DroidDock
Browse Android files on Mac with a Finder-like experience
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Show HN: DroidDock – Browse Android files on Mac with a Finder-like experienceDroidDock is a macOS app that allows you to browse files on your Android device via ADB. Built with Tauri (Rust + React).Core features: - Browse files with Table, Grid, or Column views - Preview images/text without downloading (press Space) - Full keyboard navigation - Search, upload/download, multi-select - Dark mode support What's New in v0.2.x - File Previews: Press Space to preview images/text without downloading - Minimalist UI: Clean 95% grayscale design with better readability - Clickable Sorting: Click column headers (Name, Size, Date) to sort - Kind Column: Shows file types at a glance (Image, Video, Document, etc.) - Better Keyboard Navigation: Arrow keys in preview, Cmd shortcuts for everything Tech DetailsBuilt with Tauri (Rust backend) + React/TypeScript frontend. Rust handles all ADB communication for good performance. Small bundle (~15MB DMG universal binary), lower memory than Electron.Challenges 1. ADB Path Detection: Different package managers install ADB in different locations. Had to check 5+ common paths on startup. 2. Thumbnail Generation: Android doesn't expose a thumbnail API via ADB. I pull the first N bytes of image files and generate thumbnails on-the-fly with caching. 3. File Preview: ADB doesn't stream files – you have to pull the entire file. For large images, I had to implement chunked reading to check dimensions first. 4. Code Signing: Currently unsigned (requires $99/year Apple Developer membership). Users have to right-click → Open on first launch. Open Source & FreeMIT licensed, no telemetry, no ads.Website: https://rajivm1991.github.io/DroidDock/Would love feedback!
HN · launched Jan 1, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 75%) · 0 views
Niche: file conversion and transfer utilities · 152 launches, 7 in the last 7 days ▼ -30% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Yes It is a Tauri-based desktop GUI wrapping the standard Android Debug Bridge (ADB) CLI commands (`adb shell ls`, `adb pull`, etc.) to provide a Finder-like file browser UI.
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Attention rank: #213 of 252 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 44 days after the earliest competitor.
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- DroidDisk · ph · 2026-11-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- MacSubsystemForAndroid · github · 2026-10-15 · 80 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- PicDock · ph · 2026-09-29 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- filer-android · github · 2026-11-03 · 15 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- SideMount · ph · 2026-11-03 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- ADBKit · ph · 2026-10-13 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.43
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