Show HN: ADB dock a macOS menu bar app to wirelessly connect Android devices

Category: devtools

Tags: macos, adb, android, menu-bar, wireless-debugging

Score: 6.0/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 6, Documentation: 8, Utility: 5)

ADB Dock is a native macOS menu bar app that wraps adb wireless debugging into a small GUI, letting developers pair Android devices with a 6-digit code and manage connections without opening Android Studio. It adds live device status, per-device pause controls, and a Bonjour-vs-adb discovery recovery mechanism for a real macOS pain point. The execution is competent but the core functionality remains a thin wrapper over existing adb commands.

Target audience: Android developers and mobile QA engineers working on macOS

Repository: https://github.com/tripathiamritansh/adbdock · Swift · MIT

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