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Show HN: DroidDock – A sleek macOS app for browsing Android device files via ADB

#1

Post by rajivm1991 » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 12:51 AM UTC

Hi HN,

I’m Rajiv, a software engineer turned Math teacher living in the mountains, where I like to slow down life while still building useful software.

I recently built DroidDock, a lightweight and modern macOS desktop app that lets you browse and manage files on your Android device via ADB. After 12 years in software development, I wanted a free, clean, and efficient tool because existing solutions were either paid, clunky, or bloated.

Features include multiple view modes, thumbnail previews for images/videos, intuitive file search, file upload/download, and keyboard shortcuts. The backend uses Rust and Tauri for performance.

You can download the latest .dmg from the landing page here: https://rajivm1991.github.io/DroidDock/ Source code is available on GitHub: https://github.com/rajivm1991/DroidDock

I’d appreciate your feedback on usability, missing features, or bugs. Thanks for checking it out!

— Rajiv

Show HN: DroidDock – A sleek macOS app for browsing Android device files via ADB
rajivm1991.github.io

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#2

Post by dcreater » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 2:00 AM UTC

Looks vibe coded?

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#3

Post by hackyhacky » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 2:25 AM UTC

dcreater wrote: post #2

Looks vibe coded?

Why do you say that?

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#4

Post by brainless » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 2:29 AM UTC

dcreater wrote: post #2

Looks vibe coded?

The CLAUDE.md file is right there, so they are probably using agentic coding.

But why does it matter? Does the app not work? I don't have a Mac, can't check.

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#5

Post by wiredpancake » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 2:45 AM UTC

dcreater wrote: post #2

Looks vibe coded?

It appears very "vibe coded", the application makes use of the stereotypical AI gradient in the top bar of the application.

The README.md uses a ton of Emojis in the feature Setting.

100% AI.

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#6

Post by tgma » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 2:56 AM UTC

Don't wanna be killjoy, but specifically since "sleek" and "native" is mentioned many times, I'd say that's not what one expects from a sleek macOS application to say the least.

I'd expect something like Cyberduck quality UI, as an example. The author should aim to mimic system UI in my opinion as closely as possible (or integrate inside Finder).

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#7

Post by rvz » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 3:44 AM UTC

dcreater wrote: post #2

Looks vibe coded?

Of course it is.

As usual, it is low quality and has zero tests.

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#8

Post by rvz » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 3:45 AM UTC

hackyhacky wrote: post #3

dcreater wrote: post #2

Looks vibe coded?

Why do you say that?

Because it is true. Claude did almost all of it.

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#9

Post by jeron » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 3:45 AM UTC

rvz wrote: post #7

dcreater wrote: post #2

Looks vibe coded?

Of course it is. As usual, it is low quality and has zero tests.

agents should agentically create high quality unit tests

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#10

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 3:47 AM UTC

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