Control VS Code from your phone without copying your code to the cloud

There are two ways to “code from your phone.” One copies your project into a cloud environment and you work on that. The other leaves your code exactly where it is and gives you a remote control for your real machine. CodeMote is the second kind — and for a lot of developers, that distinction is the whole point.

Why “no cloud copy” matters

When your code lives under an NDA, a client contract, or just your own preference, shipping a clone to a third-party server is a non-starter. CodeMote opens a direct phone-to-computer link tunnelled over Microsoft’s dev tunnels. Your files, terminals and Git history are never mirrored to our servers — they stream from your machine to your phone and nowhere else.

What you can actually do

• Terminals— persistent shells that keep running after you background the app, so dev servers and builds don’t die.
• Files — browse the full project tree and edit code directly, exactly as it sits on disk.
• Git — stage, diff, commit, push, branch and read history from a real UI.
• AI agents — run and supervise desktop coding agents, approving steps as they go.

The setup, briefly

You install Microsoft’s free devtunnel tool once, sign in with a GitHub or Microsoft account, then start a session in VS Code and scan a QR code. No port forwarding, no VPN, no static IP. The tutorial walks through each command.

Is it secure?

Pairing is local and single-use via QR, tokens are revokable, and no credentials are stored on the phone. You can disconnect any device or revoke everything from the Command Palette at any time. For the full rundown, see the FAQ or compare it with the other approaches.