# dev47apps/droidcam-linux-client

GNU/Linux/nix client for DroidCam

Repository: https://github.com/dev47apps/droidcam-linux-client
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/droidcam-linux-client
Homepage: http://www.dev47apps.com
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-02-19T03:27:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 68, release rhythm 39, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4714, "days_push": 195, "days_rel": 195, "gap_med": 246, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1219, forks 179 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:01.695819+00:00)

## What it is
The Linux client for DroidCam, which turns an Android or iOS phone into a webcam for a computer over WiFi or USB. It provides a GTK GUI and CLI, streams video via a v4l2 loopback device, and optionally routes audio through ALSA loopback.

## Use cases
- use my android phone as a webcam on linux
- connect phone camera to zoom or skype on linux
- stream phone video over wifi or usb to pc
- set up a virtual webcam with v4l2loopback
- raspberry pi webcam from phone

## When to choose
- you run Linux (including Raspberry Pi) and want your phone as a webcam for video calls
- you need both GUI and CLI client options
- you want a free, mature solution with v4l2 loopback integration

## When to avoid
- you need a Windows or macOS client
- you want high-quality audio from the phone (audio support is finicky; a regular mic is recommended)
- you need the newer DroidCamX features rather than the classic version

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, gui, cli
- domain: cross-platform, developer-tools, media
- platform: cpp
- tags: webcam, v4l2loopback, android, phone-as-webcam, video-conferencing, alsa, gtk, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- dev47apps/droidcam-linux-client (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:01.695819+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:16:13.199174+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dev47apps/droidcam-linux-client (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:01.695819+00:00, sha 8acfb1c1d25d)
  - homepage: http://www.dev47apps.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:24:29.737664+00:00, sha 14e4a5614d00)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.