Alternatives to Macky
Macky: iPhone app for controlling your Mac's desktop and terminal remotely over an encrypted direct connection, no SSH needed. Here are 24 other products that do a similar job. Of these, 22 have a free plan.
- Opposable
Lets Claude, Codex or other AI agents tap, type and read the screen on your iPhone or Android phone, or on a rented cloud phone.
Free plan · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- Chatcode
Lets developers reach Claude Code or Codex sessions running on their own server from a browser tab or Telegram.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Jotbus
Lets Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents pass notes, files and handoffs to each other across machines, encrypted.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Alchemist Coder
Desktop app for watching, automating and resuming Grok, Gemini CLI, Codex and Claude Code sessions across many projects.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Aster
A Mac terminal app with split panes, file previews, local autocomplete and a view of running AI coding agent sessions.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Athas
A light open-source code editor with coding agents, terminals and Git built in, for Mac, Windows and Linux.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Baton
Desktop app that runs several AI coding agents in separate git worktrees and tells you when each needs input.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- CodeBurn
Tracks token use and spend across AI coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor, broken down by model, project and pull request.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Codync
A free app for messaging Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents on your own computer from your phone or desktop.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Concord
Lets coding agents across a team claim files, message each other and hand off work so they stop clashing.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- DashClaw
Holds risky actions from unattended AI coding agents until someone approves them from a dashboard or phone, and logs each decision.
Free trial · Security and passwords · Developers
- Dexio
A hosted wiki that Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI agents share through MCP, so people can see and edit what the agents know.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Dray
A free Mac app that runs Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents side by side using subscriptions you already pay for.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Emdash
A desktop app for running coding agents in parallel Git worktrees, scheduling their work and reviewing the diffs.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Failproof AI
Traces AI coding agent runs, spots where they fail and enforces rules that stop repeat failures as they happen.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- gripui
Lets coding agents drive Chrome or Firefox on your own machine while you handle logins and 2FA when needed.
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- Halv
A desktop app that runs Claude Code, Codex, Kimi and GLM together and sends each task to a cheaper model when it can.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Itsuki
Shared memory store that saves facts from one AI tool and recalls them in others like Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Jackalope
A desktop app that runs coding agents like Codex and Claude Code in separate Git worktrees and lets you review each change.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Jean
A free workspace for running AI coding agents in isolated Git worktrees on your laptop or a remote server.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Keyline
Secrets manager for small developer teams that encrypts on the client, shares .env files from the command line and logs every change.
Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers
- Leadcode
Mac and Linux app that runs Claude Code and Codex sessions, each kept to its own accounts, from one control screen.
Free · Developer tools · Freelancers
- Light Cloud
Hosting that deploys a frontend, backend and Postgres database from a repo, a folder or an AI coding assistant.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- littleguys
A Mac app that lets developers chat with, approve and schedule their AI coding agents as if they were messaging contacts.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Developers