scry

Mirror Android device screens in the browser via a bundled scrcpy-server runtime.

scry runs a local web server that streams your Android device's screen over WebSocket, rendered on an HTML canvas with touch and keyboard input forwarding. It depends on the bundled scrcpy-server jar and does not require installing the scrcpy desktop app on your machine.

Features

• Browser-based screen mirroring — no desktop client required
• Multi-device support — list and open any connected ADB device
• Touch & keyboard input forwarding — interact with the device from the browser
• Background daemon — start once, access from any browser tab
• Configurable — tune video bitrate, resolution cap, FPS, and server address

Requirements

• Node.js >= 20
• adb (Android Debug Bridge) in your PATH

Installation

npm install -g @fullalien/scry

Quick Start

1. Connect an Android device via USB (USB debugging must be enabled).
2. Start the server:

scry start

3. Open http://127.0.0.1:8080 in your browser.
4. Click Open next to a device to start mirroring.

CLI

scry <command> [options]

# Start server (background daemon by default)
scry start

# Start server in foreground and override bind address/port
scry start --foreground --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8080

# Stop running server
scry stop

# Show server status (PID/address/start time)
scry status

# List connected adb devices
scry devices

# Check environment (adb + port availability)
scry doctor

Configuration

On first run, scry uses built-in defaults. To customise behaviour, create ~/.scry/config.json (JSON5 syntax is supported).

{
  server: {
    host: '127.0.0.1', // Interface to bind
    port: 8080, // Port to listen on
  },
  adb: {
    path: 'adb', // Path to the adb binary
  },
  scrcpy: {
    videoBitRate: 4000000, // Video bit rate in bps (default 4 Mbps)
    maxSize: 0, // Limit the longest dimension (0 = no limit)
    maxFps: 60, // Cap frame rate (optional)
  },
}

Environment Variables

Variable	Description
SCRCPY_WEB_HOST	Override server.host from config
SCRCPY_WEB_PORT	Override server.port from config
SCRCPY_WEB_ADB_PATH	Override adb.path from config

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Rebuild backend (TypeScript watch) and frontend bundle (Vite watch)
npm run dev

# In another terminal, start the local CLI/server
npm run start

# Type-check
npm run typecheck

# Build for production
npm run build

# Format code
npm run format

Useful dev commands

# List devices using the local source
npm run dev:devices

# Run doctor checks using the local source
npm run dev:doctor

License

Apache-2.0