STF (Smartphone Test Farm)

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

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

application · maturity maintenance

web-framework developer-tools testing mobile-development developer-tools testing self-hosted android device-farm adb remote-control smartphone-testing browser-based self-hosted device-lab remote-debugging device-management automation nodejs docker web-server

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