EleosFour ways to reach your PC's AI from your phone
The work is on your computer. The question is what carries your message to it, who can read that traffic, and what happens when the machine goes to sleep.
The four routes
| Route | Setup | What leaves your PC | When the PC sleeps |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSH from a phone terminal | Port forwarding or a tunnel, plus keys | Your shell session, encrypted | Nothing runs |
| Anthropic's Remote Control | None beyond Claude Code | The session transcript is stored on Anthropic's servers while connected | The session ends |
| Your own tunnel (Tailscale, WireGuard) | A VPN on both devices | Nothing, beyond your own network | Nothing runs |
| An app with its own relay | Sign in on both ends | Encrypted bytes the relay cannot read | Depends on the app |
What each is actually like
SSH. The oldest answer and still the most flexible: a terminal on your phone, your machine at the other end. It is also the least pleasant one-handed, and exposing SSH to the internet is a decision to make deliberately rather than by following a blog post.
Anthropic's Remote Control. If you already use Claude Code, this is free and takes no setup: open the session on claude.ai or in the Claude app and carry on. Two things to know, from their documentation (checked 19 September 2026): execution stays on your machine, but while connected the transcript is also stored on Anthropic's servers to sync between devices; and the feature refuses to start in several common configurations, including when telemetry is disabled by environment variable.
Your own tunnel. Tailscale or WireGuard gives both devices a private address and nothing is exposed publicly. It is the strongest answer for a technical person, and the setup is a real barrier for everyone else. Eleos supports this route for people who already have it.
An app with its own relay. The convenience option: both ends sign in, the relay passes encrypted bytes it cannot read, and nothing is exposed on your home network. The trade is that you are trusting an implementation rather than inspecting one.
What Eleos does
Two routes, both on purpose: Tailscale if you have it, and our own relay if you do not. Never the local network — a phone on mobile data is the normal case, not the exception.
The relay carries bytes it cannot read: the encryption is between your phone and your PC. Each phone has its own keys, several phones can be paired at once, and removing one cuts it off immediately. The PC has to be awake — Eleos does not override your power settings, so if it sleeps, your phone finds nothing there.
What none of this fixes
A file on your PC needs your PC. Every route above stops when the machine is off, and every honest product says so. If you need work to happen while the computer is off, it has to run somewhere else, and then it is not your machine any more.
Questions
Do my phone and PC need to be on the same network?
No. The two devices never need to see each other; the connection works on mobile data.
Can someone in the middle read it?
Not through the relay: it moves encrypted bytes and holds no keys. Over Tailscale, the traffic is inside your own private network.
What if I have several phones?
Each one pairs separately with its own keys, and you can remove any of them.
Does the PC have to stay awake?
Yes. This is the one thing to set up beforehand: on Windows, Settings → System → Power, screen off is fine, sleep is not.
Where to go next
- A Claude Desktop alternative for Windows
- Scheduled AI tasks on Windows
- The AI plans you already pay for, in one app
Try it on Windows. Seven days free, no card, then $19.90/month for two PCs. The AI is whichever plan you already pay for, or an open model on your own PC, which needs no subscription.