# lxe/phoneuse

> Tool to see and operate an unmodified iPhone from a Linux PC: screen arrives over AirPlay while the PC acts as a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard. Includes a CLI and MCP server for agents.

- Magnitude: 6.3 out of 10 — Early signal
- Stars: 451 total · +16 stars measured 2026-11-09, 00:02–01:28 UTC, ≈ 235 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: AI agents · Language: C · License: MIT · Created: 2026-11-07 · Last push: 2026-11-09
- GitHub: https://github.com/lxe/phoneuse · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/lxe/phoneuse

## Useful for

- Control an iPhone with a Linux PC's keyboard and mouse via the AirPlay mirror window
- Automate iPhone actions from scripts through the CLI: tap, swipe, text, open
- Attach the phoneuse MCP server to Claude Code so an agent can drive the phone

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-11-09 (UTC), 00:02–01:28: 435 → 451 stars (+16). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +235 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- The repository is 2 days old and already has 451 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Top new repositories this week: #30.
- About 32 forks a day — people are taking the code.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 46
- Issues and pull requests: 9
- Watchers: 2
- Average over the last week: 227 per day
- Usual pace: too little history (under two weeks)
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 7

## Stars per day, last 3 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-11-07 … 2026-11-09: 212, 235, 16

## Magnitude by day, last 2 days

11-08 6.6, 11-09 6.3

## Spotted in now

- Top new repositories this week: #30

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Days are UTC. “So far today” is a fact; “expected by the end of the day” is a forecast.
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Data as of 2026-11-09 01:38 UTC, updated every 30 minutes.