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Mobile Harness

AI coding, Linux terminal, files, diffs, and previews on Android.

  • Free, with trade-offs
  • Android
  • Open source

Overview

Features described in its F-Droid listing and in its GitHub repository: offline use and attachments.

Requires a rooted Android device.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Mobile Harness is a local-first AI development workspace built for ARM64 Android phones.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Collapsible file browser with locally stored attachments” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Direct APK installation · No root required · No USB or wireless ADB pairing” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Mobile Harness is free, with trade-offs: it relies on a non-free online service.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

  • Flagged by F-Droid: relies on a non-free online service

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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