Ovis

Herdr on your phone and in your browser.

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Ovis brings the coding agents on your computer to your phone, any browser and the Mac app: most of them as a chat you answer with a tap or a click, their supported prompts and approvals as cards, and push alerts, once you turn them on, when one needs you. A client for herdr and the Herdr desktop app's terminals, formerly herdr web UI.

_{Recorded on the demo, which runs in your browser.}

install

On your computer

• Mac: download Ovis.dmg, open it and click Install.
• Windows: download Ovis.exe, run it and click Install.
• Linux: run this in a terminal.

  curl -fsSL https://ovis.sh/install.sh | sh
  

Each one adds herdr and Bun if they are missing; Node is not needed. Other ways to install, step by step: INSTALL.md.

On your phone

• iPhone: the TestFlight beta, from ovis.sh/beta.
• Android: the Google Play beta, from ovis.sh/beta.
• Browser: no app needed; add the page to the home screen.

To connect, turn on the end-to-end encrypted Ovis relay under Settings → Phone & devices and scan its QR code with the Ovis app, or with the phone's camera to open Ovis in the phone's browser: it works from anywhere, with nothing to set up on the phone. How it works → Using Tailscale? With it on in both, scan the QR code your computer shows instead.

what you get

• Agents as a chat. Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, pi, omp, Gajae Code, Hermes, Grok and more, most as a chat, on your desk or on your phone. Supported agents →
• Prompts and approvals as cards. For supported prompts, tap or click an answer; it is checked as still current before it is sent.
• Push alerts. When an agent asks something or finishes, even with the app closed.
• The live terminal, one click away. The same pane herdr shows, with a key bar on phones.
• Every workspace in one list. Tabs, splits and other PCs over SSH, with the ones waiting on you marked.
• Free and MIT. Runs on your own computer, with no account to sign up for.

All features →

Limits: Ovis needs herdr and your own computer, switched on, and your phone has to reach it (the Ovis relay, Tailscale, a VPN or an SSH tunnel). The Herdr desktop app's terminals work on Linux and macOS only.

Privacy: sessions stay on the computer that runs each agent, and Ovis has no account. Its optional relay, off until you turn it on, sees which phone connects to which PC, from which address, when and how much, but can't read what is sent (trust model). Anonymous usage counts are on by default; Settings → About → Anonymous usage counts shows what is sent and turns them off, as does OVIS_TELEMETRY=0. What is sent →

docs

• User guide: quick start · supported agents · features · phone · remote PCs · Ovis relay · access and safety · configuration · keyboard shortcuts
• FAQ: herdr's own TUI, Tailscale, what leaves your machine, and how Ovis compares with collie, Happy, Paseo and others.
• INSTALL.md: every way to install, step by step, and what to do when a step fails.
• Demo: the real app on a made-up session, in your browser.
• Changelog

thanks

Built on herdr, with inspiration from chatmux, and powered by xterm.js, React, Bun and Lucide.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed, including @Yoonwoo-Ha, and to @sanguneo, who helped design the icon and the website.

agent instructions

Helping someone install the app? Follow INSTALL.md. For repository changes, follow CONTRIBUTING.md, the review rules and AGENTS.md.

development

git clone https://github.com/devswha/ovis.git
cd ovis
bun install

bun run server      # API + WebSocket on :7317
bun run dev         # Vite on :5173; run in a second terminal

See CONTRIBUTING.md to send a change, development for tests, media and releases, and DESIGN.md for UI conventions. Report security problems privately: SECURITY.md.

license

MIT. Copyright © 2026 devswha.