tako-remote

Happy

Code on the go — control AI coding agents from your phone, browser, or terminal.

Free. Open source. Code anywhere.

Installation

npm install -g happy

Migrated from the happy-coder package. Thanks to @franciscop for donating the happy package name!

Usage

Claude Code (default)

happy
# or
happy claude

This will:

• Start a Claude Code session
• Display a QR code to connect from your mobile device or browser
• Allow real-time session control — all communication is end-to-end encrypted
• Start new sessions directly from your phone or web while your computer is online

More agents

happy codex
happy gemini
happy openclaw

# or any ACP-compatible CLI
happy acp opencode
happy acp -- custom-agent --flag

Daemon

The daemon is a background service that stays running on your machine. It lets you spawn and manage coding sessions remotely — from your phone or the web app — without needing an open terminal.

happy daemon start
happy daemon stop
happy daemon status
happy daemon list

The daemon starts automatically when you run happy, so you usually don't need to manage it manually.

Keeping the daemon running across reboots

If you want the daemon to come back automatically after a reboot — without opening a happy session first — start it from your shell profile so it inherits your normal user session context (PATH, keychain access, OAuth credentials):

# ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc
if [[ -o interactive ]] && [[ -z "$HAPPY_DAEMON_CHECKED" ]]; then
    export HAPPY_DAEMON_CHECKED=1
    () {
        local state=$HOME/.happy/daemon.state.json
        local pid=$(grep -oE '"pid"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*[0-9]+' "$state" 2>/dev/null | grep -oE '[0-9]+')
        if [[ -z "$pid" ]] || ! kill -0 "$pid" 2>/dev/null; then
            happy daemon start >/dev/null 2>&1
        fi
    } &!
fi

The first interactive shell after a reboot triggers the start; subsequent shells short-circuit because the daemon is already running.

macOS users: prefer this shell-init approach over a launchd LaunchAgent. A LaunchAgent runs in an agent domain that is detached from your GUI/Aqua login session, which means the bundled claude-agent-sdk cannot reach the macOS keychain and silently fails authentication ("Failed to authenticate. API Error: 401 terminated", duration_api_ms: 0). If you must use launchd, your wrapper has to read the OAuth access token from ~/.claude/.credentials.json and export it as CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN before exec'ing the daemon — and you'll need to handle token rotation yourself.

Authentication

happy auth login
happy auth logout

Happy uses cryptographic key pairs for authentication — your private key stays on your machine. All session data is end-to-end encrypted before leaving your device.

To connect third-party agent APIs:

happy connect gemini
happy connect claude
happy connect codex
happy connect status

Commands

Command	Description
happy	Start Claude Code session (default)
happy codex	Start Codex mode
happy gemini	Start Gemini CLI session
happy openclaw	Start OpenClaw session
happy acp	Start any ACP-compatible agent
happy resume <id>	Resume a previous session
happy notify	Send push notification to your devices
happy doctor	Diagnostics & troubleshooting

Advanced

Environment Variables

Variable	Description
HAPPY_SERVER_URL	Custom server URL (default: https://api.cluster-fluster.com)
HAPPY_WEBAPP_URL	Custom web app URL (default: https://app.happy.engineering)
HAPPY_HOME_DIR	Custom home directory for Happy data (default: ~/.happy)
HAPPY_DISABLE_CAFFEINATE	Disable macOS sleep prevention
HAPPY_EXPERIMENTAL	Enable experimental features

Sandbox (experimental)

Happy can run agents inside an OS-level sandbox to restrict file system and network access.

happy sandbox configure
happy sandbox status
happy sandbox disable

Building from source

git clone https://github.com/slopus/happy
cd happy-cli
yarn install
yarn workspace happy cli --help

Requirements

• Node.js >= 20.0.0
• For Claude: claude CLI installed & logged in
• For Codex: codex CLI installed & logged in
• For Gemini: npm install -g @google/gemini-cli + happy connect gemini

License

MIT