phonedriver MCP Server

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phonedriver runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 11 Nov 2026.

Let AI agents see and control Android and iOS phones over stdio.

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Installs / week

npm · phonedriver

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11 Nov 2026

Last commit

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AGPL-3.0

License

Rust

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check phonedriver every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add phonedriver -- npx -y phonedriver

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "phonedriver": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "phonedriver"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.phonedriver]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "phonedriver"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "phonedriver": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "phonedriver"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "phonedriver": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "phonedriver"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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phonedriver — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for phonedriver?

phonedriver runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package phonedriver.

How do I connect phonedriver?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls phonedriver straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

Is phonedriver open source?

Yes — it is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, written in Rust and 1 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.