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Show HN: Catnip – Run Claude Code from Your iPhone Using GitHub Codespaces

vanpelt Thursday, January 08, 2026

Hi HN — I built Catnip, an open-source iOS app that lets you run Claude Code against a real development environment from your phone.

Under the hood it spins up a GitHub Codespace, installs Claude Code, and connects the iOS client to it securely. You can use a full terminal when needed, or a lightweight native UI for monitoring and interaction.

I built this because Claude Code is most useful when it has access to a persistent environment with plugins, tools, and real repos — and I wanted that flexibility away from my laptop.

GitHub gives personal users 120 free Codespaces hours/month, and Catnip automatically shuts down inactive instances.

Open source: https://github.com/wandb/catnip App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/w-b-catnip/id6755161660

Happy to answer questions or hear feedback.

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Catnip is an open-source tool developed by Weights & Biases that simplifies the process of packaging and distributing machine learning models as easy-to-use web applications, allowing users to quickly deploy and share their models with others.
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