Description
That retired phone in your drawer outguns plenty of entry-level cloud VPSes, but turning it into a Linux server usually means rooting or flashing it, and a night of tinkering that can end in a brick. ServerBox skips all of that: install the app and you get a full Linux distro running on Android, no root required, nothing to flash.
It builds its containers on PRoot and gives every distro an always-on SSH server on port 2022. One ssh command from your laptop drops you into Linux on the phone, ready for scripts, background services, a personal file host or a small automation node. The usual Android-server headaches, staying alive in the background and starting on boot, are handled for you.
Five distros to pick from：Alpine, Arch, Debian, Kali and Ubuntu install in one tap, each in its own filesystem so they can live side by side.
Always-on SSH：A built-in SSH server with public-key login and a keys-only mode, listening either on the device alone or on your local network.
Stays alive：Holds a wake lock and a Wi-Fi lock, restarts after a crash, and can bring back the sessions that were running before a reboot.
Autostart scripts：Drop a script into /etc/serverbox/autostart.d and it runs whenever the session starts, handy for launching your own services.
Phone storage access：Read and write /sdcard straight from Linux to work on files stored on the phone.
Coding agent images：Extra images come with Claude Code and Codex CLI preinstalled, for 64-bit devices only. Requires Android 8.0 or newer.
It builds its containers on PRoot and gives every distro an always-on SSH server on port 2022. One ssh command from your laptop drops you into Linux on the phone, ready for scripts, background services, a personal file host or a small automation node. The usual Android-server headaches, staying alive in the background and starting on boot, are handled for you.
Features
Five distros to pick from：Alpine, Arch, Debian, Kali and Ubuntu install in one tap, each in its own filesystem so they can live side by side.
Always-on SSH：A built-in SSH server with public-key login and a keys-only mode, listening either on the device alone or on your local network.
Stays alive：Holds a wake lock and a Wi-Fi lock, restarts after a crash, and can bring back the sessions that were running before a reboot.
Autostart scripts：Drop a script into /etc/serverbox/autostart.d and it runs whenever the session starts, handy for launching your own services.
Phone storage access：Read and write /sdcard straight from Linux to work on files stored on the phone.
Coding agent images：Extra images come with Claude Code and Codex CLI preinstalled, for 64-bit devices only. Requires Android 8.0 or newer.
