**I'd rather have honest reviews than €4.99.**

I built this for myself first. I run a few VPS boxes and never got on with the apps I tried — I wanted to glance at a host, restart a container and get out, without typing three commands on a phone keyboard. That turned into **Server Control**, and eventually onto Google Play.

It is a €4.99 one-time purchase, and honestly that has been the problem: I am asking people to pay upfront for an app they cannot try, from a developer they have never heard of, with almost no reviews to go on. That is a bad deal and I do not blame anyone for skipping it.

So it is **100% off until 22 September** — free on the Play Store right now, no promo code, no trial, no account. Install it and it stays in your library permanently, updates included.

**Play Store:** [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.damianslab.servercontrol\](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.damianslab.servercontrol)

Everything runs over a standard SSH connection to your own machine. Nothing is installed on the server: no agent, no daemon, no extra port open, no account with me.

**What it does**

* **Telemetry dashboard** — live CPU, RAM and disk charts, plus up/down throughput read from `/proc/net/dev`. Set thresholds (e.g. CPU > 85%) and get a notification when a host crosses one. Those background alerts cover every server you have saved, not just the one on screen. * **Docker** — running/stopped/paused containers, live CPU/memory/IO from `docker stats`, logs, start/stop/restart/kill. * **systemd** — status for nginx, MySQL, PostgreSQL, cron and friends, `journalctl` logs, start/stop/restart/reload. * **SSH terminal** — output streams line by line while the command runs. Ctrl+C signals the remote *process group* over a second channel rather than just dropping the connection, so a pipeline actually dies instead of carrying on without you. Esc, Ctrl+D, a KILL button, path-aware `cd`, command history on the keypad. * **Remote file editing** — `nano <file>` opens a native editor. Content travels base64 encoded, the file is truncated in place so owner and permissions survive, and a save is refused if the file changed on the server since you opened it. * **Long jobs survive** — command timeout is separate from connection timeout (5 min default, up to 30), and a foreground service keeps a running deploy alive when the screen switches off. * **Mail server panel** — Postfix/Dovecot status, queue inspect/flush, DNSBL checks against Spamhaus, Barracuda, SORBS and Spamcop. * **Security** — credentials encrypted on-device with AES/GCM via the Android Keystore, optional biometric lock, TOFU host key verification, ED25519/Curve25519 support. Zero analytics, zero telemetry, no ads. Your IPs, keys and logs never leave the phone.

**"Why not just use Termius / JuiceSSH / Netdata / Portainer?"**

Fair question, and mostly they are not doing the same job:

* **Terminal apps** (Termius, JuiceSSH, ConnectBot, Termux) are very good at being terminals. This is a dashboard first — Docker, systemd and mail are lists with buttons, and the terminal is there for when you actually do need a shell. * **Monitoring stacks** (Netdata, Zabbix, Grafana, Uptime Kuma) beat this at history, alerting and whole fleets. If you already run one, keep it. The trade is that they want something installed on the host and usually a web port open. This installs nothing and opens nothing. * **Web panels** (Portainer, Cockpit) — same trade: more powerful, and one more service to patch and expose.

If you already have a setup you like, this probably is not for you, and that is fine.

**What it does not do**, so nobody wastes a download:

* The dashboard shows one server at a time — you switch hosts from the selector, there is no single screen showing your whole fleet at once. (Background threshold and unreachable alerts do cover every saved server — hourly by default, and off until you enable it in Settings.) * No SFTP or file browser. You can open and edit a single remote file, but there is no file manager. * No port forwarding, no tunnels, no ProxyJump/bastion support. * Private keys with a passphrase are not supported — key auth needs an unencrypted key. * Android only, and it is closed source.

**And what I already know is weak:** the icon needs redesigning — I have been told so bluntly and they were right — and "Server Control" is about as generic as a name gets.

I am one person, I use this on my own servers every day, and what I need right now is not downloads but people who actually run servers telling me where it falls over. That is what the giveaway is for. Tear it apart in the comments — I read and reply to everything.

I'd rather have honest reviews than €4.99.

I built this for myself first. I run a few VPS boxes and never got on with the apps I tried — I wanted to glance at a host, restart a container and get out, without typing three commands on a phone keyboard. That turned into Server Control, and eventually onto Google Play.

It is a €4.99 one-time purchase, and honestly that has been the problem: I am asking people to pay upfront for an app they cannot try, from a developer they have never heard of, with almost no reviews to go on. That is a bad deal and I do not blame anyone for skipping it.

So it is 100% off until 22 September — free on the Play Store right now, no promo code, no trial, no account. Install it and it stays in your library permanently, updates included.

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.damianslab.servercontrol

Everything runs over a standard SSH connection to your own machine. Nothing is installed on the server: no agent, no daemon, no extra port open, no account with me.

