// about
A full IDE, built for the phone in your pocket
PocketCode is a professional Android IDE. Not a snippet runner or a toy editor — a real environment to write, run, debug and ship software, entirely from your phone, with your code running on the device (a connection is needed to sign in). PocketCode (one word) is an independent product for developers; it is not affiliated with Catrobat's "Pocket Code" (two words), a visual block-coding app for children.
What's inside
A code editor with language servers and Git, a Linux terminal with SSH, database managers with an embedded PostgreSQL, an API tester, a visual UI designer, workflows, backend management and a multi-provider AI assistant — several pro tools in one app rather than a dozen separate installs.
No fee for AI. You bring your own key.
Every AI provider works with your own account or API key — OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, GitHub Copilot, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint like OpenRouter, a local model or your own server. PocketCode is not an AI reseller: it doesn't sell credits or proxy your requests. What we charge for is our own tooling — like Swarmcode and cloud sync — never access to a model.
Why we build it
Most people already carry a capable computer everywhere — their phone. PocketCode exists to make that computer enough to build real things on: to lower the barrier between having an idea and shipping it, wherever you are.
Written and built by Pelayo. Meet the author
Quick facts
- PocketCode is a professional Android IDE for writing, running and debugging real software on a phone.
- Its tools include a code editor with language servers, a Linux terminal with SSH, database managers for 12 engines with an embedded PostgreSQL, an API tester, a visual UI designer, workflows, a backend manager and a multi-provider AI assistant.
- AI in PocketCode is free through bring-your-own-key; PocketCode is not an AI reseller and does not sell credits or proxy requests.
- Paid Pro unlocks PocketCode's own tooling, such as Swarmcode multi-agent orchestration and cloud sync — never model access.
- PocketCode needs a connection to sign in; after that your code runs on the device.
- The PocketCode app is available in four languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese. This website also has Hindi.
- PocketCode runs on Android 9 and later.
- PocketCode is created by Pelayo.
Where we are
PocketCode is on Google Play. The best way to follow along is the changelog and the blog.