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Mobile Harness

Mobile Harness is a free, open-source developer tool for Android. AI coding, Linux terminal, files, diffs, and previews on Android. It has 707 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

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About Mobile Harness

Mobile Harness is a local-first AI development workspace built for ARM64 Android phones. Create persistent projects or start a Quick Project, chat with a coding agent, inspect files, run Linux commands, review changes, and preview local web apps—without installing Termux or rooting your phone. Features: • Persistent projects and friendly, instantly created Quick Projects • Streaming AI chat with visible tool activity and multiple sessions • Project-scoped and global Linux terminals • Collapsible file browser with locally stored attachments • File diffs, task checkpoints, and rollback controls • Browser-style preview for local web servers • Guided Ubuntu 20.04 ARM64 runtime setup with live…

Privacy and F-Droid

F-Droid builds Mobile Harness from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.

  • Relies on a non-free network service

Screenshots

  • Mobile Harness screenshot 1
  • Mobile Harness screenshot 2

Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.

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FAQ

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Is Mobile Harness free and open source?

Yes. Mobile Harness's source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid flags these anti-features on its latest build: relies on a non-free network service.

How do I install Mobile Harness?

You can install Mobile Harness from F-Droid (package com.jarves.mh); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v1.0.7).

Is Mobile Harness still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 11, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.