# arielsalminen/Remote-Preview

Remote Preview allows you to preview any URL on large number of mobile devices simultaneously.

Repository: https://github.com/arielsalminen/Remote-Preview
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/remote-preview
Homepage: http://viljamis.com/blog/2012/remote-preview/
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-01-24T16:17:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5047, "days_push": 1317, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1240, forks 114 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:06.156451+00:00)

## What it is
Remote Preview is a JavaScript-based tool that lets you load any URL simultaneously on a large number of mobile devices by polling a url.txt file and refreshing iframes on each device. It includes a PHP-powered controller page and a Chrome extension for pushing URL changes automatically.

## Use cases
- preview a URL on many mobile devices at once
- test responsive layouts across multiple phones
- check for layout problems on different mobile platforms
- sync URL changes across devices in a device lab
- debug mobile web pages on real hardware

## When to choose
- you have a physical device lab and need fast simultaneous URL previewing
- you want a lightweight, server-side-simple tool to test mobile layouts on real devices
- you need broad legacy mobile platform support

## When to avoid
- you need modern automated cross-browser testing with screenshots or CI integration
- your project requires an actively maintained tool with a license and recent updates
- you need to test pages that cannot run inside iframes

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, http-client
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, mobile-development, cross-platform
- platform: browser, cross-platform, php
- tags: mobile-device-testing, responsive-design, url-preview, device-lab, iframe, polling, chrome-extension, web-development, web-server, android, ios, javascript

## Member repositories
- arielsalminen/Remote-Preview (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.156451+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 2026-08-30T05:09:51.684703+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/arielsalminen/Remote-Preview (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.156451+00:00, sha 6372749b6309)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.