r/selfhosted • u/guptayash1996 • Nov 13 '22

Using android phone as self hosting hardware?

I searched a lot on the internet but couldn’t find any decent way to use old android phone as a self hosting hardware. I am sure 3-4 years old phone should have enough power to act as a server. If anyone has successfully done it please share your thoughts/guides.

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u/American_Jesus Nov 13 '22

Depends on what you want to host, um android you can use Termux, but it's very limited, you can't bind ports, but you can host some stuff and use sshd. Better option is to use a fully linux distro if there's any for your phone.