claudetainer 📦 🤖

October 2025 update: Claude Code is now available in research preview in Anthropic's iOS app with built-in sandboxing, this may be the official solution you're looking for :)

Auto-configured Claude Code devcontainer with mobile-friendly shell: code from anywhere.

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Claude Code automatically configured with a persistent shell session, hooks, slash commands, utilities, and specialized sub-agents designed for coding without a keyboard. Everything runs in an isolated devcontainer using Anthropic's official image.

Quick Start (Recommended)

Get up and running in under 2 minutes on Linux, macOS or WSL:

# 1. Add the tap and install
brew tap smithclay/tap
brew install claudetainer

cd ~/your-project

# 2. Initialize your project with a language preset (go, node, python, rust)
claudetainer init python

# 3. Start the container
claudetainer up

# 4. Connect to the container with SSH key authentication (passwordless)
claudetainer ssh

# 5. (Inside the ssh session) Start Claude Code: all hooks and slash commands automatically load in a nice zellij UI.
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