Codeman

Name: Codeman
Author: Ark0N

by Ark0Nversion 1.48.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.Ark0N/codeman

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Start, prompt and read AI coding agent sessions (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and more) in Codeman

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Other
You need to fill in: CODEMAN_API_URL, CODEMAN_PASSWORD

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: CODEMAN_API_URL, CODEMAN_PASSWORD

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codeman": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "aicodeman",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CODEMAN_API_URL": "your-value",
        "CODEMAN_PASSWORD": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add codeman --env CODEMAN_API_URL=your-value --env CODEMAN_PASSWORD=your-value -- npx -y aicodeman mcp

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codeman": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "aicodeman",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CODEMAN_API_URL": "your-value",
        "CODEMAN_PASSWORD": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "codeman": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "aicodeman",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CODEMAN_API_URL": "your-value",
        "CODEMAN_PASSWORD": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

CODEMAN_API_URL required env
Where your Codeman server runs, for example https://127.0.0.1:3000. Never guessed.
CODEMAN_PASSWORD secret env
Codeman's HTTP Basic password, when the server has one.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 6, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account Ark0N, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
– Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
– Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Otheri

More stars than 0% of the other 32403 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 95% of the other 32403 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32403 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Codeman safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: CODEMAN_API_URL, CODEMAN_PASSWORD

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.48.0) reached the registry yesterday.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

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Mission control for AI coding agents

Claude Code • OpenCode • Codex • Antigravity • Gemini • Pi • Grok • DeepSeek • OMP • Copilot • Terminal - One Dashboard • Any Device

English • 简体中文

Codeman is a self-hosted mission control for AI coding agents. It spawns Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, Antigravity, Gemini, Pi, Grok, DeepSeek Harness, OMP, or GitHub Copilot CLI inside persistent tmux sessions, streams the real terminal to any browser, and keeps agents productive after you walk away: it re-prompts on idle, resumes when a usage limit resets, runs scheduled jobs, and shows every background agent working in real time.

Get started in one line (macOS & Linux, Windows via WSL):

curl -fsSL https://getcodeman.com/install | bash

codeman web

Open http://localhost:3000 and start your first session

The installer asks before every system change, and re-running the same line updates in place. Full details: Quick Start - Installation.

One dashboard, ten CLIs - run Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, Antigravity, Gemini, Pi, Grok, DeepSeek, OMP, or GitHub Copilot per session (plus plain shell), locally, in Docker, or over SSH, with your own dashboards open as web tabs beside them
Truly phone-friendly - a touch-optimized terminal with instant local echo, QR login, swipe navigation, and push notifications
Runs while you sleep - idle detection + respawn cycling and auto-resume when a subscription limit resets, for 24+ hour unattended runs
See your agents think - live floating windows for every subagent and teammate, with real-time transcripts
Agents can drive it too - the codeman skill (for every agent CLI), codeman agent and an MCP server let one agent start workers in any CLI, prompt them, wait for them and collect their answers
Nothing gets lost - tmux persistence across restarts and network drops, exactly-once input delivery, full-scrollback replay
Self-hosted and private - loopback-only by default, MIT licensed, no telemetry, runs entirely on your machine

Quick Start - Installation

curl -fsSL https://getcodeman.com/install | bash

This installs Node.js, tmux and a build toolchain if missing (node-pty ships no Linux prebuilds, so it compiles from source), clones Codeman to ~/.codeman/app, and builds it. It looks at what is already on the machine, asks at most three questions, then does all the work unattended and ends on the URL with a QR code for your phone. A few things worth knowing:

