adbnik 0.2.1

Adbnik — one desktop app for ADB, SSH, serial, device files, and USB screen control.

Adbnik

Adbnik is a desktop control room for Android and embedded work: ADB shell tabs, SSH sessions, serial (COM) consoles, device and remote file browsing, and USB screen mirroring (via scrcpy or another tool you install)—in one window with tabs and bookmarks.

It is not made by Google. It does not bundle ADB, OpenSSH, or scrcpy. Install those yourself (or use existing installs) and set paths under File → Preferences if they are not on your PATH.

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What you can do

Goal	In Adbnik
Shell, install, device commands	ADB: pick a device, open shell tabs, bookmarks and shortcuts.
Remote servers	SSH tabs using the ssh client on your PATH.
Boards / firmware logs over COM	Serial: port and baud in the same UI.
Files on phone or server	File explorer workflows (Android / remote).
Mirror the device screen on PC	Screen: launch your mirroring tool (e.g. scrcpy).

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Before you install

• Python 3.9+ (64-bit recommended on Windows).
• Platform-tools (ADB) on PATH, USB debugging on the device.
• OpenSSH client (ssh) on PATH for SSH tabs.
• scrcpy (or similar) for mirroring, on PATH or set in Preferences.
• COM hardware + driver for serial.

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Install

Use the same Python for pip and for running the app. On Windows this avoids broken Scripts\adbnik.exe installs.

Recommended:

py -m pip install --upgrade pip
py -m pip install adbnik
py -m adbnik

If you use a specific Python (example: C:\Python\python.exe):

C:\Python\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip
C:\Python\python.exe -m pip install adbnik
C:\Python\python.exe -m adbnik

Always prefer python -m adbnik if double-clicking adbnik.exe ever fails.

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First run

1. Start the app with py -m adbnik (or your python -m adbnik).
2. Set ADB / scrcpy paths in File → Preferences if not on PATH.
3. Open ADB, SSH, Serial, Files, or Screen from the UI.

Settings: %USERPROFILE%\.adbnik.json. An older .devicedeck.json is migrated when you save.

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Fix: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'adbnik'

The adbnik package is missing in the Python that runs your launcher (usually mixed pip / mixed Python).

C:\Python\python.exe -m pip uninstall adbnik -y
C:\Python\python.exe -m pip install --force-reinstall adbnik
C:\Python\python.exe -c "import adbnik; print(adbnik.__file__)"
C:\Python\python.exe -m adbnik

Use your\python.exe -m pip every time—not a different pip on PATH.

List interpreters: py -0p.

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Development

git clone https://github.com/nvnkennedy/adbnik.git
cd adbnik
py -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\activate
py -m pip install -e ".[dev]"
py -m pytest tests -q
py -m adbnik

Windows .exe packaging: adbnik.spec, scripts/build_windows_exe.ps1, installers under installer/.

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Links

Repository	github.com/nvnkennedy/adbnik
PyPI	pypi.org/project/adbnik
Site	nvnkennedy.github.io/adbnik

Maintainer upload steps: docs/PYPI_PUBLISH.md.

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License

MIT — see LICENSE.