Paseo
Open SourceRun Claude Code, Codex, and Copilot from anywhere.
Published 27 September 2026Last updated 3 November 2026
Scores
Popularity2/5
Emerging
Real open-source traction with double-digit-thousand GitHub stars and coverage on outlets like AlternativeTo and Gigazine, but a smaller footprint than the leading tools in this still-young subcategory and mostly known to developers already self-hosting their own tooling.
Learning Curve3/5
Moderate
Running and exposing a self-hosted daemon, and optionally wiring up a relay or VPN for remote access, is more setup than installing a single desktop app, even though the individual agent CLIs it wraps stay unmodified.
Flexibility5/5
Unopinionated
Wraps five official agent CLIs unmodified plus broader provider compatibility, pairs with git worktrees for isolation, and runs equally well on a laptop, home server, or VPS with a choice of relay, Tailscale, or direct connection for remote access.
Performance3/5
Average
Lightweight self-hosted daemon architecture designed for many concurrent client connections, though real-world responsiveness depends heavily on the machine and network path it's deployed on rather than a dedicated hosted backend.
Portability5/5
No lock-in
Apache 2.0-licensed and self-hosted by design, runs on a laptop, home server, or VPS, wraps multiple vendors' official CLIs unmodified, and supports several remote-access paths rather than locking into one vendor's infrastructure.
About Paseo
Paseo is a self-hosted, open-source control plane for coding agents, built to run a local daemon that manages official agent CLIs, Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode, and Pi, unmodified, on a developer's own machine, home server, or VPS. Clients on iOS, Android, desktop, web, and the terminal all connect to that daemon, so an agent session started on a laptop can be picked up and steered from a phone without losing state.
Each agent runs with the developer's full local dev environment and existing subscriptions rather than a proxied or reseller connection, with git worktree support for isolating parallel agent tasks and real-time streaming with push notifications when an agent needs input or finishes a step. A built-in voice mode with on-device speech processing lets a session be driven by talking rather than typing. For remote access, Paseo offers an optional end-to-end encrypted relay for device pairing, or a developer can connect directly over TCP, Tailscale, or another VPN of their choosing.
Paseo is free, Apache 2.0-licensed, and fully self-hosted, with no telemetry and no mandatory account creation, developers who prefer not to run their own daemon can deploy it on a home server or VPS just as easily as a laptop. The project is maintained by the getpaseo organization on GitHub.
Key Features
- Self-hosted daemon runs official CLI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, OpenCode, Pi) unmodified
- Cross-device clients, iOS, Android, desktop, web, and CLI, all connect to the same running daemon
- Git worktree support isolates parallel agent tasks
- Real-time streaming with push notifications when an agent needs input or finishes
- Voice mode with on-device speech processing for hands-free steering
- Optional end-to-end encrypted relay, or direct connection over TCP, Tailscale, or another VPN
- No telemetry and no mandatory account creation, deployable on a laptop, home server, or VPS
Pros
- Free, Apache 2.0-licensed, and fully self-hosted with no vendor account required
- Wraps official agent CLIs unmodified rather than reimplementing them, so behavior matches the underlying tool
- True cross-device parity, a session started on desktop can be picked up on mobile without losing state
- Voice mode and flexible remote-access options (relay, Tailscale, direct TCP) not common elsewhere in the subcategory
Cons
- Remote access depends on keeping the machine running the daemon online, though the desktop app starts the daemon itself
- Lower GitHub star count and mindshare than the leading tools in its subcategory
- Remote access beyond the built-in relay depends on additional networking setup (Tailscale, VPN, or port forwarding)
- Value depends entirely on already holding subscriptions to the agent CLIs it wraps
Paseo Pricing
Open SourceTech Stacks with Paseo
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Developer
DeveloperPaseo runs coding agents on a machine you control, a laptop, home server, or VPS, and lets you steer them from desktop, web, phone, or terminal, with your pick of agents, models, and git host.
Tools Related to Paseo
Works well with Paseo(5)
Claude Code is one of the official agent CLIs Paseo's self-hosted daemon runs unmodified, giving it cross-device access from desktop, mobile, and web without changing how the CLI itself behaves.
Codex is one of the official agent CLIs Paseo's daemon runs unmodified, exposing it to Paseo's desktop, mobile, and web clients over a self-hosted connection.
Pi is one of the official agent CLIs Paseo's daemon runs unmodified, giving it the same desktop, mobile, and web access as Paseo's other supported agents.
GitHub Copilot's CLI agent is one of the official agents Paseo's daemon runs unmodified, alongside Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode.
OpenCode is one of the official agent CLIs Paseo wraps unmodified in its self-hosted daemon, giving it the same cross-device access as its other supported agents.
Alternatives to Paseo(7)
Both are free, open-source control planes with mobile clients that wrap official agent CLIs unmodified — T3 Code centers on an Electron-based GUI, Paseo on a self-hosted daemon reachable over a relay, Tailscale, or direct connection.
Both are open-source, self-hostable, mobile-inclusive control planes for running several official CLI agents unmodified — Orca adds an embedded browser and native desktop apps, Paseo leans on a headless daemon reachable over a relay, Tailscale, or direct connection.
Paradev is a desktop app built around one git worktree per agent task, with diff review and pull requests. Its remote access to your own machines and its iPhone app need the Pro plan, where Paseo's daemon and clients are free.
Both let a coding agent session be reached from outside a single terminal, but Warp bundles its own built-in agent inside a terminal app, while Paseo is a self-hosted daemon with no agent of its own.
Both keep coding agents running on a machine you control and reach them from a desktop app. Paseo adds mobile and web clients, voice mode, and an encrypted relay; Herdr adds a terminal client, agent-to-agent coordination, and SSH machines in one sidebar.
Conductor is a closed-source, macOS-only GUI for running Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor in parallel worktrees; Paseo is an open-source, self-hosted daemon reachable from any device. Genuinely different delivery models for a similar job.
