scrcpy
Hacker ApprovedRanked 2 of 3 phone companion apps by recommenders
Free tool that shows and controls an Android phone on a computer, praised for smooth, easy operation. Critics report navigation stopping and high latency.
Free tool that shows and controls an Android phone on a computer, praised for smooth, easy operation. Critics report navigation stopping and high latency.
27 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 25
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 93%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 25 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 13 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Smooth, stable and easy to use
“Scrcpy is fantastic, no idea how it Just Works™ so smoothly and painlessly”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Scrcpy v4.0” “Consistently stable, butter smooth & well maintained.”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Scrcpy v4.0” “how it seemlessly and easily works”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Scrcpy v4.0” - Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Scrcpy v4.0”
Saves time and hassle
“This could have easily saved you all that trouble”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Scrcpy v4.0” “This would have saved me a lot of mental anguish”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Scrcpy v4.0” “this saves a LOT of hassle”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Scrcpy v4.0” - Comment from 9 Aug 2026 in “My server is a phone now”
Typing with a computer keyboard
“scrcpy is fantastic. I used to write longer texts with it, and now that I can use it again, I'll probably start doing it again.”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Scrcpy v4.0” “use scrcpy with the same keyboard you already have and save your neck some of the pain”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “I love my Bluetooth keyboard” “have made it much easier to do typing which is super helpful when testing flows”
Comment from 14 May 2026 in “Scrcpy v4.0” Controls phone from computer
“it allows you to interact with your android device in general from the comfort of your main computer/laptop”
Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Termux” “If you set up ADB access you can control the screen remotely using scrcpy”
Comment from 17 May 2026 in “I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation” “It's great for letting Claude Code operate your phone for doing QA tests”
Comment from 12 May 2026 in “Scrcpy v4.0”
Other phone companion apps people recommend
The two most recommended other phone companion apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KDE Connect | 73 | 13 | 85% | 12 | — | Approved |
| scrcpyThis page | 25 | 2 | 93% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Microsoft Phone Link | 5 | 1 | 83% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
25 of the 28 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“scrcpy made the rest easy”
“use scrcpy with the same keyboard you already have and save your neck some of the pain”
“it also worked fine in addition to Kubuntu 22.04”
“If you set up ADB access you can control the screen remotely using scrcpy”
“have made it much easier to do typing which is super helpful when testing flows”
“but it worked and I could save all the data on the phone”
“this saves a LOT of hassle”
“There are a lot of nice switches to get it to do nearly anything you'd want”
“This thing also helps capture images from stupid crap apps that prohibit screenshots.”
“This could have easily saved you all that trouble”
“I never got it to work well enough with low enough latency.”
“Perfectly smooth over USB 2.0.”
“Consistently stable, butter smooth & well maintained.”
“Its beautifully written C code. Very readable and grokable.”
“every time I use scrcpy, the navigation stops working, and I have to restart the phone to get it working again”
“I love Scrcpy, and I miss it after switching from Android to iOS.”
“scrcpy is fantastic. I used to write longer texts with it, and now that I can use it again, I'll probably start doing it again.”
“This would have saved me a lot of mental anguish”
“scrcpy is amazing software something other people might not have realised you could possibly get Dex on some unsupported devices”
“how it seemlessly and easily works”
“Amazing piece of software.”
“Scrcpy is fantastic, no idea how it Just Works™ so smoothly and painlessly”
“It's great for letting Claude Code operate your phone for doing QA tests”
“it allows you to interact with your android device in general from the comfort of your main computer/laptop”
“Finding tools like scrcpy included out of the box was a nice surprise”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.