---
title: "Run Muse Code on a remote machine, drive it from a browser"
url: https://helicon.sh/features/remote-daemon
description: "The same Helicon UI ships as a web app pointed at a daemon on another machine, so a laptop can supervise Muse Code running on a workstation or a server."
updated: 2026-09-19
site: Helicon
---

# Remote daemon and the web build

Helicon is one React codebase that ships two ways: as a Tauri desktop app with a local daemon, and as a web app pointed at a daemon running elsewhere. That means you can run Muse Code on a workstation or a server and supervise it from a browser on a laptop, with the same sidebar, diffs and approvals.

## Why one codebase matters

Web builds of desktop tools are usually the reduced version. Helicon's web app is the same UI compiled for a browser, so nothing is missing because of where you opened it.

## What this is good for

- A big workstation runs the agents, a laptop watches them.
- The code lives on a machine that should not leave the office.
- Long running work continues when the laptop sleeps.
- A Linux server hosts the daemon while you are on Windows or macOS.

## What it is not

There is no hosted Helicon service. The daemon is yours, on a machine you control, and the browser talks to it. Nothing about your code, prompts, threads or files passes through us.

> Running the daemon from source needs Node 22 or newer on that machine. The desktop app bundles its own Node.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is there a hosted version of Helicon?

No. The web app points at a daemon you run. There is no account and no service in the middle.

### Can I use it over the internet?

The daemon is a normal service you can expose however you expose services. Put it behind your own tunnel, VPN or reverse proxy.

### Is the web UI feature complete?

It is the same React UI as the desktop app, so the interface is the same. The difference is which machine the daemon runs on.

## Related

- [File viewer](https://helicon.sh/features/file-viewer): Browse the project, read highlighted source, preview and edit Markdown, and view images, video and PDFs. Any path Muse Code mentions opens beside the conversation.
- [Remote daemon](https://helicon.sh/guides/remote-daemon-setup): Put the Helicon daemon and the muse CLI on the machine that holds your code, then open the same UI in a browser from anywhere you trust the network.
- [Remote development](https://helicon.sh/use-cases/remote-development): Run the daemon and the muse CLI on the machine that holds the repository, then supervise from a browser on a laptop. Same UI, same sidebar, same approvals.

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Helicon is a free, MIT licensed, unofficial community client for Meta's Muse Code CLI. Not made, sponsored or endorsed by Meta. Source: https://helicon.sh/. Machine readable index: https://helicon.sh/llms.txt