Fonino

Name: Fonino
Author: Fonino

by Foninoversion 0.1.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.Fonino/fonino

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Let your AI agent use your real iPhone or Android phone, with your OK before anything is sent.

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User voiceiNo reviews yetReviews open together with accounts in a later step
Our basic checksi1 of 1 passedChecked from public information; code not scanned yet
UsageiNot measured yet★ –

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Chat & email

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fonino": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fonino",
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add fonino -- npx -y fonino mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fonino": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fonino",
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "fonino": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fonino",
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 8, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account Fonino, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
– Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
– Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Chat & emaili

More stars than 0% of the other 1838 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 97% of the other 1838 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 1838 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Fonino safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.1.0) reached the registry today.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

Open the README

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Fonino

Let your AI agent use your real iPhone or Android phone, with your OK before anything is sent.

Fonino lets Claude Code, Codex, Hermes or any MCP client see your phone's screen, open apps, tap, swipe and type. Anything that sends, posts, buys or deletes waits for your one-tap approval first. It runs on your Mac, with your own phone: no jailbreak, no cloud phone, nothing to install on an Android phone and only a small helper on an iPhone.

A real run, in real time, on an Android emulator with a demo number. The same tools and approvals work on iPhone.

  ● agent: text Sam that I'm running late

│ ● phone_open_app("Messages") → phone_get_screen → Sam's conversation │ ● phone_send_message(to: Sam, "Running 10 minutes late, sorry!") │ ⏸ waiting for your OK: "Send a text to Sam?" [Approve] [Deny] │ ✓ sent after you approved (Delivered via iMessage)

Get started

Paste this into your coding agent (Claude Code, Codex…) on a Mac:

Clone https://github.com/fonino/fonino, run npm install, then read docs/setup.md and walk me

through connecting my phone. Stop and ask me whenever a step needs my hands, and never type my passcode or passwords for me.

Or install it from npm:

npm install -g fonino

fonino doctor # checks the Mac, the phone and permissions fonino devices

Or from source:

git clone https://github.com/fonino/fonino && cd fonino

npm install && npm run build:native apps/cli/bin/fonino doctor

Don't want to set it up yourself? Fonino for Mac is the signed app built on this code. It does the iPhone setup for you (no Xcode) and connects your phone to Grok Bot, Muse, Claude and ChatGPT from anywhere, with approvals on your phone.

Two ways to connect the iPhone

	USB helper (recommended)	iPhone Mirroring
How	Fonino's helper (WebDriverAgent, Apple's UI test runner) on the phone, over USB	Fonino reads and clicks macOS's iPhone Mirroring window
Taps	Exact: reads the screen's structure, not just pixels	From screenshots and text recognition
Your Mac	Free to use: nothing moves your mouse	Takes over the cursor while it works
Phones	Several per Mac, at the same time	One
Needs	Xcode, an Apple ID for signing, Developer Mode, a cable	macOS 15+, iOS 18+, same Apple Account on Mac and iPhone (not in the EU)

Android

Turn on USB debugging (Settings → About phone → tap Build number 7 times, then Settings → System → Developer options → USB debugging), plug the phone in and tap Allow on the phone. Fonino finds it through adb (Android platform-tools); an Android emulator works too. Nothing is installed on the phone.

fonino devices

android-001 Pixel 9 connected android-adb Pixel 9, Android 16, USB

Same tools and the same safety rules as on iPhone: screenshots in points, taps checked against the button under them, texts sent through Google Messages and verified before Send, Settings, Wallet, Play Store and calls off limits. Typing is plain ASCII (texts can hold any characters).

Step-by-step for both iPhone ways and Android: docs/setup.md.

Use it from your agent (MCP)

Full toolset, with approvals (recommended): run the local HTTP server and add it to your client.

apps/cli/bin/fonino mcp-http --show-token     # http://localhost:3001/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http fonino http://localhost:3001/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer "

Tools include phone_list_devices, phone_acquire / phone_release (one agent per phone), phone_get_screen (screenshot + elements), phone_tap, phone_swipe, phone_type, phone_open_app, phone_read_messages, phone_send_message, phone_wait_for_reply, phone_await_approval, phone_request_help (hand the phone to you for logins) and more.

Basic control only: fonino mcp (stdio; tap, type, swipe, screen). This repo's .mcp.json registers it for Claude Code.

Safety

The rules are in the code, not in a prompt, so an agent can't talk its way past them:

Approvals. Sending, posting, buying and deleting pause until you approve the exact app, recipient and text. Fonino checks the button under every tap too: Send, Post, Reply, Buy Now and Place your order always need your OK, even if the agent didn't say what it was doing. fonino approvals lists pending requests; fonino approve (--for-task covers the rest of the task, --always allows that kind of action in that app, with a daily cap).
Off limits. Settings, Wallet, Passwords, Mail, Phone, FaceTime, Find My and the App Store.
Your logins stay yours. The agent hands you the phone for passwords, Face ID and verification codes; one-time codes in messages are hidden from it.
Texting limits. Rate limits per phone and recipient; anyone who replies STOP is never texted again.
Local and private. Tokens, approvals and screenshots stay in ~/.fonino, readable only by your macOS user.

Other commands

fonino screen <device> --open          # screenshot

fonino tap 200 500 # screenshot pixels fonino agent --goal "Open Settings and tell me the iOS version" # built-in agent (Anthropic API key) fonino wda up # keep the USB helper running (health checks, restarts) fonino service install # run it all as login services fonino runs && fonino replay --open fonino help # everything else

How it works

apps/cli                 fonino CLI: setup, doctor, watchdog, local services, replay

packages/iphone-adapter iPhone USB helper (WebDriverAgent over usbmuxd), iPhone Mirroring, Android over adb packages/mcp-server MCP tools, approvals, policy (off-limits apps, risky buttons), rate limits packages/agent-runtime built-in agent loop and approval gate packages/device-core device protocol, leases, mock phone for tests packages/browser optional agent browser on the Mac (pages as text, replayable recipes) packages/relay client that connects this Mac to the Fonino cloud (optional) native/ Swift helpers: screen capture and input for Mirroring, text recognition docs/ setup, research notes on controlling a non-jailbroken iPhone

Background on why the USB helper and what we measured: docs/iphone-control-research.md.

Requirements: an Apple-silicon Mac on macOS 15 or later, Node 22.18 or later. Tests: npm test.

Limits

The phone has to stay unlocked (iPhone: Auto-Lock Never; Android: the longest screen timeout).
The first start of the helper may show a passcode prompt titled "XCTest": that's the helper asking to use the screen. Enter it on the phone; it asks again only after a restart.
No multi-touch, camera or Face ID flows. Some apps add their own checks.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.

Fonino

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Chat & emaili

Common questions

Alternatives

Vexa

emailmd

MCP WhatsApp Cloud

README from the maker

Fonino

Get started

Two ways to connect the iPhone

Android

android-001 Pixel 9 connected android-adb Pixel 9, Android 16, USB

Use it from your agent (MCP)

Safety

Other commands

How it works

Limits

License