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Show HN: Chatcode – Remote Control for Claude Code and Codex

9 points by borkasm 4mo ago

Hey HN, what I wanted to build here is a proper universal layer for persisted agentic sessions, that could be seamlessly interacted both via web and a messenger (Telegram). I really like what's done so far and would be nice to hear some feedback from you. The interesting thing is that I started to use Chatcode during its development as soon it was possible, so used this tool to build itself. I know that there could be trust/privacy concerns, because it relies on a gateway that you need to install on your machine in order to work, but: 1. You can use it on any machine, just have some test VPS for that 2. I really believe you will love it as soon as it fits your needs! And it's free to start BTW. Anyways, looking forward to your questions/suggestions.

Alex_toani 4mo ago
Your product is very similar to this one：https://github.com/xvirobotics/metabot/blob/main/README_EN.md https://github.com/xvirobotics/metabot/blob/main/README_EN.m...
- borkasm 4mo ago
  Thank you, I will have a look at it. I don't see anything wrong with that, I bet there are tons of products built every day based on similar ideas. And I'm not ready to go open-source at this point.
  - pedromlsreis 4mo ago
    You got me curious - why aren't you ready to open-source it? Is it part of the plans, though? Wrt to multiple products with similar ideas, I fully agree - we also use Uber, Bolt, and many others for the same purpose.
    - borkasm 4mo ago
      I wrote some of my concerns about going open-source with it in the other reply. Mainly, I want to build a commercial tool, true open-source is not that obvious to go with, but still possible of course. I'm still not sure about the proper way.
Lucas12546 4mo ago
I suggest you open-source your code. This tech is not a secrete now.
- borkasm 4mo ago
  I agree, it's not a rocked science, especially for IT people, but it still took me three months to polish everything. I was thinking about open-source first, but I also think that open-source is at big risk now, since big LLMs at poor hands can find vulnerabilities faster than you fix them. And I'm still open to provide access to the code at higher plan tiers though. Also I never did open-source before and neither any tools for developers, so I feel some kind of personal insecurity here...
throwfaraway135 4mo ago
Nice! This is a big pain point for many of us. But unfortunately I don't see our company agreeing to allow some third party "potential" access to our chats. If it's some large company like slack or Telegram maybe but for sure not a small startup.
- borkasm 4mo ago
  Thank you! I think it's ridiculous to be honest, since companies mostly don't bother to give access to their data for OpenAI or ChatGPT, and probably many others. Also one can still rely on the power of agreements like NDA, commercial licenses, privacy policy, etc. They could be not just an AI-generated content.
sameersri2004 4mo ago
I would suggest to Open Source it for better reach and adoption among developer community.
- borkasm 4mo ago
  I'm not against it at all, but I put my concerns about open source here on the other comment. And I'm pretty sure there are a bunch of similar open source projects already.
shreypaharia 4mo ago
Is this similar to claude remote control but for all the harnesses in one place ? Do you plan to add support for more harnesses ?
- borkasm 4mo ago
  I will be more than happy if you try it and get a sense of it. What other harnesses do you mean? Actually, it's not the same as Claude's native remote control, it's more like remote terminal access with extra integration for Claude Code/Codex CLI that wires them a Telegram bot.
andywidjaja 4mo ago
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razorson 4mo ago
I’m not sure people will use it unless it’s either open-source or backed by a large company. I already know a few open-source alternatives to what you’ve built.
- borkasm 4mo ago
  Yes, it's a valid concern, unfortunately. I made a special emphasis on using it on an isolated VPS first.

9 points by borkasm 4mo ago

Alex_toani 4mo ago

Your product is very similar to this one：https://github.com/xvirobotics/metabot/blob/main/README_EN.md https://github.com/xvirobotics/metabot/blob/main/README_EN.m...

borkasm 4mo ago
Thank you, I will have a look at it. I don't see anything wrong with that, I bet there are tons of products built every day based on similar ideas. And I'm not ready to go open-source at this point.
- pedromlsreis 4mo ago
  You got me curious - why aren't you ready to open-source it? Is it part of the plans, though? Wrt to multiple products with similar ideas, I fully agree - we also use Uber, Bolt, and many others for the same purpose.
  - borkasm 4mo ago
    I wrote some of my concerns about going open-source with it in the other reply. Mainly, I want to build a commercial tool, true open-source is not that obvious to go with, but still possible of course. I'm still not sure about the proper way.

Lucas12546 4mo ago

I suggest you open-source your code. This tech is not a secrete now.

borkasm 4mo ago
I agree, it's not a rocked science, especially for IT people, but it still took me three months to polish everything. I was thinking about open-source first, but I also think that open-source is at big risk now, since big LLMs at poor hands can find vulnerabilities faster than you fix them. And I'm still open to provide access to the code at higher plan tiers though. Also I never did open-source before and neither any tools for developers, so I feel some kind of personal insecurity here...

throwfaraway135 4mo ago

Nice! This is a big pain point for many of us. But unfortunately I don't see our company agreeing to allow some third party "potential" access to our chats. If it's some large company like slack or Telegram maybe but for sure not a small startup.

borkasm 4mo ago
Thank you! I think it's ridiculous to be honest, since companies mostly don't bother to give access to their data for OpenAI or ChatGPT, and probably many others. Also one can still rely on the power of agreements like NDA, commercial licenses, privacy policy, etc. They could be not just an AI-generated content.

sameersri2004 4mo ago

I would suggest to Open Source it for better reach and adoption among developer community.

borkasm 4mo ago
I'm not against it at all, but I put my concerns about open source here on the other comment. And I'm pretty sure there are a bunch of similar open source projects already.

shreypaharia 4mo ago

Is this similar to claude remote control but for all the harnesses in one place ? Do you plan to add support for more harnesses ?

borkasm 4mo ago
I will be more than happy if you try it and get a sense of it. What other harnesses do you mean? Actually, it's not the same as Claude's native remote control, it's more like remote terminal access with extra integration for Claude Code/Codex CLI that wires them a Telegram bot.

andywidjaja 4mo ago

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razorson 4mo ago

I’m not sure people will use it unless it’s either open-source or backed by a large company. I already know a few open-source alternatives to what you’ve built.

borkasm 4mo ago
Yes, it's a valid concern, unfortunately. I made a special emphasis on using it on an isolated VPS first.