Three questions, all up front. How the dashboard is reached, optionally what to call this machine on your tailnet, and whether to run Codeman as a background service (systemd/launchd, auto-start on boot; Enter says yes). Everything that needs you, including one consent for all missing packages, one sudo password, and the Tailscale login, happens before the build, so you can walk away while it compiles.
How it's reachable, your choice. Tailscale (loopback bind fronted by tailscale serve, so you get https:// . .ts.net with a real certificate and your tailnet as the login, no password needed), any device on your network (0.0.0.0, with a strongly recommended password prompt), or this machine only (127.0.0.1, safest). Skipping the password on a network bind requires an explicit confirmation and ends with a loud warning. The highlighted default reflects what is already on the machine (Tailscale when it is already connected, your existing binding on a re-run), and a bare Enter never pulls in new software. If another app already owns :443 on your node, Codeman goes under https:// . .ts.net/codeman or on a second port instead of replacing it. A bare codeman web started by hand still defaults to loopback.
The name is yours to choose. By default the URL uses the machine's existing tailnet name. Answering yes to the second question renames the machine to codeman- (which also renames it for SSH, so the default is no); install.sh name does it later.
Re-run to update. The same one-liner updates a finished install in place: local changes in ~/.codeman/app are stashed (never discarded), and a running service is restarted and verified. If a first install was interrupted, re-running resumes the full setup instead. install.sh status prints the URLs and the QR code again; install.sh update, install.sh tailscale and install.sh uninstall also exist.
Flags for the impatient. curl -fsSL https://getcodeman.com/install | bash -s -- --tailscale --service answers the questions from the command line (--lan, --local, --run, --no-start, --name , --port , --yes too). CI / headless: without a terminal attached, steps that would change your system abort with instructions instead of running silently; set CODEMAN_NONINTERACTIVE=1 to approve them for automation.

You'll need at least one AI coding CLI installed — Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, Antigravity, Gemini CLI, Pi, Grok Build, DeepSeek Harness, OMP, or GitHub Copilot CLI (any combination works; Gemini CLI is enterprise-only since Google's consumer cutover, and Antigravity is its successor). The installer detects whichever of the ten is present; if none is found, it offers to install any of them from a menu (DeepSeek excepted, since its npm package installs only a launcher with no runnable profile), or you can skip and install one yourself later. After install:

codeman web

Open http://localhost:3000 and start your first session

Sharing with a small team? Start it in multi-user mode instead: each person gets their own login and workspace.

codeman users add alice --admin      # create the first admin account

codeman web --multiuser # named logins + per-user case spaces

Prefer Docker Compose? A local-image Compose deployment ships in docker/: copy docker/.env.example to docker/.env, set CODEMAN_PASSWORD, then run bash docker/Start-Codeman.sh on Linux. Codeman runs in a container and spawns Docker cases as sibling containers through the host socket. After updating, run the script again rather than a plain docker compose up, so the rebuilt image, refreshed volumes and entrypoint arrive together. See the Docker deployment guide for direct Compose commands, storage and networking options.

Details in Multi-User Mode below.

Keep it running in the background

To outlive the shell you started it in, without setting anything up:

codeman web -d          # detach; logs to ~/.codeman/web.log

codeman web --status # is it up, and on which pid codeman web --stop # graceful SIGTERM; agents keep running in tmux

-d waits until the server actually answers before reporting success, and refuses to start a second one on the same data dir (two servers sharing a tmux socket attach to each other's sessions).

To have it come back after a reboot, install it as a service instead. The installer's final menu does this for you (option 2); codeman service is the equivalent for an npm i -g aicodeman install:

codeman service install     # systemd user unit (Linux) or LaunchAgent (macOS)

codeman service status codeman service uninstall

service install writes the unit with your current PATH baked in, which matters more than it sounds: launchd hands a job /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin, so a Homebrew or nvm node, tmux or claude is invisible to a hand-written plist. It never copies CODEMAN_PASSWORD into the unit file; add that yourself if the service needs auth.

To write the unit by hand instead:

Linux (systemd):

mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user

cat > ~/.config/systemd/user/codeman-web.service << EOF [Unit] Description=Codeman Web Server After=network.target

[Service] Type=simple ExecStart=$(which node) $HOME/.codeman/app/dist/index.js web Restart=always RestartSec=10

[Install] WantedBy=default.target EOF systemctl --user daemon-reload systemctl --user enable --now codeman-web loginctl enable-linger $USER

macOS (launchd):

mkdir -p ~/Library/LaunchAgents

cat > ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.codeman.web.plist << EOF <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

Label com.codeman.web ProgramArguments

$(which node) $HOME/.codeman/app/dist/index.js web

RunAtLoad KeepAlive StandardOutPath /tmp/codeman.log StandardErrorPath /tmp/codeman.log

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Codeman

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

LickityClick

README from the maker

Open http://localhost:3000 and start your first session

Quick Start - Installation

Open http://localhost:3000 and start your first session