<p>Bru is a Bidirectional Remote Uplink for your Android Phone, and also the Norwegian word for "bridge".</p><p>It links your phone to a client in your browser over a direct, end-to-end-encrypted connection, so you can deal with your phone without picking it up. There is no account to create, no server holding your messages.</p><p>FEATURES</p><ul><li>Read and send SMS. Handle conversations with a real keyboard instead of reaching for your phone.</li><li>Share a clipboard. Send text in either direction. No more retyping addresses or emailing yourself long links.</li></ul><p>HOW IT WORKS</p><p>Pairing is a one-time QR code scan. After that your phone and your client find each other directly using iroh, which establishes an authenticated, end-to-end-encrypted connection between the two devices.</p><p>Your messages are never uploaded anywhere. There is no Bru account, no Bru server storing your data, and no analytics or tracking of any kind.</p><p>ABOUT THE PERMISSIONS</p><p>Bru asks for the following permissions</p><ul><li>SMS (read and send). The core feature. Messages are read from the phone's own SMS store and relayed only to the client you paired with.</li><li>Contacts. Used solely to show names instead of bare phone numbers. Contact data is never sent anywhere else.</li><li>Camera. Used to scan the pairing QR code. Can be done with a pairing code instead.</li></ul><p>Bru is free software. The full source is available, and the app contains no proprietary libraries, advertising, or trackers.</p>