Suppose Claude Code is open in two repositories and Codex is running in another terminal. Your phone buzzes, and you want to know which job needs an answer. You might need a remote connection to one assistant. Or you might need one list for all three sessions.
Before choosing a tool, ask how it reaches the work you already have. Some tools start the assistant for you. Others ask you to enable a remote connection. Clawdline finds sessions already open in supported terminals. This comparison uses the other projects’ public documentation and Clawdline’s source code, checked on 7 October 2026.
Need your phone to reach one assistant? Start with its own remote
For Claude Code, Anthropic Remote Control lets you continue a local session from claude.ai/code or the Claude app. Run /remote-control in an existing session, or configure new interactive sessions to connect automatically. Anthropic also documents a server mode that can serve several sessions. The computer and local process must keep running. This is an entry point for Claude Code.
For Codex, Codex on mobile lets you choose a connected Mac or Windows computer in the ChatGPT mobile app, then start or continue a task. First, enable remote access in the ChatGPT desktop app. Availability depends on rollout and workspace settings. The mobile app also lists Codex work on connected computers and in Cloud.
Both are worth trying first. If you need Claude Code and Codex in the same work list, you need a view across assistants. That is the situation Clawdline addresses.
Willing to change how work starts? See what Happy and Orca give you
Happy starts Claude Code with happy or Codex with happy codex. It offers phone and web access and notifications. Its documentation says session content is end-to-end encrypted before it leaves your device. The practical requirement is clear: start those sessions through Happy. If its remote workflow and encryption design matter most to you, that can be a good trade.
Orca puts several assistants in one working environment and offers mobile monitoring and follow-ups. One of its workflows fans the same prompt across five agents, each in a separate git worktree, so you can compare and merge the chosen result. If you are about to start that batch, Orca joins launch, comparison and operation. It also runs Codex, Claude Code and other assistants side by side; the five-worktree example is not its entire scope.
Already have sessions running? See how Clawdline picks them up
Clawdline’s local daemon reads Claude Code and Codex sessions in tmux, and iTerm2 sessions on macOS. You can start work as usual and open Clawdline later. Sessions begun at different times appear in one list, with their working or waiting state. This does not require enabling a first-party remote for each session or changing the command that started it.
The list is a starting point. A session can dispatch a piece of work to another session. After delivery, review and integration may still be due: a working session saying “delivered” does not prove the change was merged. The Stations guide and delivery and landing article explain those states. When you are following several different jobs, this is more useful than remembering which window last flashed a notification.
Check these limits before choosing
Listing and controlling local sessions currently works with tmux or iTerm2 on macOS, and tmux on Linux. Windows can run the daemon and console, but cannot yet list or open sessions. Clawdline currently supports Claude Code and Codex; it does not provide Orca’s editor or its workflow for comparing five worktrees. See the installation guide for platform requirements.
The local daemon and console are free and need no Cloud account. Reaching your machine from a phone through Clawdline Cloud is optional and still marked as a preview. The pricing page shows the plans currently available for purchase, and the security page describes Cloud’s data boundary. If end-to-end encryption is your priority, compare the protection described in each product’s security documentation rather than assuming a launch method settles it.
Back to those three sessions: if you only need to continue one Claude Code or Codex task, start with the official remote. If you are starting new work from your phone, look at how Happy or Orca launches it. If several jobs are already running in tmux or iTerm2 and you need to know who is waiting and what remains after delivery, open Clawdline’s list. Next, read where the work runs and what the network can see.