Is tellyscope still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change 5 days ago. Latest release v0.16.0, 5 days ago.

Can I trust tellyscope?

New, little track record. 1.9k stars, 1 months old. Look at the code and the owner before running it.

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How to install tellyscope on Linux (man15h/tellyscope) · gitmanual

How to install on Linux

man15h/tellyscope

Debloat your Android TV, install apps, browse and transfer files on it, all from your phone. Just 3 MB, no tracking, no root, no PC.

Kotlin/JVM#android#androidtv#googletv#privacy

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (GPL-3.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change 5 days ago. Latest release v0.16.0, 5 days ago.
Can I trust it?: New, little track record1.9k stars, 1 months old. Look at the code and the owner before running it.

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 1,853
Activity: Updated this month

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Will it work on Linux?

Yes, it runs on Linux

You'll build it yourself with JDK.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗man15h.github.ioThe project's own site.

4 steps on Linux

Download setup.sh

Then run bash setup.sh. It stops at the first error and is safe to run again. Servers and tests aren't started; it lists them at the end. Read it first.

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/man15h/tellyscope.git
cd tellyscope

Install the required runtimes

JDK

sudo apt install openjdk-21-jdk  # Debian/Ubuntu

3
Install dependencies
```
./gradlew build -x test
```
4
Run it
```
./gradlew run
```

From the README: Building

Modules: :app (the phone app, Kotlin and Jetpack Compose), :adb (pure Kotlin ADB library on Kadb), app/src/helper (the on-TV label helper) and :cli (a desktop smoke test, not shipped). You need JDK 25 and the Android SDK with platform 37.

./gradlew build          # assemble, unit tests and lint
./gradlew :app:installGithubDebug

There are two builds of the same app, as Gradle flavors: github, the APK on GitHub releases, and play, the Play Store's. The update check and the Projectivy download live in app/src/github only, with stubs in app/src/play, and every Play build fails if its code names api.github.com. What differs on screen checks BuildConfig.PLAY. Unit tests run on the github build.

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