Husk

Husk turns a spare Android phone into a remote camera and control rig on your own LAN or

Tailscale network, without root.

Features: camera streaming (MJPEG) in a browser, or as a webcam via a PC tool; front or back

camera, switchable over HTTP while the stream runs; an accessibility engine for scripted

on-screen actions; in-app recovery of Wireless Debugging after a reboot; an adb bridge for

scrcpy from a PC; camera or screen motion alerts with a push and a live snapshot; a Samsung

DeX toggle on DeX phones. It starts automatically after a reboot.

Husk has no built-in updater and never checks for, downloads or installs anything on its own.

Update from F-Droid, or install an APK with adb.

Every host Husk can talk to, and what triggers it:

* 0.0.0.0 - it LISTENS, it never connects out: the HTTP control server on 8090 and the adb

bridge on 15557, while the service runs, both behind a source-IP allowlist.

* 127.0.0.1 - loopback only, inside the phone: the accessibility engine on 8127, and the adb

bridge forwarding to the local Wireless Debugging port.

* ntfy.sh - only when motion alerts are enabled and you have set a topic; one push per alert.

The server is configurable - use your own instance.

* xplat.co - project website and PC companion download. The app itself never contacts it;

1.1 removed the updater that read it.

The allowlist admits loopback, private LAN ranges, fc00::/7 and Tailscale's 100.64.0.0/10;

some carriers use that range too, so on mobile data it is wider than your tailnet alone. An

optional token adds a second layer, off by default. Restrict access with a Tailscale ACL.

Husk uses the AccessibilityService API and exposes an adb bridge by design. 100% open source

(GPLv3), AOSP framework APIs only: no trackers, no ads, no proprietary code.