- SPECIMEN
Droidtty
- FILED AS
Native Android app to watch Herdr coding agents and approve their prompts
- INTAKE DATE
- 2026-10-29
- CLASS
- Coding
- METHOD
- 4 pages scraped, 3 search passes, 5 community sources
Watching agent state and answering approvals, with a Ghostty-backed terminal as fallback, covers the core loop, though Herdr-first scope and early-access maturity keep it modest next to mature terminal clients. THE RUNDOWN
Getting running means installing an APK on the phone and a bridge on the host, which is quick for a developer but has more moving parts than a store install. ZERO TO RUNNING
A single zero-dollar plan means the trade is purely the time spent installing a beta. THE DAMAGE
The pages read show no release date or user figure; the one dated outside signal is aidirecto's Oct 2026 page listing 23 alternatives to Droidtty, which says more about a crowded niche than about traction. aidirecto.com
Koda Score = weighted blend: capability 35, ease 20, value 25, momentum 20.
Droidtty does one job the general mobile terminals skip. It reads your agent's state and turns a stalled permission prompt into a decision card you answer with a tap. Adopting it means a sideloaded beta plus a desktop bridge on your own network, and nobody outside the project has published a hands-on review, so trust it on a short run before an overnight one. Developers juggling multi-hour Herdr jobs should install it now; iPhone users can wait.
An agent run that stalls on one permission prompt can sit idle until morning, and Droidtty's whole pitch is getting that prompt onto your Android phone first.
Captured: droidtty.com on 2026-10-29.
In one breath.
2 LINESInstall Droidtty before a long Herdr run so a stuck permission prompt reaches your pocket.
Run a low-stakes test task first, since nobody has published a hands-on review yet.
The working parts.
5 CAPABILITIES- Needs-you notifications
- Pings you only when an agent is waiting on approval or has a question, and stays quiet during the routine reading and editing.
- Tap-to-approve permissions
- Shows the pending command with a risk label and the affected files, then lets you pick from the agent's own answer options.
- Workspace status board
- Sorts agents into needs-you and working buckets, with branch names and diff counts per workspace.
- Ghostty-powered terminal
- Opens a real terminal on the session through Ghostty's engine when a tap is not enough.
- Desktop bridge
- A bridge app for macOS and Linux relays agent state from the machine doing the work.
Where it earns its keep.
3 PLAYS- The afternoon dry run
- Start a short Herdr task you know will hit a shell permission prompt, walk away from the desk, and note how long the notification takes to arrive.WHODeveloper evaluating the appPAYOFFProof the bridge and notification path work before you bet a night of compute on them.
- Overnight handoff
- Kick off the long job, confirm the phone lists it as working, then leave; answer any approval or question from bed and go back to sleep.WHODeveloper running multi-hour agent jobsPAYOFFThe run keeps moving through the night, with each stall lasting only as long as it takes you to tap.
- Tap or terminal rule
- Decide in advance that anything the app marks high risk, such as a database migration, gets opened in the terminal and read first; routine test runs get a tap.WHOAnyone approving commands from a phonePAYOFFFast approvals without rubber-stamping the one command that can hurt you.
The price, as listed.
1 TIER- Verdict on the price
- The Free plan is the whole offer, so you pay with setup time and tolerance for early-access bugs.
What users report.
0 QUOTEDDroidtty is too new for a street reaction: no user reviews or ratings turned up, only its builder's launch post on Reddit and a Show HN thread.
What it will not do.
4 LIMITATIONSStill in early access, so expect rough edges and shifting behaviour.
No server-based connection: phone and bridge need a local network, with Tailscale listed as an integration.
The iPhone app exists only as a TestFlight beta.
Herdr-first design means other agent setups get less attention in the product's own pitch.
The other options.
2 ALTERNATIVES- Termius
- Mature mobile SSH and terminal client for remote servers.PICK IT WHENYou want general server access from your phone and can live without agent states or approval cards.
- Blink Shell
- Terminal and SSH app for command-line work on mobile.PICK IT WHENYou prefer a terminal-centric workflow and have no need for agent-specific prompts.
How to begin.
4 STEPSDownload the Droidtty APK (version 0.7.0, 10.4 MB) from droidtty.com and install it on an arm64 Android phone.
Install the Droidtty bridge on the macOS or Linux machine where your Herdr agents run.
Pair the phone with the bridge over your network or Tailscale.
Start an agent run and confirm its workspace appears on the phone before you walk away.
Straight answers.
2 ANSWERS- Which coding agents does Droidtty work with?
- Herdr is the workflow it targets first. The Droidtty site also claims support for 21 agents, though only the Herdr path is described in detail.
- Is Droidtty open source?
- The Droidtty site lists the app as MIT licensed. That lets you read the code and check what it does with your agent sessions.
Where this lands.
SPECIMEN 0264 CLOSEDGive it one test evening. If the approval card lands on your phone reliably, it earns a permanent spot next to your agent runs.
Field research: 4 pages scraped · 3 search passes · 5 community sources. Reviewed by the Koda desk on 2026-10-29.