Your agents are at home. You're at the office.
You kick off three agents on the Mac at home, then head to the office. Somewhere on the way one of them asks for permission to run a command, and it waits. The other two finish and wait too. Nothing is broken. Everything is just stopped until you're back at the desk that is eight kilometres away. PonyMux 0.16 adds Remote Control for that. Your agents keep running on your computer. Open…
In this report, you will learn about PonyMux 0.16, a software that allows remote control of agents running on your computer. The agents can be accessed from both Mac and Windows devices, and they can be managed via a web browser. The software provides two main functionalities: watching agents and controlling them.
To get started, you need to install PonyMux on your computer and open my.ponymux.com on your phone or any browser. You can then sign in with GitHub or Google, and confirm that the computer may share. Once signed in, you can launch the PonyMux app, and your agents will be listed along with their status lights.
To control an agent, you simply choose "Start control" from the web app. Your keystrokes, such as arrows, Esc, and Ctrl combinations, will be sent to the agent's Terminal. You can also paste, drag, or send images or files, and change the text size of the Terminal. On a phone, a key bar with esc, tab, ctrl, and arrow keys is available for easier control.
In the event of multiple devices wanting to control the same agent, only one device can control the agent at a time. The other device will see who has control and what it did last, like typing a certain number of characters. The controlling device can then take over, and the first device will return to viewing mode.
One safety feature of PonyMux is that it checks if the agent is still running before each key is sent. If the agent has exited, the key will not be sent, preventing any unintended actions in the shell. However, there is a small gap in safety, as a key could still reach the shell if the agent exits in the exact instant a key is written.
PonyMux supports Claude Code, Codex, and Grok agents together, making it a convenient solution for managing multiple agents. Each agent runs in its own Terminal, and you can access them all through the same list in the web app. However, the agents' own remotes work differently, and some agents may require additional setup or plans.
Overall, PonyMux 0.16 offers a free and convenient way to remotely control agents running on your computer. It provides a safe and easy-to-use interface for managing your agents, regardless of whether you have just one or multiple agents to control.
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