I built a mobile bridge for Cursor and Copilot because I didn't want to pay for another cloud service. 237 installs, 8.84USD MRR so far.
I use Cursor and GitHub Copilot a lot. At some point I started looking for a way to access my local projects remotely, without pushing everything to a cloud IDE. The problem with cloud solutions:
- My worktrees, commits, and branches were getting messy across different services
- Every AI tool wanted its own cloud environment
- I didn't want my code living on someone else's server
So I just built what I needed. Remoot is a WebSocket bridge between your local IDE and your phone or browser. The extension runs on your machine, a relay server routes encrypted events, and you connect from anywhere. Nothing is stored. Your code never leaves your machine.
I built the VS Code / Cursor extension, a Flutter mobile app, and a web client. Then I shipped it and waited. For the first few weeks, almost nobody used it. That was the hardest part honestly; building something you genuinely needed yourself but not knowing if anyone else felt the same way. I started posting on Reddit and Peerlist.
Some posts got traction, some completely flopped. Slowly people started finding it. Current numbers:
- 237 installs
- $16.87 total revenue
- $8.84 MRR
- 2 active trials
Still very early. But seeing the MRR chart go from $0 to something real, even if it's small, changed how I think about this. The thing I keep coming back to: I built this for myself first. That made it easier to keep going when nobody was using it. Happy to answer any questions about the technical side or the journey so far.
Also, if you use Cursor or Copilot and step away from your desk a lot, give it a try: remoot.dev