Intro

I built a terminal server that runs on my home machine and lets me open a full shell from my iPhone. No cloud, no relay, no App Store. Here's how it works and why I made some of the choices I did.

Section: The Problem with Existing Tools

Brief walkthrough of why ttyd, tmate, and raw SSH from mobile all have meaningful tradeoffs for the "check your home machine from anywhere" use case.

Section: Why Tailscale Serve (Not Funnel, Not a Reverse Proxy)