How is Son of Anton different from SSH or a cloud IDE?

SoA runs on your own machine, not on a vendor's server. There is no hosted compute, no account, and no code leaves your box unless you explicitly pair a phone, in which case the tunnel still terminates at your local machine. It is closer to 'your terminal in a browser tab' than to a cloud IDE.

Why run Claude Code in a browser instead of in a native terminal?

So you can hand control to your phone. Pair once, and you can check or steer a long-running Claude Code task from anywhere. The tab color indicator shows green when Claude is working, breathing green when it is waiting on background subagents, amber when the task is finished, breathing red when it needs your input, and blue when idle.

How does phone pairing work?

The desktop app opens a tunnel — cloudflared first, ngrok and localtunnel as fallbacks — and renders a QR code containing a one-time pairing token. Scanning the QR on a phone opens the web UI pointed at your machine through the tunnel, with the token pre-filled. No accounts, no central server.

Is Son of Anton free?

Yes. Son of Anton is free and open source. Source on GitHub at SimonSaysGiveMeSmile/SoA-Web (web app) and SimonSaysGiveMeSmile/SoA-Prod (desktop).

How do I install Son of Anton?

Run curl -fsSL https://www.s0a.app/install.sh | sh in your terminal. The web sandbox at s0a.app needs no install.

Son of Anton · Browser Terminal, Claude Code, and Desktop Pairing

What is Son of Anton?

Your AI agent keeps working at home. Answer it from your phone.

Son of Anton runs your terminal and AI coding agents (programs like Claude Code and Codex that write and fix code for you) on your own computer. Open them from any browser or your phone and carry on exactly where you left off.

~/my-app my-app api docs

~/my-app $ git switch -c fix-checkout

Switched to a new branch 'fix-checkout'

~/my-app $ npm install

added 214 packages in 6s

~/my-app $ git pull

Already up to date.

~/my-app $ claude

Reading src/cart.js…

✻ Editing checkout.js

✻ Updated 3 files

Run the tests now?

1. Yes 2. No

> 1

✓ 12 passed

Done.

You've left your desk

9:41

$ npm install

added 214 packages

$ git pull

Already up to date.

$ claude

✻ Editing…

✻ Updated 3 files

Run the tests now?

> 1

✓ 12 passed

my-app · working

my-app needs your answer Run the tests now? YesNo

my-appdone apiworking docsneeds you

Answer from your phone. It types into the same terminal.

Your agent works in a real terminal on your computer.
Step away. It keeps going at home.
When it needs you, your phone tells you.
Answer from your phone. It types into the same terminal.
Run several agents and see which one needs you.

Get it on this computer

Scan the code your computer shows.

On your computer, open Son of Anton and click Mobile link in the sidebar. Opens the full dashboard on this tablet.

Other ways to connect

Not installed yet?

Open www.s0a.app on your computer, or paste this into its Terminal:

curl -fsSL https://www.s0a.app/install.sh | sh

What is Son of Anton?

Download and open the installer

It installs Son of Anton for your user account only (no admin password) and starts it in the background. You only do this once.

For macOS and Linux. Takes about a minute.

Prefer to paste a command into Terminal?

curl -fsSL https://www.s0a.app/install.sh | sh

Already set up on another computer?

Connect this browser to it instead of installing here.

Paste its link

Pairing link

Start it

Open the file you downloaded. This page waits for it.

Open soa-web-install.command from your Downloads. A Terminal window opens and runs the install.

Checking… This page will notice when it's running. Keep it open.

It's running

Your terminal opens in this tab.

Opening your terminal…

Next, connect your phone: in the sidebar, open Mobile link and scan the QR code with your phone's camera.

A practice shell that runs in this tab. It can't see your files or your computer.

What it does for you

At your desk

Nothing lost on reload or restart.Your tabs and their history come back after a page reload or a reboot.
Every agent at a glance.Each tab shows whether its agent is working, needs you, seems stuck or is done.
Talk instead of type.Voice commands and dictation, in five languages.

Away from your desk

The same shell on your phone.Scan a QR code once and keep typing in the terminal you started on your laptop. No app to install.
A ping when it needs you.Your phone gets a notification when an agent is waiting for an answer.
Chat with your agents.Reply in a chat view, by typing or speaking.
Your Mac's screen, on your phone.See and click your desktop when the terminal isn't enough.

If something goes wrong

Usage limits handled.When Claude or Codex hits its limit, the agent waits for the reset, picks up again and replays what you typed meanwhile.
A spare way in.If the link to your phone drops, backup links keep you connected.
A lock on the door.Add a pairing password, and change it to lock out a lost phone.

It stays on your computer

Your terminals, your code and your agents run on your own machine. You don't need an account.

Your phone connects straight to your computer through a private link that only your QR code opens. An optional account can help your phone find this computer again if that link changes.

Questions

What's an AI coding agent?

A program like Claude Code or Codex that reads your project, writes code and runs commands when you ask, and checks with you before the risky steps.

Do I need Claude Code or Codex?

No. Son of Anton is a full terminal on its own. If you use Claude Code or Codex in it, it recognises them and shows what each one is doing.

I'm not comfortable with a terminal. Is this for me?

Yes. The installer does the setup, and once you start an agent you can talk to it in plain language.

What if my phone can't connect?

Your agents keep running at home. Try a backup link from the same screen, or scan the QR code again.

How do I uninstall it?

Run ~/.s0a-local/uninstall.sh in Terminal. It stops the service and removes what the installer added.

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Son of Anton

What is Son of Anton?

Get it on this computer

Other ways to connect

Download and open the installer

Start it

It's running

What it does for you

At your desk

Away from your desk

If something goes wrong

It stays on your computer

Questions

Install from the source code

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Give it a minute

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Start it again

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