RemotePhone

RemotePhone

Mirror and control your Android phone from Linux over WiFi

dpk404 Connectivity System

Description

RemotePhone lets you mirror and control your Android phone from your Linux desktop over WiFi — no USB debugging or ADB required.

Features:
* Native resolution screen mirroring over WiFi
* Full remote control — tap, swipe, long press, scroll, system keys
* Audio mirroring with automatic phone speaker muting (Android 10+)
* Keyboard input — type text directly into phone text fields
* PIN pad keyboard support for lock screen
* Low latency H.264 hardware encoding
* Auto-discovery — finds your phone on the network automatically
* Auto-reconnect on connection loss
* Wake on input — wakes the phone screen remotely
* Dark theme UI

The Linux client is available via pip: pip install remote-phone

Both devices must be on the same WiFi network. The app uses an Accessibility Service to dispatch touch gestures and text input from the desktop.

Versions

Version Date Size Requires Android Download
1.1.0 current
221e117df4c108d3…
2026-07-26 1.5 MB API 24

Permissions

What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.

  • Internet accessSend and receive data over the internet.
  • Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION
  • NotificationsShow notifications.
  • Wi-Fi stateRead information about the Wi-Fi connection.
  • Network stateCheck whether and how the device is connected.
  • Prevent sleepingKeep the device from going to sleep.
  • remotephone.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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