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httpSMS vs quokka
Turns Android phone into SMS gateway, unrelated to device inspection
httpSMSConvert your Android phone into an SMS gateway.
quokkaInspect and clean a USB-connected device (iPhone or Android) from your terminal 🐹Side by side
- What it is
- httpSMS:Convert your Android phone into an SMS gateway.
- quokka:A terminal CLI to inspect, clean, and manage iOS or Android devices connected via USB on macOS.
- Best for
- httpSMS:SMS gateway via Android
- quokka:Terminal-based device inspection and cleanup
- Who it’s for
- httpSMS:—
- quokka:iOS/Android developers and QA engineers working with physical devices on macOS.
- Pricing
- httpSMS:Subscription
- quokka:Open source
- Open source
- httpSMS:—
- quokka:Yes, 106 GitHub stars
- DevHunt upvotes
- httpSMS:5
- quokka:16
- Launched on DevHunt
- httpSMS:May 2024
- quokka:Jun 2026
quokka features
- Live syslog viewer. TUI that tails device logs with filtering, search and optional plain-text streaming.
- Storage analysis. Ranks heaviest media files and groups likely duplicates for interactive deletion.
- App management. Lists installed apps by size and allows uninstalling by bundle ID, scriptable via flags.
- Device status overview. Shows device, system and storage info in clean blocks with optional redaction for screenshots.
- Reboot & shutdown commands. Soft reboot or power off the connected device with confirmation prompts.
- Device card rendering. Generates a 1080×1080 PNG snapshot of device info, saved to Desktop.
- Cross-platform support. Works with iOS 17+ via usbmuxd and Android 8+ via adb, no jailbreak or root required.
- Open-source Rust implementation. Built in Rust using the idevice crate, MIT licensed and installable via Homebrew.
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.