Devices & remote access

Register the machines you work on, then reach into any of them from your laptop, a borrowed computer, or your phone.

Register a device

Registration happens on its own. When you start taiku while signed in, that machine joins your account as a device — there is no separate setup step. Each device shows up with a friendly name, its hostname, and operating system so you can tell your machines apart.

A device stays listed as long as it checks in. Close your laptop or quit taiku and it drops off your dashboard a few minutes later, so the list always reflects what is actually reachable.

Start a session remotely

The dashboard lets you launch a fresh session on any online machine, even when you are nowhere near it.

1. Open your dashboard and find the machine in your device list.
2. Click Start Session next to it.
3. The machine receives the request and opens a new session with a live terminal.
4. The session link appears in the dashboard. Click it to drop straight into a terminal on that machine.

The target machine just needs to be online and signed in. It can take a moment for the request to land, but most launches complete in seconds. You can also click the link beside any device that is already running a session to jump into it directly.

Keep a machine always reachable

Running taiku from the command line registers a device only while that terminal is open. If you want a machine available around the clock, run the desktop app instead — it keeps the device registered in the background, opens incoming sessions in its own window, and gives you quick status from the tray icon.

Manage devices

Your dashboard is the home for everything across your machines:

• See which devices are online and how recently each one checked in.
• Open any device's active session with one click.
• Start a session remotely on any online machine.
• Manage your account, API key, and subscription.