droidVNC-NG VNC Server

Christian Beier

About this app

droidVNC-NG is an open-source Android VNC server app that does not require root access. It comes with the following feature set:

Remote Control & Interaction

- Screen Sharing: Share your device's screen over the network, with optional scaling on the server side for better performance.
- Remote Control: Use your VNC client to control your device, including mouse and basic keyboard input. To enable this, you must activate the Accessibility API Service on your device.
- Special Key Functions: Remotely trigger key functions like 'Recent Apps,' Home button, and Back button.
- Text Copy & Paste: Support for copying and pasting text from your device to the VNC client. Note that server-to-client copy & paste only works automatically for text selected in editable text fields or manually by sharing text to droidVNC-NG via Android's Share-To functionality. Also, only text in the Latin-1 encoding range is currently supported.
- Multiple Mouse Pointers: Display different mouse pointers for each connected client on your device.

Comfort Features

- Web Browser Access: Control your device’s shared screen directly from a web browser, without needing a separate VNC client.
- Auto-Discovery: Advertise the VNC server using Zeroconf/Bonjour for easy discovery by native clients.

Security & Configuration

- Password Protection: Protect your VNC connection with a password.
- Custom Port Settings: Choose which port the VNC server uses for connections.
- Startup on Boot: Automatically start the VNC service when your device boots up.
- Default Configuration: Load a default configuration from a JSON file.

Advanced VNC Features

- Reverse VNC: Allow your device to initiate the VNC connection to a client.
- Repeater Support: Connect to a repeater that supports UltraVNC-style Mode-2 for more flexible networking.


Please note that more features are still being added to droidVNC-NG. Please report any issues and feature requests at https://github.com/bk138/droidVNC-NG

Ratings and reviews

Hot Damn! What I needed. When I needed it. In good working order. PNP: Start it, Avahi it, Connect it, BAM! I tried a number of widely known alternatives that required accounts, complex configs, scripted installs, and constant nags to purchase yearly subscriptions. It's software, people, buy it, use it. And I don't need 64 bit encryption to run on my LAN, sorry, I just dont. FOSS FOREVER! SIGTERM

I’ve been using Droid VNC Server for remote access, and it’s great for controlling my device. However, the screen recording feature has a small issue. When I start screen recording for AnyDesk while using Droid VNC, the screen freezes, making it inconvenient since I need both functionalities at once. If fix this issue will be more helpful!!

It works until it doesn't! It connects and does what I want but as soon as the screensaver locks, it's just a blank screen with no way to unlock so useless since I have to go get the phone anyway.

What’s new

A description of the latest changes can be found at https://github.com/bk138/droidVNC-NG/releases