Pi Live

Turn your current Pi Coding Agent session into a polished remote web interface in seconds.

Pi Live is a minimal, mobile-friendly Pi extension that exposes the current session through a local web UI and, when available, a public Cloudflare tunnel with QR code sharing.

Why Pi Live

Pi Live focuses on one job only:

• instant local web UI for the current Pi session
• optional public sharing via cloudflared
• mobile-first review experience for messages, thinking, and tool activity
• zero-friction activation through a single command: /live

It intentionally avoids feature bloat in the initial release.

Core release scope

This public release keeps the core minimal:

• the current Pi Live page and integrated review UI
• a local WebUI always available
• a public tunnel only when cloudflared is installed

Anything more advanced is tracked in future.md.

Quick install

Drop the extension into Pi's extension directory:

mkdir -p ~/.pi/agent/extensions
cd ~/.pi/agent/extensions
git clone https://github.com/ketchh/pi-live.git pi-live
cd pi-live
npm install
npm run build

Then start Pi or reload extensions with:

/reload

Quick start

1. Open the local web UI

Pi Live starts a local web server automatically when Pi loads the extension.

Use:

/live status

Pi will show the active local URL, for example:

http://localhost:12345/

Open that in your browser on the host machine.

2. Publish it publicly with Cloudflare

If cloudflared is installed and available in PATH:

/live

Pi Live will:

• start a public Cloudflare tunnel
• generate a shareable URL
• generate a QR code
• show both in Pi and in the web UI

Commands

/live             publish via cloudflared and show URL + QR
/live status      show current live state
/live stop        stop the public tunnel
/live restart     recreate the public tunnel
/live token       rotate the access token and regenerate URL + QR

Features

Local-first web UI

Even without any public tunnel, Pi Live gives you a browser-based view of the current session.

Mobile-friendly review flow

The UI is designed for quick reading and navigation on mobile:

• chat tree for fast jumps
• compact session feed
• message / tools filtering
• adjustable font size
• optional truncation for non-message blocks

Secure public access

Public access uses a random token embedded in the URL fragment:

/#token=...

That means:

• the token is required for websocket access
• the token is not sent in the initial HTTP path/query
• local and public URLs stay clearly separated

Requirements

Required

• Node.js 20+

Optional

• cloudflared for public tunnel support

Check installation with:

cloudflared --version

If Cloudflare is not installed, Pi Live still works perfectly in local WebUI mode.

Environment variables

PI_REMOTE_PORT=0                       # 0 = random free port
PI_REMOTE_BIND_HOST=127.0.0.1          # local-only by default
PI_REMOTE_TUNNEL=cloudflared           # cloudflared | none
PI_REMOTE_HISTORY_DIR=~/.pi/agent/remote-sessions
PI_REMOTE_TOKEN=...                    # optional fixed token
PI_REMOTE_SHOW_THINKING=0
PI_REMOTE_MAX_HISTORY_EVENTS=5000
PI_REMOTE_DISABLE=0
PI_REMOTE_CLOUDFLARED_TUNNEL_NAME=...  # optional named tunnel

Development

npm install
npm run check
npm run build