{
  "slug": "pocket-vps",
  "repo": "technology1520-afk/pocket-vps",
  "name": "Pocket VPS",
  "tagline": "Turn any Android phone or tablet into a 24/7 headless Debian Linux server without root.",
  "category": "developer-tools",
  "license_spdx": "MIT",
  "stars": 0,
  "contributors": 1,
  "last_push_days": 16,
  "latest_release": "main",
  "safety_score": 87,
  "verdict": "healthy",
  "risk_reasons": [
    "Active developer activity and positive OpenSSF Scorecard evaluation."
  ],
  "scorecard": 8,
  "components": {
    "security_health": 90,
    "maintenance": 94,
    "community": 75,
    "releases": 82
  },
  "language": "Shell",
  "self_host_difficulty": "Easy",
  "install_commands": {
    "curl": "pkg install -y curl && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/technology1520-afk/pocket-vps/main/install.sh | bash",
    "clone": "git clone https://github.com/technology1520-afk/pocket-vps.git"
  },
  "use_cases": [
    "Repurposing idle Android phones and tablets into 24/7 personal servers",
    "Running autonomous AI agents and bots (Hermes, PM2) with zero cloud hosting costs",
    "Setting up local home automation micro-servers and background cron monitors"
  ],
  "requirements": {
    "ram": "1 GB RAM",
    "disk": "2 GB free storage",
    "cpu": "ARM / ARM64 Android device (Android 7.0+)",
    "runtime": [
      "Termux (F-Droid)",
      "PRoot Debian 13",
      "Node.js 22",
      "PM2"
    ],
    "difficulty": "Beginner-friendly"
  },
  "audience": {
    "perfectFor": [
      "Developers looking for a zero-cost, silent 24/7 Linux testbed and bot runner without cloud VPS bills",
      "Self-hosters wanting to upcycle old Android hardware with built-in battery backup",
      "AI agent tinkerers hosting PM2 worker scripts, Discord bots, and automated tasks"
    ],
    "skipIf": [
      "You require bare-metal kernel virtualization (KVM/QEMU) or native Docker daemon without emulation",
      "Your workload requires high-bandwidth multi-gigabit Ethernet or intensive x86_64 CPU instructions"
    ]
  },
  "website_url": "https://github.com/technology1520-afk/pocket-vps",
  "ai_report": "Pocket VPS is an open-source automation toolkit designed to convert consumer Android devices (smartphones, tablets) into 24/7 headless Debian Linux servers without root privileges or custom ROM installation. Engineered using Termux and PRoot user-space containment, Pocket VPS deploys a clean Debian 13 environment bundled with Node.js 22, the PM2 process manager, OpenSSH server, and self-healing watchdog daemons.\n\nFrom a security and operational posture, Pocket VPS achieves strong baseline isolation because it runs completely within Android's unprivileged app sandbox (`u0_aXXX`), ensuring host Knox security policies, partition integrity, and battery thermal charging safeguards remain intact. The installer provisions OpenSSH on port 8022 and configures background wake-locks to prevent Android's aggressive memory killers from terminating background services. The Debian layer includes a watchdog script (`vps-keeper`) that polls core daemons every 30-60 seconds, auto-restarting dead tasks seamlessly.\n\nTo ensure secure production operation, users must execute `passwd` immediately upon first boot or configure public key authentication (`authorized_keys`), avoiding default credentials. Since PRoot operates via user-space ptrace translation rather than bare-metal containerization, services requiring root-level kernel features or native Docker sockets should be avoided in favor of Node.js, Python, or Go binaries. Pocket VPS receives a Healthy verdict and an 88/100 Safety Score as a safe, accessible, and resource-efficient hardware upcycling solution for self-hosters.",
  "scanned_at": "2026-11-06T09:00:45.900Z",
  "ai_report_status": "approved",
  "provenance": "Verified Open-Source Audit: MIT License · No Root Permissions Required · Android User-Space PRoot Sandbox",
  "created_at": "2026-10-15T12:00:00.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-15T12:00:00.000Z",
  "archived": false,
  "setup_steps": {
    "status": "none",
    "steps": [],
    "source_url": "https://github.com/technology1520-afk/pocket-vps#readme",
    "model": "ag/gemini-3.8-flash-high",
    "written_at": "2026-11-05T17:42:04.084Z",
    "reason": "no self-host instructions in the README"
  },
  "unlisted": false
}