How Moshi stacks up
Moshi core is a full mobile terminal. Add moshi-hook for an agent inbox, status, approvals, usage, and review — then compare both with the tools you already use.
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| Capability | Moshi + moshi-hook | T3 Code | Orca | Paseo | Claude Code Remote Control | Termius | Blink Shell | ShellFish | Happy | Kittylitter |
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Product capabilities and tiers change. This summary reflects the linked comparisons, last reviewed August 2026.
Termius vs Moshi
Termius is the do-everything SSH client across every platform. Moshi is the phone-first terminal built for driving Claude Code, Codex, and friends — agent approvals, voice, and diff review included.
T3 Code vs Moshi
T3 Code is a free, MIT-licensed agent control surface with its own server, desktop, web, and mobile apps. Moshi layers chat, diffs, and approvals over tmux or Herdr sessions you own, and you can walk away at any time.
Orca vs Moshi
Orca is a free, MIT-licensed ADE: parallel worktrees, a built-in browser, GitHub and Linear, and a phone companion over Orca Relay. Moshi adds chat, diffs, previews and approvals on top of tmux or Herdr, so your sessions never depend on one app.
Paseo vs Moshi
Paseo is a free, Apache-2.0 agent daemon with desktop, mobile, web and CLI clients and an E2E-encrypted relay. Moshi adds chat, diffs, approvals and a phone terminal on top of tmux or Herdr sessions you own — and you can walk away any time.
Claude Code Remote Control vs Moshi
Remote Control is the free, first-party choice for Claude. Moshi is the broader terminal for people running several agents, sessions, and command-line tools from a phone.
Blink Shell vs Moshi
Blink is the open-source, Mosh-first power terminal for iPhone and iPad. Moshi wraps the terminal in an agent cockpit — approvals, push, voice, image paste, and diff review for driving Claude Code and Codex.
Secure ShellFish vs Moshi
Secure ShellFish is a leading iOS/Mac SSH + SFTP + Files.app client, and it has added thoughtful agent affordances. Moshi is agent-first — a structured approval inbox, diff viewer, Mosh, voice modes, and Apple Watch actions — for driving Claude Code and Codex.
Happy vs Moshi
Happy is a free, open-source, E2E-encrypted mobile client for Claude Code and Codex, built on a relay. Moshi is a paid native iOS terminal that drives the same agents over a direct connection to your machine — with a real shell, Mosh, image paste, and diff review.
Kittylitter vs Moshi
Kittylitter is a free, open-source, Codex-first agent client — it can even run Codex on-device, and reaches your machines over LAN, SSH, or peer-to-peer. Moshi is a paid native terminal, Claude-Code-first, with Mosh, diff review, image paste, and Live Activity.