{"slug": "poor-man-s-claude-pro-all-the-code-you-ll-ever-need-for-20-per-month", "title": "Poor Man's Claude Pro – All the code you'll ever need for $20 per month", "summary": "A developer published a guide showing how to run Claude Code sessions remotely from a phone for the $20-per-month Claude Pro plan instead of the higher-priced Claude Max plan, using a shell function that SSHes into a personal server and launches each session in a detached tmux window with the `claude --remote-control` flag. The setup requires a self-hosted web server, a mobile terminal, and dotfiles, with the GitHub CLI optionally installed so Claude can create and push repositories. The author frames the approach as delivering the same on-the-go coding capability as Claude Max, which Anthropic bundles with a server for remote Claude sessions and default pushes to a GitHub repo.", "body_md": "# Poor Man's Claude Pro\n\n## Write all the code you'll ever need from your phone for $20 per month\n\nA [Yeti water bottle](https://www.yeti.com/drinkware/hydration/21071504096.html?ref=bweller.me) + [a Nike T-shirt](https://www.nike.com/t/sportswear-club-mens-t-shirt-ShrJfX/AR4997-014?ref=bweller.me) + [Irish Spring 5 in 1: Body, Face, Shampoo, Conditioner, and 24 Hour Deodorant](https://www.cvs.com/shop/irish-spring-5-in-1-body-wash-sea-salt-cedarwood-20-oz-prodid-472435?ref=bweller.me), or [an AeroPress Go Portable Coffee Maker](https://www.amazon.com/AeroPress-Portable-Travel-Coffee-Press/dp/B07YVL8SF3?th=1&ref=bweller.me) + [a three-pack of the Field Notes memo books](https://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-Swiss-Classic-Various-Colors/dp/B092DZCM42?ref=bweller.me) + the classic [Swiss Army Knife](https://www.amazon.com/Field-Notes-Kraft-Ruled-3-Pack/dp/B0034KDEMO?ref=bweller.me), or [*The Power Broker*](https://www.amazon.com/Power-Broker-Robert-Moses-Fall/dp/0394720245?ref=bweller.me) + [Graza Drizzle Extra Virgin Olive Oil](https://www.amazon.com/Graza-Drizzle-Extra-Virgin-Olive-Oil-Finishing-High-Polyphenol/dp/B09WTZRV6Z?th=1&ref=bweller.me) + [a Patagonia snapback](https://www.patagonia.com/product/p-6-logo-lopro-trucker-hat/38283.html?ref=bweller.me).\n\nThat's how much more you're missing out **per month** by spending on the Claude Max plan vs. *just* the Pro plan.\n\nMy coworkers bragged about how much they could code on the go via the Claude Max plan that allows them to run Claude remotely on a server Anthropic provides and push to a GitHub repo by default....jokes on them, I can now attempt to carry around my three Yeti water bottles while layered under three layers of shirts, but I don't have to worry about any BO from sweat because I used my Irish Spring 5 in 1 magic serum today; all while doing the ***same exact thing***.\n\nTo get started with using Claude to write code/research/design documents on the go:\n\n- Set up your web server, [I used Derek Sivers guide as inspiration](https://sive.rs/ti?ref=bweller.me)\n- [Set up a decent terminal on your phone](https://bweller.me/terminal-on-android/)\n- Include this alias in your phone's local dotfiles ([you do have dotfiles set up.....right?](https://bweller.me/ultimate-dotfiles/) ):\n\n```\nfunction claudeonserver() {\n  local ts\n  ts=\"$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)\"\n  ssh <username@server> -i <keyfile> \\\n    \"mkdir -p ~/<project_path>/${ts} && tmux new-session -d -s claude-${ts} -c ~/<project_path>/${ts} '/home/<username>/.local/bin/claude --remote-control'\"\n}\n```\n\nThen it's as simple as opening your terminal and launching a new Claude session per project. If you want Claude to have the ability to create repositories to host these projects in, you could install/set up the [GitHub CLI](https://cli.github.com/?ref=bweller.me) and ask it to push (or just do it manually, you animals).\n\nNow enjoy your coffee while staring at the blank pages of your Field Notes memo book while playing five-finger fillet with your Swiss Army knife; or whatever else you're into.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/poor-man-s-claude-pro-all-the-code-you-ll-ever-need-for-20-per-month", "canonical_source": "https://bweller.me/write-all-the-code-youll-ever-need-from-your-phone-for-20-per-month/", "published_at": "2026-10-24 00:09:30+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-24 00:42:16.815270+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Claude", "Claude Pro", "Claude Max", "Anthropic", "GitHub CLI", "tmux"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/poor-man-s-claude-pro-all-the-code-you-ll-ever-need-for-20-per-month", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/poor-man-s-claude-pro-all-the-code-you-ll-ever-need-for-20-per-month.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/poor-man-s-claude-pro-all-the-code-you-ll-ever-need-for-20-per-month.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/poor-man-s-claude-pro-all-the-code-you-ll-ever-need-for-20-per-month.jsonld"}}