PhoneRig

What it does

PhoneRig turns the Android phone in your drawer into a real web server: full Ubuntu without root, a website builder, shared photo albums with no accounts for guests, and one-tap WordPress, Gitea, code-server, Filebrowser and Syncthing. Public HTTPS through a secure tunnel, a free subdomain or your own domain, and no monthly hosting bill. Free core; upgrades are one-time purchases.

A live site at your own address over HTTPS, photo albums you share with a link, and your files - hosted on hardware you already own. No monthly bill.

The food. The craft. The work. People love it - when they find you. But online, you're invisible. And the website builders want money every single month, forever. That old Android phone you never threw away? It's a computer. A good one. It just needed a reason to wake up. PhoneRig turns that phone into your business's website. Your menu, your hours, your photos, your phone number - online, with a proper web address. No code. No hosting bills. The phone sits on a shelf and does the work. Customers search, find you, and walk through the door. From a phone that was gathering dust. Website builders charge every month because they host your site on their computers. PhoneRig hosts it on yours -…from phonerig.app

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