Afar puts the computers you work across on the device in your hand. Open a terminal, run an action you set up, or check what finished while you were away, and nothing runs that you didn’t allow.
For developers, IT pros, designers, editors, creators and social teams: anyone whose work lives on more than one machine.
Not available to download yet. Mac and iPhone are in testing.
The problem
A build runs on the desktop. An export renders on the studio Mac. A client’s account stays signed in on the laptop where it belongs. Each one keeps going after you walk away, but checking on it usually means going back, remoting in with tools built for IT departments, or asking someone to look.
Afar is a calm, native app for that moment: you’re somewhere else, and you need to see or do one thing on one of your computers. It shows you which machines are there, what each one is doing, and lets you step in only as far as you choose.
How it works
Open Afar on your Mac and choose Use this Mac. On your phone, scan the code the Mac shows, check that both show the same six digits, and choose Allow on the Mac.
Each device you connect gets its own credential, kept in the system keychain. You can take it away later from the Mac, one device at a time.
Your devices appear with their status in plain words, such as Reachable, Busy or Can’t reach right now, along with when each last answered and the tools it offers.
Nothing is shown as working until it has actually answered.
Tap Terminal and you’re in a real session on that computer, signed in as you. This works today in development builds.
Files and Screen are still being finished. As designed, Screen opens in viewing; taking control is a separate, deliberate step, and a bar stays on screen the entire time you have it.
Who it’s for
Tools marked with a dashed outline are still being built. See where each one stands in Today.
The build you started before lunch is still going. Open its terminal from your phone, read the last lines, and decide whether to wait.
Terminal
See which machines are answering. Run only the actions you set up in advance, read the exact command before it runs, and keep a receipt of what happened.
Devices Saved actions
The export was rendering on the studio Mac when you left. Check that it finished, then find the file without asking someone at the office to look.
Terminal Files (in progress)
Keep each account signed in on the one computer where it belongs, and reach that computer when you need it, instead of signing in everywhere.
Screen (in progress)
Know which of your machines is awake, which is busy and which has gone quiet, and when it last answered, without walking over to look.
Devices
Control
Reaching a computer from far away should feel safe for the person holding the phone and for anyone sitting at the computer. These rules come from Afar’s design and behavior contract.
A new device has to show the same six-digit code as your Mac, and someone has to choose Allow on the Mac itself. Codes and links never carry a password or token.
Each connected device has its own credential, kept in the system keychain. Remove one and the others keep working.
When Screen arrives, it opens in viewing. Control is a separate choice, and while you have it a bar on every view says so, with Stop control one tap away.
Saved actions are fixed commands you review and approve. Afar shows the exact command before it runs and never retries one on its own.
Afar says Can’t reach right now rather than guessing, keeps showing old information as old with its time, and never marks something done until it has been confirmed.
Afar uses the system permissions, keychain and certificate checks of each computer. It doesn’t bundle AI models or subscriptions, and it never works around a permission you haven’t granted.
Today
A plain account of what works, what’s in progress and what’s still being built, so nothing on this page reads as a promise it isn’t.
| Capability | Status | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal | Working in development builds | Opens real, authenticated terminal sessions in signed development builds on the Mac. |
| Connecting an iPhone | Working in development builds | Pairing with a code and approval on the Mac works in development builds. |
| Saved actions and receipts | Working in development builds | Runs only the actions you set up, and records when each started, finished and how it ended. |
| Files | In progress | Built. Testing on real devices is next. |
| Screen viewing and control | In progress | Blocked by a macOS permission issue. Not yet tested end to end. |
| Sharing to Messages | In development | In development. |
| Android app | In development | In development. |
| Linux and Windows | In development | Preview builds are being qualified. Neither is published. |
From a development build
Real screenshots from the iPhone and iPad apps, captured on October 15, 2026, when Afar was still called Mission Control. The interface has changed since; these show saved actions and job receipts, which work today.
Availability
A download appears here only when the real file is published and has passed every check listed for its platform. Until then, this is the release record.
Development builds are in testing. The public download opens once a release build is notarized by Apple and checked on a clean Mac.
Not available to download yet
In internal TestFlight testing. It will be listed here once the App Store has approved a public release.
Not available to download yet
In development. No build has been released.
Not available to download yet
An unsigned preview package is being qualified. It has not been published.
Not available to download yet
An unsigned preview is being qualified. It has not been published.
Not available to download yet
Release status reviewed October 20, 2026.
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Questions
Not yet. Afar is in private testing on the Mac and iPhone. Each platform’s status is listed above, and downloads will appear on this site once they are signed, checked and published.
Today, Macs. You install Afar on the Mac you want to reach, then connect your iPhone to it. Android, Linux and Windows are in development.
No. Afar doesn’t include AI models or subscriptions. If you run coding agents or other long jobs on your computers, Afar lets you check on them like any other program.
Yes. Afar was called Mission Control during early development.
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