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CLUSTER CONTROL-WEB-BROWSER · 11 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2025-10-12

Phone-as-remote-control apps

This cluster consists of web applications that turn a smartphone browser into a remote control for a computer's mouse and keyboard over a network, with some adding power, DevOps, or voice commands. The dated history is too thin to read a shape from – only two dated entries predate the index, and many members are undated. The most active member is opencouchpad with 28 stars, while ar-remote and dsh-access-phone-remote each have 1 star.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JAN 2017: 1OCT 2025: 1AUG 2026: 3SEP 2026: 3OCT 2026: 3
JAN 2017OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 2 ai-built · 2 hand-coded · 7 unlabelled

Operator · 5 hobby · 2 open source · 4 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 11 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01opencouchpad35★3 days—hobbyWeb-based remote control that turns any phone browser into a touchpad and keyboard for a self-hosted computer.
  2. 02dsh-access-phone-remote1★9 days—Phone remote-control app that lets users push files, view location, run extensible actions, and chat with their computer's AI while keeping data local.
  3. 03dropxrd0★25 daysliveai-builthobbyMobile-first web app that turns a phone into a remote control for a PC, with power, DevOps, and voice commands.
  4. 04reach0★19 days—hobbyMobile app that remotely controls a Windows PC over home Wi-Fi, offering trackpad, keyboard, PowerShell terminal, and saved commands.
  5. 05WatchMouse0★7 days—hobbyMobile app that turns a phone into a wireless mouse and keyboard for controlling Windows and macOS computers over local Wi-Fi.
  6. 06air-control0★19 dayslivehobbyMobile app that turns a phone or tablet into a trackpad, pointer, keyboard, and presenter remote for a computer over local Wi-Fi.
  7. 07browser-anywhere-app0★1 moliveai-builtWeb app that renders a remote browser session in a page, letting users browse the internet from any device.
  8. 08tail-aside1★1 mo—Self-hosted mobile app that lets users control a browser agent remotely from a phone over a secure private network.
  9. 09pc-remote1★1 mo—Web remote that controls Windows PC power from a phone, offering shutdown with cancellable countdown and Home Assistant integration.
  10. 10Remote Touchpad0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceWeb application that lets a smartphone browser remotely control a computer's mouse and keyboard over a network connection.
  11. 11Simple sms remote0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceMobile app that lets a phone be remotely controlled via text message commands to toggle connectivity settings, check battery, or capture photos.

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