Claude Code on your phone in 10 minutes

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A walkthrough for running Claude Code from a phone by combining two pieces: a mobile terminal app and an always-on remote terminal. Chuck sets up a cloud VPS as the ‘forever terminal,’ choosing the sponsor Hostinger’s KVM 2 plan and its preinstalled Claude Code operating system image, then logging in and launching Claude from the browser terminal. Before connecting the phone, he hardens the Linux box: installing and checking fail2ban to block brute-force attempts, and enabling the UFW firewall while allowing port 22 for SSH. On the phone he installs the Termius terminal app, creates a host entry using the VPS’s DNS name or public IP, signs in as root, and confirms Claude runs. He then strengthens access further by generating an SSH key inside the app, exporting it to the host, removing the saved password, verifying key-only login works, and disabling password authentication in the SSH configuration. Finally he adds tmux so sessions survive disconnects — detaching, killing the connection to simulate a plane taking off, and reattaching to the still-running Claude session — plus a config line so scrolling works properly in the app.

Key takeaways

Phones lack a native terminal for Claude Code, so the workaround is remoting into a terminal running elsewhere
A cloud VPS works as an always-on ‘forever terminal,’ here using a preinstalled Claude Code image
Harden the VPS before use: enable fail2ban, turn on UFW allowing only needed ports like 22 for SSH
Switch from password login to SSH keys generated and exported from the phone app, then disable password authentication
tmux keeps a Claude Code session alive through lock screens, signal loss, and disconnects so you can reattach later

Episode details: published January 29, 2026 · 9:42 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are NetworkChuck’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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