madeye/ServerBox
ServerBox: turn a used Android phone into a Linux server, no root required. Alpine, Arch, Debian, Kali and Ubuntu with an always-on SSH server.
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Turn a used Android phone into a Linux server, no root required. An old phone is a small, quiet, low-power computer with a battery backup and Wi-Fi built in. ServerBox puts a real Linux distribution on it and keeps an SSH server running, so you can use it like any other box on your network: host services, run scripts and cron jobs, or tinker. ServerBox is a fork of UserLAnd by CypherpunkArmory (UserLAnd Technologies, LLC) and, like UserLAnd, is licensed under the GPLv3. through PRoot. Each one is a headless server image with an SSH server, an editor and the usual tools. Install and uninstall ServerBox like any other app. how to connect (ssh -p 2022 @), the user and the password. Turn on Settings → Allow SSH from the network to reach it from other devices, and add your public keys (optionally with Keys only). holds a wake lock…
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What this repository does
ServerBox: turn a used Android phone into a Linux server, no root required. Alpine, Arch, Debian, Kali and Ubuntu with an always-on SSH server.
Repository facts
- Owner
- madeye
- Primary language
- Kotlin
- Stars
- 190
- Forks
- 16
- Open issues + pull requests
- 1
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- master
- Created
- 2026-09-26T00:27:37.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-10-01T11:16:45.000Z
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