adbnik 0.4.6

Adbnik — ADB device workspace: shell, APK install, SSH, serial, files, USB screen (PyQt5 desktop).

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.

Positioning: Adbnik is an ADB device workspace—an ADB explorer–style workflow in one window: shells, on-device files, optional APK push via adb install, plus SSH, serial, and launching your mirroring binary. The product name stays Adbnik everywhere.

Why “Adbnik”

The name keeps ADB visible and uses ‑nik as a short, memorable suffix (a compact “nickname” for an ADB‑centric desktop). It is not a Google or Android trademark; the project is Adbnik only.

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Screenshots

Source files: docs/screenshots/. PyPI and GitHub use absolute raw URLs below.

Main window


Terminal


File Explorer


Screen Control

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What you can do

Goal	In Adbnik
Shell, APK install, device commands	ADB: pick a device, shell tabs, Session → ADB → Install APK, bookmarks, 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 installation, use that interpreter for both pip and adbnik:

"C:\Path\To\Python\python.exe" -m pip install --upgrade pip
"C:\Path\To\Python\python.exe" -m pip install adbnik
"C:\Path\To\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 python -m adbnik from the environment where you installed the package).
2. Set ADB / scrcpy paths in File → Preferences if not on PATH.
3. Open ADB, SSH, Serial, Files, or Screen from the UI.

Settings are stored in a .adbnik.json file under your user profile. If you previously used an older config named .devicedeck.json, it is migrated when you save preferences.

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Fix: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'adbnik'

The package is not installed for the same Python that runs your command or shortcut (often mixed pip / mixed Python). Reinstall using that interpreter:

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

Use python.exe -m pip for the same python.exe you use to run the app—not a different pip on PATH.

On Windows, list interpreters: py -0p.

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Development

From a clone of this repository:

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

Optional Windows installers or other distribution formats may be published via GitHub Releases or the project site (see links below)—not part of the PyPI package.

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Links

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

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License

MIT — see LICENSE.