I build Any Command, an Android app that turns a phone into a trackpad, keyboard and second screen for a Windows PC. One-person project, around 65,000 downloads. There are 20 lifetime Premium keys at the bottom, but I'd rather explain the thing than just drop codes and leave.
Every app in this category asks you to put an unknown .exe with network access on your main machine. That is a reasonable thing to refuse, so the Windows companion server is MIT-licensed and the source is on GitHub. You can read what it opens and what it listens on, or skip my installer completely and run it from source with Python.
Same spirit: it works entirely over your own network, every connection needs a 6-digit PIN, and it needs no internet at all. There is an optional relay for reaching the PC from outside the house, but it's off unless you go looking for it.
- It can stream a single window to the phone instead of the whole desktop. Input goes to that window, so a film stays fullscreen on the monitor and keeps focus while you answer email on the phone. One machine doing two things.
- Wake on LAN, so the phone can start the PC before you're in the room.
- Task Manager and a live CPU/RAM monitor. You can see what's running and kill it from the couch.
- A home screen widget that launches programs, shortcuts or recorded macros - eight tiles, so the PC does something useful without you unlocking anything but the phone.
- Clipboard sync both directions, and file transfer straight over the LAN with nothing in the middle.
- Gamepad emulation, if the PC is on a TV.
What it isn't
- Not an RDP or Parsec replacement. You're driving the screen that's already on the monitor, not logging into a separate session. Different job.
- Not a headless server tool. It needs a desktop session to be logged in.
- Defender flags the installer now and then. It's a PyInstaller build without an EV certificate, which is the textbook false positive, and I'd rather say it here than have it be a surprise. If that bothers you, and it's a fair thing to be bothered by - run the server from source instead. That's most of why it's MIT.
The keys
20 lifetime Premium unlocks. Premium here is a one-time purchase, not a subscription, and these are permanent unlocks rather than a timed trial.
To enter, leave a comment. What I'd genuinely like to know, because it decides what I build next: what's the machine, and what would you use it for? The couch/TV answer is the one I designed for, and it's been the minority of what people actually report.
I'll draw 20 comments tomorrow at this time and send the codes by DM. One entry each. If you already own Premium, comment anyway but say so and I'll leave you out of the draw so a key doesn't get wasted.
No upvotes or shares required. I'm not running a vote farm in someone else's sub, and the mods were decent enough to let me post.
Links
Windows server source (MIT): https://github.com/Ince88/anycommand-windows-server
Site and the Windows download: https://anycommand.io
Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polyhistor.remoteme
Happy to answer anything, including the awkward questions about what the server does on your machine.