Merkur opens your Mac or Linux machines from any browser or phone as a real terminal, for Neovim, tmux, Claude Code or Codex. No SSH keys, VPN or open ports. It holds up on bad networks, renders like a native app and pings your phone when an agent needs you
Type !gh react for GitHub, !w dogs for Wikipedia, or @gh api to search only GitHub - straight from your browser’s address bar. Once installed, flashbang resolves 14,000+ shortcuts fully locally with a Service Worker in under 1ms. Core redirects never leave your machine and need no intermediate Flashbang page or server round trip. It’s private, open source, customizable, and includes bang-aware autocomplete.