Couch Potato
Turns your Android device into a mouse and keyboard for a media PC.
Ryan Archer · codes.soloware.couchpotato
UpdatedApr 3, 2025
PublishedAug 26, 2023
Packagecodes.soloware.couchpotato
MD58e371748ce214b195923ab7e581e295e
SHA1 (signer)D8:CE:2B:6A:80:93:34:25:41:82:A9:F0:24:B9:52:26:95:A6:38:85
Signed byCN=Ryan Archer, OU=Unknown, O=Unknown, L=Unknown, ST=Unknown, C=Unknown
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Contact[email protected]
What's new
- Fixed a crash on some newer Android devices.
Description
Couch Potato lets you use your phone as a remote control for your computer. Perfect for streaming TV! And all without extra peripherals cluttering your living room.
The app connects to a server application on your computer, via your home Wi-Fi. You can download the server from https://rarcher.github.io/couch-potato-server/downloads.html
Full Features List:
- Three-button mouse.
- Keyboard.
- Escape key (not normally included on Android keyboards).
- Tap to click.
- Double-tap to double-click.
- Screen edge acts a scroll bar.
- Adjustable sensitivity for mouse and scroll bar movements.
- Voice to text input.
- Paste to server option.
- Automatic detection of running servers.
- High performance network protocol based on KryoNet, a library originally intended for gaming.
- Register a server, then boot it remotely by sending a Wake-on-LAN packet.
- Server starts automatically when your computer does.
- Server is open source.
The app connects to a server application on your computer, via your home Wi-Fi. You can download the server from https://rarcher.github.io/couch-potato-server/downloads.html
Full Features List:
- Three-button mouse.
- Keyboard.
- Escape key (not normally included on Android keyboards).
- Tap to click.
- Double-tap to double-click.
- Screen edge acts a scroll bar.
- Adjustable sensitivity for mouse and scroll bar movements.
- Voice to text input.
- Paste to server option.
- Automatic detection of running servers.
- High performance network protocol based on KryoNet, a library originally intended for gaming.
- Register a server, then boot it remotely by sending a Wake-on-LAN packet.
- Server starts automatically when your computer does.
- Server is open source.
Required features
- Faketouch android.hardware.faketouch
- Wifi android.hardware.wifi
Permissions (2)
Couch Potato requests the following Android permissions:
- Access Wifi State android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
- Internet android.permission.INTERNET
