# fyhertz/spydroid-ipcamera

A powerful and funny android app. that streams the camera and microphone of your phone to your browser or to VLC

Repository: https://github.com/fyhertz/spydroid-ipcamera
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spydroid-ipcamera
Language: Java
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2023-01-26T12:55:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4968, "days_push": 1315, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1981, forks 814 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:01.757524+00:00)

## What it is
Spydroid is an Android application that streams a phone's camera and microphone to a browser or VLC, with configurable H.263/H.264 video and AMR/AAC audio encoding. It also offers a remote HTTP interface for controlling the flash, playing sounds, and vibrating the device.

## Use cases
- turn my android phone into an ip camera
- stream phone camera to vlc
- record video from my phone remotely
- watch my phone's camera in a browser
- remotely trigger sounds on my phone as a prank
- build an app that streams android camera and mic

## When to choose
- you want a free, self-contained Android IP camera app
- you need an example of RTSP/H.264 streaming on Android
- you want to view or record a phone's camera feed with VLC

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software or recent Android support
- you need a production surveillance solution with cloud features
- you need iOS or desktop support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, http-server, streaming
- domain: android-tools, media, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: ip-camera, rtsp, surveillance, camera-streaming, vlc, h264, prank-app, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- fyhertz/spydroid-ipcamera (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.757524+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 2026-08-30T03:03:57.747143+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fyhertz/spydroid-ipcamera (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.757524+00:00, sha 3da50964ae4b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.