Questions
Do I need to keep my computer on?
No. Agents run on your server, which is on anyway. Your devices only connect to check in, approve and pick up where you left off.
Which servers work?
Anything you can SSH into. Agents run on Linux servers and Macs. Routers, NAS boxes and other devices that speak SSH get terminals, files and key management.
Which AI can I use?
Claude, Codex and OpenCode, with your own API keys or your Claude or ChatGPT plan. You choose per chat, and can switch a chat to another agent or model at any time.
Why not just use Claude's or ChatGPT's own apps?
Keep using them; Hewy works with the same plans. What it adds: the agents run on your own servers, next to your code, rather than in someone else's cloud; one chat can move between Claude, Codex and OpenCode when one won't do the work; approvals reach your iPhone, signed with its key; agents on different servers can work together; any of them can use a browser on your own devices, your phone included, with the same rules for every agent; and one view shows what every provider has used. Plus a full SSH client for everything else.
Can my agent use websites?
Yes. It gets a browser tab beside its chat, on your own device, where you're signed in, so it can check its own work on your dev site, click through a flow as a user would, or read a dashboard or the replies to a post, without you pasting screenshots back and forth. You choose for each site whether it can look or drive, Hewy asks before it buys, pays, sends, posts or deletes, the agent never sees or types your passwords, and you can stop it any time. It works with Claude, Codex and OpenCode, in Hewy for Mac and Android today, with iPhone coming in an update. On a Mac it keeps working in the background; on Android, while Hewy is open. How it's kept safe →
What if an agent refuses to do something?
Switch the chat to another agent. Each provider has its own rules about what its models will do, and they don't always agree, so work one turns down another will often take on. The conversation so far goes with the switch (the most recent part, up to about 24,000 characters, with the tools that were used), so you don't start over.
Can Hewy see my code or my conversations?
No. Your devices talk straight to your servers. What syncs between your devices (your server list, saved passwords and API keys) is end-to-end encrypted, so our servers can't read it. What an agent reads goes to the AI provider you chose, as with any coding agent.
How much does it cost?
US$99 a year, or US$9.99 a month, after a 14-day free trial, for every feature on all your devices. AI usage is billed by your AI provider; Hewy never marks up tokens. Pricing →
Does it run on Android? And Windows?
Android, yes: download Hewy for Android here on hewy.ai. The Mac app downloads here too, and iPhone is coming to the App Store. Each is an app of its own, and your Hewy account keeps your servers, keys and settings in step between them, end-to-end encrypted. Windows as a server, yes too: Hewy sets up and controls agents on Windows 10 and 11 PCs, alongside Linux and Mac servers. There's no Hewy app for Windows itself for now.