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Genymobile
scrcpy
C2018–2026
Genymobile / scrcpy

scrcpy

Display and control your Android device

56Distinct people
80Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
154.7KGitHub stars
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What it is

Display and control your Android device

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 8:27:21 AM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year80 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2018-03-08 20:36:54 UTC to 2026-10-06 06:11:04 UTC.

051015202018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 13 mentions; 5 submissions, 8 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 2 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 12 mentions; 5 submissions, 7 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 11 mentions; 5 submissions, 6 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 20 mentions; 6 submissions, 14 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 10 mentions; 5 submissions, 5 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 2 submissions, 3 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1358
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC220
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1257
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1156
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC20614
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1055
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC523

What Hacker News says

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Thanks to the initial work submitted by igorinov via a pull request (https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/pull/292), scrcpy now provides an option to record the device screen to a video file: scrcpy --record file.mp4 The device is mirrored on the computer and can be controlled via keyboard and mouse, as usual. If the device is rotated during recording, the recorded video is also rotated (its dimensions change). It seems to work correctly in video players (vlc, mpv and even firefox).
In Show HN: Record your Android screen with "scrcpy --record file.mp4"
Thanks to the initial work submitted by igorinov via a pull request (https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/pull/292), scrcpy now provides an option to record the device screen to a video file: scrcpy --record file.mp4 The device is mirrored on the computer and can be controlled via keyboard and mouse, as usual. If the device is rotated during recording, the recorded video is also rotated (its dimensions change). It seems to work correctly in video players (vlc, mpv and even firefox).
In Show HN: Record your Android screen with “scrcpy --record file.mp4”
We recently published an open source application to display and control Android devices: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16544977 But the audio was not forwarded. I investigated, and implemented something experimental, which works for me. That way, the Android device is totally "duplicated" on the computer. Checkout the "audio" branch (https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/commits/audio), build, and execute: scrcpy --forward-audio I would appreciate some feedbacks on several devices :) For now, the audio forwarding feature only works on Linux. If you're interested, I have problems to make it work: - on Windows: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/issues/14#issuecomment-... - on MacOS: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/issues/14#issuecomment-... Thank you for your time ;)
In Show HN: Forward audio from Android device to computer
Hi, We recently published an open source application to display and control Android devices: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16544977 Since then, I investigated how to forward audio, and implemented something experimental, but which works for me. I would appreciate some feedbacks on several devices, and I hope having some help to fix the "Access denied (insufficient permissions)" error on Windows (yes, this feature does not work on Windows yet): https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/issues/14#issuecomment-... Thank you for your time :)
In Show HN: Add audio forwarding to scrcpy (a tool to display Android devices)

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