pi from your phone
Pi runs beside your repository and toolchain. Use your phone to stay connected to that session through a terminal, remote desktop, cloud machine, or a mobile control surface.
Reviewed August 26, 2026. Sources: Pi source repository
Ways to use Pi from your phone
Option 1
SSH into a Pi session
How it works Run Pi in a terminal session on your computer, keep it attached to tmux, and reconnect from a mobile terminal over SSH. This is a dependable baseline, but a terminal UI and shell prompts are not shaped for a small touch screen.
Trade-off A terminal and shell prompts are not designed for a small touch screen.
Best for Developers who already operate their own SSH and tmux setup.
Visit SSH into a Pi session →Option 2
Remote desktop access
How it works Remote desktop software can show the machine where Pi is running. It preserves the existing environment, but the desktop viewport, keyboard, and pointer model make short mobile check-ins feel heavier than a native workflow.
Trade-off The desktop viewport, keyboard, and pointer model are heavier on a phone.
Best for Occasional remote access when you need the whole desktop, not just the session.
Visit Remote desktop access →Option 3
A cloud development machine
How it works You can run Pi on a hosted machine and reach it from a phone. That removes the requirement for your laptop to stay online, while moving the repository and execution environment to infrastructure you must configure and trust.
Trade-off Your repository and execution environment move to infrastructure you configure and trust.
Best for Developers who intentionally keep their coding environment in the cloud.
Visit A cloud development machine →Option 4
Sesori
How it works Sesori keeps the Pi process beside your repository on your own computer and gives you a native iOS or Android control surface. Review the conversation and file changes, send text or voice input, and continue the same local session. Ordinary app-to-Bridge session payloads are end-to-end encrypted.
Trade-off Your computer must stay on; coding assistants, model providers, and optional hosted features retain their own data paths.
Best for Developers who want Pi from a phone without turning their laptop into a cloud workspace.
Read Sesori’s setup guide →