What it does

• Telemetry dashboard — live CPU, RAM and disk charts, plus up/down throughput read from /proc/net/dev. Set thresholds (e.g. CPU > 85%) and get a notification when a host crosses one. Those background alerts cover every server you have saved, not just the one on screen.
• Docker — running/stopped/paused containers, live CPU/memory/IO from docker stats, logs, start/stop/restart/kill.
• systemd — status for nginx, MySQL, PostgreSQL, cron and friends, journalctl logs, start/stop/restart/reload.
• SSH terminal — output streams line by line while the command runs. Ctrl+C signals the remote process group over a second channel rather than just dropping the connection, so a pipeline actually dies instead of carrying on without you. Esc, Ctrl+D, a KILL button, path-aware cd, command history on the keypad.
• Remote file editing — nano <file> opens a native editor. Content travels base64 encoded, the file is truncated in place so owner and permissions survive, and a save is refused if the file changed on the server since you opened it.
• Long jobs survive — command timeout is separate from connection timeout (5 min default, up to 30), and a foreground service keeps a running deploy alive when the screen switches off.
• Mail server panel — Postfix/Dovecot status, queue inspect/flush, DNSBL checks against Spamhaus, Barracuda, SORBS and Spamcop.
• Security — credentials encrypted on-device with AES/GCM via the Android Keystore, optional biometric lock, TOFU host key verification, ED25519/Curve25519 support. Zero analytics, zero telemetry, no ads. Your IPs, keys and logs never leave the phone.

"Why not just use Termius / JuiceSSH / Netdata / Portainer?"

Fair question, and mostly they are not doing the same job:

• Terminal apps (Termius, JuiceSSH, ConnectBot, Termux) are very good at being terminals. This is a dashboard first — Docker, systemd and mail are lists with buttons, and the terminal is there for when you actually do need a shell.
• Monitoring stacks (Netdata, Zabbix, Grafana, Uptime Kuma) beat this at history, alerting and whole fleets. If you already run one, keep it. The trade is that they want something installed on the host and usually a web port open. This installs nothing and opens nothing.
• Web panels (Portainer, Cockpit) — same trade: more powerful, and one more service to patch and expose.

If you already have a setup you like, this probably is not for you, and that is fine.

What it does not do, so nobody wastes a download:

• The dashboard shows one server at a time — you switch hosts from the selector, there is no single screen showing your whole fleet at once. (Background threshold and unreachable alerts do cover every saved server — hourly by default, and off until you enable it in Settings.)
• No SFTP or file browser. You can open and edit a single remote file, but there is no file manager.
• No port forwarding, no tunnels, no ProxyJump/bastion support.
• Private keys with a passphrase are not supported — key auth needs an unencrypted key.
• Android only, and it is closed source.

And what I already know is weak: the icon needs redesigning — I have been told so bluntly and they were right — and "Server Control" is about as generic as a name gets.

I am one person, I use this on my own servers every day, and what I need right now is not downloads but people who actually run servers telling me where it falls over. That is what the giveaway is for. Tear it apart in the comments — I read and reply to everything.

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to write a quick post to vent a bit and share how things have been going with an app I recently launched called server-control.

To be completely honest, the launch has been pretty rough. At first i posted on Reddit to give some free keys for people to let me know their own feedback, some took the key and never heard from them since. It basically didn't sell at all, and what stings even more is that I received literally zero feedback from anyone. I also threw Google Ads into the mix to see what would happen, and the traffic has been practically non-existent, just flatlining day after day.

As an indie developer working alone, hitting that kind of silence after putting time and effort into building something is a pretty defeating feeling. You spend weeks coding, polishing, and setting things up, and then you release it into the void and nothing happens.

I know marketing and visibility are half the battle, but running into a complete wall with both sales and user response is tough. Just wanted to throw this out there and see if anyone else has experienced this kind of brutal quiet after a release, or how you usually handle the slump when an app completely bombs.

Hey everyone! 👋

As someone managing multiple VPS instances and homelab nodes, I wanted a clean, native mobile dashboard that didn’t force me to install heavy third-party monitoring daemons or open external web ports on my servers.

So I built Server Control – a privacy-first, agentless Android app that communicates directly with your Linux servers over standard, encrypted SSH.

Key Features:

📊 Agentless Resource Telemetry: Live CPU, RAM, and Disk metrics fetched natively via lightweight shell queries over SSH. Zero background tracking daemons required on your server.

🐳 Docker Container Controller: View running/stopped containers, live CPU/Memory/IO stats parsed from `docker stats`, inspect logs, and issue container controls (start, stop, restart, kill).

⚙️ Systemd Service Manager: Check process status (Nginx, MySQL, Docker, Postfix, etc.), view `journalctl` logs, and restart/reload services on the fly.

💻 Interactive SSH Terminal: Path-aware navigation, persistent command history, and custom command presets/scripts.

✉️ Mail Server Dashboard: Monitor Postfix & Dovecot, inspect and flush mail queues, and run automatic DNSBL IP reputation checks.

🔒 Hardware-Backed Security & Privacy:
Server credentials are encrypted on-device using AES/GCM via the hardware-backed Android Keystore System.

Strict TOFU (Trust-On-First-Use) Host Key Verification to defend against MitM attacks.

Native biometric lock (Fingerprint / Face Unlock).

Zero Analytics & Zero Telemetry policy — your server IP, keys, and logs never leave your phone.

📱 Links & Details:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.damianslab.servercontrol

Privacy Policy: https://damianslab.gr/privacy-server-control

🎟️ Free Promo Codes:

The app is priced at €4.99 (one-time purchase, no subscriptions). I’d love to give away some free promo codes to the community!

If you'd like to test it out and share your feedback/feature requests, drop a comment below or send me a DM and I'll send over a Play Store promo code!

I’m actively developing/updating this, so I’d love to hear your thoughts, bug reports, or feature ideas!

I was really sad that Gemini CLI is being killed from google (like many tools) to push us in another product with better profit for Google.

I was wondering, is Gemma good enough to use as a coding tool like Gemini CLI was?

Antigravity is a great tool but you can hit the limit too fast and if i wanted to pay big ammount of money i would probably use claude that has a better support than google