Show HN: DroidDock – Browse Android files on Mac with a Finder-like experience
Show HN (score: 5)Description
DroidDock is a macOS app that allows you to browse files on your Android device via ADB. Built with Tauri (Rust + React).
Core features:
- Browse files with Table, Grid, or Column views
- Preview images/text without downloading (press Space)
- Full keyboard navigation
- Search, upload/download, multi-select
- Dark mode support
- File Previews: Press Space to preview images/text without downloading
- Minimalist UI: Clean 95% grayscale design with better readability
- Clickable Sorting: Click column headers (Name, Size, Date) to sort
- Kind Column: Shows file types at a glance (Image, Video, Document, etc.)
- Better Keyboard Navigation: Arrow keys in preview, Cmd shortcuts for everything
Built with Tauri (Rust backend) + React/TypeScript frontend. Rust handles all ADB communication for good performance. Small bundle (~15MB DMG universal binary), lower memory than Electron.
Challenges
1. ADB Path Detection: Different package managers install ADB in different locations. Had to check 5+ common paths on startup.
2. Thumbnail Generation: Android doesn't expose a thumbnail API via ADB. I pull the first N bytes of image files and generate thumbnails on-the-fly with caching.
3. File Preview: ADB doesn't stream files – you have to pull the entire file. For large images, I had to implement chunked reading to check dimensions first.
4. Code Signing: Currently unsigned (requires $99/year Apple Developer membership). Users have to right-click → Open on first launch.
MIT licensed, no telemetry, no ads.
Website: https://rajivm1991.github.io/DroidDock/
Would love feedback!
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