Your Android.
On your Mac.
No cable.
PocketPane mirrors and controls your Android phone straight from your Mac over Wi-Fi — screen, audio, clipboard, files. No terminal, no account, no cloud. Just you, your phone and your network.
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- cloud accounts
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// features
A tool that respects your time.
PocketPane brings Android onto your Mac without forcing a new mental model on you — and without letting your data leave your Wi-Fi.
/// Automatic
Finds your phone on its own
PocketPane detects pairing and connection ports on your Wi-Fi automatically. No typing IP addresses.
/// Control
Full control from your Mac
Keyboard, trackpad, clipboard and drag & drop work both ways between Mac and Android.
/// Present
Virtual displays & recording
Launch Android apps in their own windows, mirror in fullscreen and record locally — perfect for demos.
/// Privacy
Everything stays with you
No tracking, no account, no background server. Screen, audio and files never leave your Wi-Fi.
/// Native
Feels like a real Mac app
SwiftUI, menu bar integration, light and dark mode, native dialogs. No Electron, no Java.
/// Open
MIT licensed
The full source is on GitHub. scrcpy is fetched from the official source and verified with SHA-256 at build time.
// in action
This is what it looks like day to day.
One window for your phone, one window per app. Everything is controllable from the Mac — in light or dark mode.
// download & install
Up and running in under a minute.
Grab the prebuilt app as a ZIP for Apple Silicon — or scan the QR code to jump straight to the release. No Xcode, no terminal.
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Requirements
macOS 13 or newer, Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4). Android 11+ phone on the same Wi-Fi.
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Download the ZIP
Grab PocketPane-0.2.0-macOS-arm64.zip from the release.
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Unzip & move
Open the ZIP in Finder and drag PocketPane.app into your Applications folder.
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First launch
Right-click PocketPane.app → “Open” (the app is ad-hoc signed). After that, launch it normally.
// scan · download · connect
Straight to the release
Scan with an iPhone or any camera app — opens the release page with the current ZIP.
https://github.com/tobwil/pocketpane/releases/tag/v0.2.0// guide
Pair once, connected forever.
A single pairing is enough. After that your phone reconnects automatically whenever it's on the same Wi-Fi.
Step 01
Turn on Wireless Debugging on Android
Settings → System → Developer options → Wireless debugging. Turn it on and allow the current Wi-Fi network.
Step 02
Show the pairing code
Tap “Pair device with pairing code”. Keep the dialog with the 6-digit code open.
Step 03
Pair your phone in PocketPane
PocketPane detects the pairing address automatically. Enter the 6-digit code and click “Pair Pixel”.
Step 04
Start mirroring
Once connected, pick the device from the list and click “Start Mirroring”. Done.
Alternative: Plug the phone in via USB once and authorise ADB — after that a single click on “Enable wireless via USB” is enough.
// faq
Frequently asked questions.
What you should know before installing PocketPane.
Which Android phones are supported?
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In principle any phone with Android 11 or newer and Wireless Debugging enabled in developer options. PocketPane is tested mainly with Google Pixel devices but also works with Samsung, OnePlus, Nothing and many others.
Do I need a USB cable?
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Not after the initial pairing. For the first setup you can either pair fully wirelessly with the pairing code, or connect once over USB.
Is any data sent to the cloud?
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No. PocketPane has no tracking, no account and no background server. Screen, audio, files and clipboard stay local between your Mac and phone.
Why a native Mac app instead of Electron?
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Because native apps simply feel better on the Mac: faster performance, real menu bar integration, light and dark mode — and a fraction of the memory footprint.
Is PocketPane open source?
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Yes. The full source is available under the MIT license on GitHub. The build downloads scrcpy from the official source and verifies its archive via SHA-256 before bundling.
How do I forget a paired phone?
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“Forget pairing” removes the stored wireless pairing data on the Mac. On Android you'll find a matching option under Wireless Debugging.
Is the app notarised by Apple?
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The public source build is ad-hoc signed and runs locally without issues. Notarised distribution requires an additional signature with an Apple Developer ID.
// support
Enjoying PocketPane?
PocketPane is free, open source and ad-free. If it saves you time, a coffee helps fund more development.
// ready when you are
Your Android on your Mac — no detours.
Grab PocketPane, pair your phone once and work from your Mac from now on. You can leave the cable, cloud and terminal in the drawer.