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Deskflow Android vs QtScrcpy: catalog facts
Deskflow Android	QtScrcpy
Best for: Deskflow users who want to drive an Android tablet or phone from their desktop keyboard and… Full recommendation for Deskflow Android Best for: Deskflow users who want to drive an Android tablet or phone from their desktop keyboard and mouse	Best for: Mirroring and controlling an Android phone from a desktop computer
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Android	Windows, macOS, Linux
Brings an Android device into a Deskflow keyboard and mouse setup Keyboard shortcuts for app switching, navigation and Back All 3 strengths for Deskflow Android Brings an Android device into a Deskflow keyboard and mouse setup Keyboard shortcuts for app switching, navigation and Back Text clipboard sharing	Works over USB or the network No root required on the Android device All 4 strengths for QtScrcpy Works over USB or the network No root required on the Android device Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux Configurable keymaps
Image clipboard content is not supported Not fully feature complete by the author's own description All 3 limitations for Deskflow Android Image clipboard content is not supported Not fully feature complete by the author's own description Requires a Deskflow server on a computer	Android devices only Much of the wider documentation is in Chinese
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Deskflow Android github.com/jglanz/deskflow-android f-droid.org/packages/org.tfv.deskflow Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for QtScrcpy github.com/barry-ran/QtScrcpy Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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