IM.codes

The IM for agents
imcodes bind https://app.im.codes/bind/<key>
bound to app.im.codes · daemon started · registered as system service
Self-hosting is strongly recommended. app.im.codes is a shared test instance with no uptime guarantees — it may be rate-limited, targeted, or unavailable. This is a personal project with no commercial support. For anything beyond evaluation, deploy on your own infrastructure.

screenshots

Desktop

Sidebar Desktop 1 Desktop 2 Desktop 3

iPad / Tablet

iPad

Mobile

Mobile Files Mobile 1 Mobile 2 Mobile 3 Mobile 4 Mobile 5

why

Since 2026, developers talk to agents. Agents write code, run tools, and manage workflows. But generic chat apps were never built for this. IM.codes is a dedicated messaging layer for AI agents: remote terminals that work like SSH without the SSH, a chat view that understands agent output, and multi-agent workflows that let you coordinate different models on the same task.

features

remote terminal
browser & mobile, no SSH/VPN, real-time PTY streaming at 12fps
terminal + chat
raw CLI or structured view with parsed tool calls
OpenClaw support
chat with OpenClaw agents — plus terminal, files, and git that OC alone doesn't offer
Discord-style sidebar
server icons, session tree, unread badges, idle flash
multi-agent discussions
discuss, audit, review across providers with ring progress
@ picker
@files, @@agents, @@all(config) for group dispatch
multi-server
manage agents across machines from one dashboard
pinnable panels
drag any window to sidebar, cross-device sync
sub-sessions
spawn parallel agents on the fly
file browser & git
tree view, upload/download, +/- stats, floating preview
repository dashboard
issues, PRs, branches, commits, CI/CD
cross-device sync
tab order, pinned tabs & panels synced to server
mobile & notifications
biometric auth, push notifications, shell keyboard input
7 languages
EN, 中文, 繁體, ES, RU, JA, KO
real-time stream
live output, zero polling, zero message limits
self-hosted
your infra, your data, one-command deploy
OTA updates
upgrade daemons from the web UI

architecture

You (browser / mobile) │ WebSocket Server (self-hosted, relays connections) │ WebSocket Daemon (your machine, manages sessions) │ tmux Agents (Claude Code / Codex / Gemini CLI / OpenClaw and more)

The daemon runs on your dev machine and manages agent sessions through tmux. The server relays connections between your devices and the daemon. Everything stays on your infrastructure.

download

Download on the App Store Also available as a web app

install

$ npm install -g imcodes
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quick start

  1. Use app.im.codes or self-host the server
  2. Run imcodes bind https://app.im.codes/bind/<key>
  3. Open the dashboard — your agents are live

self-host

Deploy server + daemon on a single machine. Requires Docker and a domain with DNS pointing to the server.

npm install -g imcodes mkdir imcodes && cd imcodes imcodes setup --domain imc.example.com

Generates all config, starts PostgreSQL + server + Caddy with automatic HTTPS, creates admin account, and binds the local daemon. Credentials printed at the end.

To connect additional machines:

npm install -g imcodes imcodes bind https://imc.example.com/bind/<api-key>

Manual setup:

git clone https://github.com/im4codes/imcodes.git && cd imcodes ./gen-env.sh imc.example.com # generates .env, prints admin password docker compose up -d

supported agents

Claude Code Codex Gemini CLI OpenClaw Shell + more

requirements

about

Personal project. Built almost entirely by Claude Code, with contributions from Codex and Gemini CLI.