// 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, and offline when you need it. 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.
AI is free. 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 11 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 works offline.
- PocketCode is available in five languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi and Brazilian Portuguese.
- PocketCode runs on Android 9 and later.
- PocketCode is created by Pelayo.
Where we are
PocketCode is finishing up before launch. The best way to follow along is the pre-register list, the public roadmap and the changelog.