PhoneRig

Old Android phone in a drawer? PhoneRig turns it into your own server: no cloud bills, no command line, no setup. Just tap Start.

Host photo albums, a website and a blog over HTTPS. Everything runs on YOUR device.

PHOTO ALBUMS, SERVED BY YOUR PHONE (FREE)

- Create an album, send a link and a short passcode. Guests view, download and add photos from any browser. No app, no accounts.

- Photos stay on your phone and land in your own gallery. Nothing is sent to us; we never see them.

- Guests type a name at the gate, so every photo shows who added it and you can filter to one person.

- Guest uploads stay off until you turn them on, per album, and only you can delete.

- Free at every address: home Wi-Fi, your free subdomain or your own domain.

BUILD A REAL WEBSITE AND A BLOG

- Answer a few questions; PhoneRig builds a modern site, up to ten pages with a menu.

- Add a menu or price list, opening hours with an "Open now" badge, a gallery and a map.

- Take bookings by WhatsApp or email.

- A blog with comments and likes: approve first or instantly, accounts only or anyone.

- Reader accounts are a name and a password. No email, no phone, nothing to leak.

- Visitors can leave you a message; it lands on your phone, nowhere else.

- Ten looks, twelve type pairings, your own colors, one-tap publish, QR code.

- Run more than one site from one phone, each at its own address.

- Visitors: views this week, counted on your phone. No cookies, nothing sent to us.

GET ONLINE IN MINUTES

- A free web address (yourname.phonerig.app) in seconds, or connect your own domain.

- Reachable anywhere over HTTPS: no port forwarding, no static IP, automatic SSL.

- Or keep it Wi-Fi-only: a private home server.

CHECK ON IT FROM TELEGRAM OR DISCORD

- PhoneRig Bot answers 29 commands on your server, site, visitors, storage and battery.

- It pairs to one chat and answers nobody else.

- Optional control, off by default: restart the server or back up, from the chat.

- Write your own commands: a fixed reply or your own script.

ONE-TAP APPS

Real WordPress on your phone: PHP and a database included, themes and plugins work. Plus Gitea, code-server and Syncthing, wired to your server and tunnel.

CONNECT LIKE A REAL SERVER

- SSH from your laptop on Wi-Fi or over the internet, plus a terminal in the app.

- Travel proxy: browse with your home connection while away, over SSH. Or pair a second phone by QR and Android's VPN sends its apps through your server. No PhoneRig VPN service, nobody in the path. Sites see your home connection, so this is not anonymity.

DESIGNED TO BE SIMPLE

- Get told when your site goes offline and comes back.

- Fleet on this Wi-Fi (beta): several devices, one panel.

- Updates never restart a running server. Speaks 59 languages.

KEEP IT RUNNING

- Weekly backups to Drive, an SD card or anywhere you choose, passphrase optional.

- Alerts for memory, storage, battery and temperature, plus battery care.

WHY PHONERIG

- Private by design: your data stays on your phone; no ads, no analytics, no tracking.

- Your published site makes no outside requests by default. The map and your own Google tag are opt-in, and a tag brings a consent bar.

PRICING

- Free: core server, free subdomain, site builder, photo albums, the bot, SSH and terminal.

- One-time unlocks: Backups + Monitoring $4.99, App Presets $14.99, PhoneRig Pro $17.99 (everything, forever).

- Your own domain: $0.99 on your Cloudflare account, or we manage it for $4.99/year.

GOOD TO KNOW: NOT EVERY PHONE RUNS EVERY PART

64-bit ARM phones (most Androids from ~2017) with 3 GB+ RAM, up to Android 16.

Most phones run PhoneRig's Linux engine and get everything above. Newer phones that block it get the site served directly; setup tells you which mode you got.

Needs the Linux engine: Gitea, code-server and VS Code Remote-SSH. Everything else works either way, including WordPress and Syncthing; without it, WordPress needs Android 9 or newer.

Give that old phone a second life. Start your server today.