# STF (Smartphone Test Farm)

Control and manage Android devices from your browser.

Repository: https://github.com/openstf/stf
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/stf-smartphone-test-farm
Homepage: https://openstf.io
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: stf, android-development, android, device-farm
Last push: 2023-05-31T05:47:03+00:00
Link (homepage): https://openstf.io

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4091, "days_push": 1190, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 13935, forks 2987 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:05.073282+00:00)

## What it is
Smartphone Test Farm (STF) is a self-hosted web application for remotely controlling and debugging Android smartphones, smartwatches, and other gadgets directly from a browser. It manages a shared pool of physical devices, letting teams book, view, and interact with them remotely. The OpenSTF project is no longer actively developed; development continues under the DeviceFarmer fork.

## Use cases
- remotely control an android phone from the browser
- set up a shared device farm for mobile testing
- debug an android device without physically holding it
- let a team share a pool of test smartphones
- run manual app testing on real devices remotely
- manage a lab of android devices over the network

## When to choose
- you need browser-based remote access to real Android devices
- you want a self-hosted shared device lab for a team
- you need to debug or demo apps on physical hardware remotely

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - use the DeviceFarmer fork instead
- you only need emulator-based or cloud device testing
- you need iOS device support, which this project does not provide

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, developer-tools, testing
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools, testing
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: android, device-farm, adb, remote-control, smartphone-testing, browser-based, self-hosted, device-lab, remote-debugging, device-management, automation, nodejs, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- openstf/stf (main) score 23
- openstf/minicap (plugin) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:05.073282+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 2026-08-29T17:12:56.548436+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/openstf/stf (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:05.073282+00:00, sha 688b7e623535)
  - homepage: https://openstf.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:24.433023+00:00, sha cae8babaab68)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/stf (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:24.443074+00:00, sha 1c44a8d7ceb4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.