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Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from anywhere

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Re: Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from anywhere

#81
post #76

Why don’t use Happy Code? It’s open source and free to use: https://github.com/slopus/happy

Good question. Since this is open source why bother with Omnara in the first place? Or perhaps this is a fork of Happy Code and now it is a YC startup.

Just shows that AI has advanced so quickly that it is easy to clone YC startups to zero.

Re: Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from anywhere

#82

Feels expensive for something that an engineer can hack in a couple of ours with tailscale and Claude Code. Has potential though. At $9 I'd be totally in, but moving from CC's Max plan at $100, adding $20 makes me wanna just hack an alternative. Maybe I'm just cheap.

You are cheap! So am I! We're developers. Just ask Claude to use the Claude chrome extension MCP and have it setup Tailscale for you. Not to be rude, but we as developers have to learn not to smell our own farts and think they're gold. I had Claude shit out a shell script that's useful for me, and for people like me, but holy hell, that does not a startup charging $20/month make.

Welcome to the new economy.

Re: Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from anywhere

#83

Feels expensive for something that an engineer can hack in a couple of ours with tailscale and Claude Code. Has potential though. At $9 I'd be totally in, but moving from CC's Max plan at $100, adding $20 makes me wanna just hack an alternative. Maybe I'm just cheap.

Funny how similar this is to the famous comment on Dropbox's Launch HN post in 2007. "1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software."

Drop Box is free though.

Re: Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from anywhere

#84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Funny how similar this is to the famous comment on Dropbox's Launch HN post in 2007. "1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software."

Drop Box is free though.

they're free up to a limit, just like us!

Re: Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from anywhere

#85

Feels expensive for something that an engineer can hack in a couple of ours with tailscale and Claude Code. Has potential though. At $9 I'd be totally in, but moving from CC's Max plan at $100, adding $20 makes me wanna just hack an alternative. Maybe I'm just cheap.

Funny how similar this is to the famous comment on Dropbox's Launch HN post in 2007. "1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software."

Why is it funny? Is Dropbox supposed to be some kind of success? Their stock is down -16.72% from IPO seven years ago.

Re: Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from anywhere

#86
post #62

i don't get all the hate in this thread. I literally was about to build this today, using my home server, tailscale, and some kind of web frontend. thanks for saving me time :)

Correct me if I'm wrong but they seem to proxy all your conversations.

Re: Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from anywhere

#87
post #81
post #76

Why don’t use Happy Code? It’s open source and free to use: https://github.com/slopus/happy

Good question. Since this is open source why bother with Omnara in the first place? Or perhaps this is a fork of Happy Code and now it is a YC startup. Just shows that AI has advanced so quickly that it is easy to clone YC startups to zero.

We're not a fork, and from what I've heard from users our architecture is more reliable

Re: Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from anywhere

#88
post #75

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Yes, they have E2EE, but it comes with some limitations in the features they're able to provide.

Like what? I like it a lot...

Two of the main feature's we're investing heavily into are remote sandboxes + syncing, and voice agent support, wouldn't work with E2EE.

Re: Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from anywhere

#89
post #63

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The idea is that if agents are coding for you, there's no need to be at your desk to manage them. I think the case for managing coding agents without being at your desk is becoming stronger as agents become more autonomous. And for your sidenote, we'll see when Anthropic/OpenAI release something similar. For now it's pretty useful, and we're making it better every day.

congrats on the launch man! didn't mean to come off negatively. as for the sidenote - it might be worth considering now to push the product forward.

Thanks! And yeah it's definitely something we think about very often, we're coming up with ways to differentiate ourselves.

Re: Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from anywhere

#90
post #44

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I use this everyday, and even have the Happy server on my home Mac to skip the cloud relay. I think I will only explore an alternative if the UI on the mobile is dramatically better (something to explore) but im trying my best to only pay for the model these day and avoid any other tooling subscription, and doing pretty great thus far.

Totally get it, we're trying to minimize subscriptions too. Free tier gives you 10 sessions/month with no length limits, so you can actually get a decent amount done before deciding if it's worth paying

Just watched your walkthrough video and have to say kudos, that looks like a really tight release. will give it proper test drive.

cheers and congrats on the launch!

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