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points by aroman 1 day ago | 0 comments

No, he does, and it's extremely good. It's completely replaced herdr for me and I run it on Linux (server), macOS, and my iPhone. I've yet to run into a bug. Access is being controlled via Discord and TestFlight - you can find the link to apply on their site.

[–] mgrandl 19 hours ago

Can you describe the iOS experience? Is it just a terminal that mirrors your sessions from the server? I have yet to encounter a good terminal experience on iOS that doesn’t make me want to rip my hair out so if they have some secret sauce to make it enjoyable I would be interested…

[–] violinist 18 hours ago

It has its own server-client format that replaces both the ssh / mosh layer and the tmux layer, allowing the iOS app to connect to existing sessions on the computer (also the Mac app can either connect to the local Rex server that is included in the app, or to remote servers over Tailscale).

It doesn’t replicate the “remote authentication” part of ssh, and leaves that to Tailscale instead.

[–] dcre 17 hours ago

Here’s a demo of it on iOS. It’s on a Duo, but you can get the idea from the single-screen part of the demo.

https://xxcancel.com/almonk/status/2114390982049329442#m

[–] cellu 14 hours ago

how have you replaced herdr's worktree management with rex?

[–] bullfightonmars 13 hours ago

Rex has "sessions" which are like groups of tabs and it is scriptable, I made a little plugin that when invoked pops open a floating terminal asks for a worktree name and sets up a new worktree.

[–] aroman 12 hours ago

i'm not sure what you're referring to - if herdr had worktree management features, I never used them. that's not something i'd want my terminal multiplexer to do anyway, our worktree automation is part of the repo.