MightyMouse vs Paseo
Both put your coding agents on your phone. MightyMouse also puts the Mac there, with nothing to host.
Short answer: Paseo is a free, open source (Apache-2.0) app that runs coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode in a background daemon on your machine, with iPhone and Android apps to reach them. MightyMouse is a Mac app with no daemon or server to run, and it adds lock-screen approvals and the whole Mac on your phone: live screen, trackpad, keyboard and free voice typing.
Paseo describes itself as an open source agentic development environment for desktop, mobile, web and CLI. A daemon on your computer manages the agents, and the desktop app, native phone apps, web app and command line all connect to it. Each agent gets its own git worktree, and there are diffs, terminals, pull requests and a built-in browser. You can reach the daemon over an end-to-end encrypted relay, your local network or your own tunnel.
MightyMouse covers the same agent loop in one Mac app: agents in their own branch, changes, pull request and merge, with up to six side by side. You install the app and pair your phone, and there is no server to host. The difference is what the phone can reach. Paseo's phone apps talk to the agents. MightyMouse's phone remote talks to the whole Mac, agents included.
Side by side
| MightyMouse | Paseo | |
|---|---|---|
| Run Claude Code and Codex on your computer | Yes, plus Cursor and OpenCode | Yes, plus OpenCode and more |
| Each agent in its own copy of the project | Yes, its own branch | Yes, a git worktree each |
| Several agents side by side | Yes, up to 6 per tab | Yes |
| Diffs, pull requests and merge | Yes, on the Mac and the phone | Yes |
| Phone apps | iPhone and Android, or just the phone browser | iPhone and Android |
| Approve an agent from the lock screen | Yes, with Face ID | Not checked |
| Live Mac screen, trackpad and keys on the phone | Yes | Not checked |
| Free voice typing into any app | Yes, on-device Whisper | Voice for talking to agents. Typing into other apps: not checked |
| A daemon or server to run | No - just the Mac app | Yes, a background daemon |
| Agents on a remote machine or in Docker | No - your own Mac | Yes |
| Open source | No | Yes, Apache-2.0 |
| Windows and Linux | Mac only | Not checked |
| Price | Free to try. Pro $20/mo for agents and use away from home | Free |
Paseo details checked 5 November 2026 from paseo.sh, github.com/getpaseo/paseo. Prices change - check theirs before deciding.
Where Paseo is the better pick
Paseo is free and open source, so you can read every line and fork it. It runs the daemon on a server too, with a Docker image and a self-hosted web app, so agents can live on a home lab or cloud machine and keep going when no laptop is open. MightyMouse is closed source and Mac only, and your Mac does the work.
It also supports many more agents and plugins, and its agents can start and talk to other agents. If you want a self-hosted setup you control end to end, Paseo is built for that.
Where MightyMouse is the better pick
Nothing to host. Install the Mac app and pair your phone. No daemon to start, no server, no Docker, no tunnel to set up.
Your phone reaches the whole Mac. A permission dialog, a browser tab, a build that hung outside the terminal: open the phone and you have the live screen, a trackpad and the keyboard.
Answer without opening anything. An agent's question lands on your lock screen. Approve it with Face ID and put the phone down. Voice typing works in every app on the Mac, for free.
Looking at Conductor alternatives
Paseo and MightyMouse are both common picks now that Conductor is joining Meta. See MightyMouse vs Conductor, MightyMouse vs T3 Code and MightyMouse vs Happy Coder.
Your agents and your whole Mac, on your phone.
macOS, Apple Silicon and Intel. No card to try it.
Common questions
Do I need an AI subscription?
No. Connect a Claude, Codex, Gemini or OpenCode account you already pay for and MightyMouse costs nothing. Have none? Sign up and use the built in option, no card needed. Voice transcription is free either way because it runs on your Mac.
Is Paseo free?
Yes. Paseo is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license, and you bring your own agent provider logins, per paseo.sh and its GitHub repository.
Do I need to run a server for MightyMouse?
No. MightyMouse is a Mac app. Install it, pair your phone, and your agents run on that Mac.
Can I use both?
Yes. Some people keep Paseo for agents on a remote machine and use MightyMouse to reach the Mac in front of them from the phone, with live screen, trackpad, keys and voice typing.
Want the whole Mac on your phone? MightyMouse gives you the live screen, a trackpad and free voice typing, plus lock-screen approvals for your agents.