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Mobdev MCP server

by niklas-schmidt-dev·io.github.niklas-schmidt-dev/mobdev·v0.2.64
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Mac app that lets AI agents drive iPhones, iOS simulators and Android: tap, type, install, logs.

C68/100grade C
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How Mobdev compares

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Safety score
68/100
higher than 25% of 1,299 Productivity servers

Release history: 7 versions in the registry since 2026-10-01, latest 2026-10-30, typically one every 2 days.

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What the publisher says

From the Mobdev repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

Mobdev

Mobile development, all in one app. Free and open source.

Mobdev is a small native Mac app that puts your iPhones, iOS simulators and Android devices in one list and gives you and your AI agent everything to work with them. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or any MCP client get the same 27 tools on every device.

The iPhone needs nothing installed. Mobdev reads its screen over the USB cable and taps and types through Bluetooth, posing as a keyboard and pointer: no developer mode, no jailbreak, and every app works. Turn on Developer Mode only to install and debug your own builds, or for the UI tree. Booted simulators need Xcode, Android emulators and phones need adb. Keep building with Xcode, Gradle or XcodeBuildMCP; Mobdev takes over once there is a build.

iPhone ──USB screen──▶ Mobdev.app ◀── MCP / HTTP ── agents on this Mac
          ◀─Bluetooth HID─     │
                               └── WebSocket ──▶ relay ◀── agents anywhere (optional)

Repository

Get started

Download Mobdev (signed, notarized, updates itself), or build it:

cd macos
MOBDEV_VARIANT=release scripts/build-app.sh
open build/Mobdev.app

Then plug in the iPhone, pair it over Bluetooth and turn on AssistiveTouch with Snap to Item off. The app walks through it; details are in macos/README.md. Without an iPhone, choose Simulators and Android Only on the welcome page.

Remote access is optional. Create an access token at mobdev.sh and click “Open in Mobdev”, or run your own relay.

Give your agent the workflows too: npx skills add niklas-schmidt-dev/mobdev installs the skills.

Development

cd macos && swift test && scripts/build-app.sh      # Mac app: builds "Mobdev Dev"
cd relay && go vet ./... && go test -race ./...    # self-hosted relay
cd cloud && bun install && bun run typecheck && bun run test && bun run build

The Swift tests build and start the Go relay to test remote access end to end. Everything runs without an iPhone: a fake phone renders real text so OCR, tap_text and coordinates are covered.

Shipping

Every push to main ships what changed, through GitHub Actions:

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

Mobdev: common questions

Is Mobdev MCP server safe?
With care: it is graded C, so read the findings first (68/100). Read the Mobdev safety report
Does Mobdev need an API key?
Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
Is Mobdev maintained?
The last commit was 34 days ago (2026-10-01). The latest release is v0.2.64.
What can I use instead of Mobdev?
Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Argent MCP server, iPhone Use MCP server and Sceneview MCP server.

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