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Turn an old Android phone into a local desk panel for Windows, Linux and macOS. 55 widgets, Smart Stack, AI quotas and sessions, media controls, USB or paired Wi-Fi.
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GITHUB · launched Nov 7, 2026 · 193 upvotes (top 20%) · 0 views
Niche: desktop and display utilities · 171 launches, 6 in the last 7 days ▼ -75% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Prosumer
- AI feature
- Hobby / open-source project
- android
- claude-code
- codex
- dashboard
- desk-panel
- dotnet
- +10 more
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More like this: all 171 launches in desktop and display utilities →
Could you build this?
Yes The core is an Android client plus a Windows companion app with a widget layout editor, webhooks, system stats, and API integrations over USB or Wi-Fi. These are standard app and networking patterns that a solo builder can vibe-code over days to weeks.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 235 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #42 of 236 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 332 days after the earliest competitor.
- phone mouse · ph · 2026-09-15 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.62
- PixelDeck · github · 2026-11-06 · 26 upvotes · similarity 0.62
- PC Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse · ph · 2026-10-09 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- RoamDeck · ph · 2026-10-07 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- PC Link · ph · 2026-11-10 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- MetroWin Launcher · ph · 2026-11-09 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Desk Widgets · ph · 2026-11-14 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Use your phone as a Windows mouse and keyboard, without a phone app · hn · 2026-10-12 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.49
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