Liman 1.0 is out

Android, at home on your Mac

Liman is a native macOS app for Android emulators and devices. Run them, configure every setting and test real-world conditions from one window, built in Swift for Apple silicon.

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Free for 14 days · macOS 27 · Apple silicon · Android 11 and later

The device window

An Android phone that feels at home on your Mac

Liman streams the emulator's screen into a native window with its real device frame. Tap, swipe and scroll with your trackpad, and type with your Mac keyboard, including Turkish and other international text, dead keys and emoji.

Copy and paste between your Mac and the device
Screenshots and screen recordings saved to your Desktop
Drop APKs on the screen to install them, or any file to copy it to Downloads
Install one build on every connected device at once — APK, AAB or APKS
Zoom to fit, physical size or any scale, with a compact window mode

A Pixel 9 emulator showing Android Settings in Liman's device window

Real-world testing

Put your app through calls, sensors and a walk across town

Everything your app reacts to, a click away in the inspector — no extended controls window, no console commands.

Play GPX and KML routes at up to 16× speed, or pin a single location
Ambient light, proximity, temperature, pressure and humidity sliders
Foldable posture and hinge angle for foldable emulators
Battery level, charger, Wi-Fi, mobile data and airplane mode

Liman's settings inspector with GPS route playback and environment sensor sliders

Phone and biometrics

Ring the phone. Send the code. Touch the sensor.

Simulate an incoming call and hold or end it, send an SMS from any number to test verification flows, and touch the fingerprint sensor to enroll a finger or unlock the device.

Incoming calls with hold, resume and hang up
SMS from any sender, delivered to the Messages inbox
Ten fingers for fingerprint enrollment and BiometricPrompt
Dark mode, text and display size, color filters and TalkBack

Liman's phone, SMS and fingerprint controls

Emulator configuration

Every emulator setting, not just the popular ones

Tune cores, memory, storage, graphics, cameras and network in Overview, or open All Settings for every property the emulator understands — with what the running emulator actually uses shown next to what you asked for.

New emulators get cores, memory and storage suggested for your Mac
Hardware GPU and hardware keyboard on by default
Quick Boot with an option to discard state on exit
A restart banner when a change needs one

Liman's list of every emulator setting, grouped by category

AI agents

Hand the phone to your coding agent

Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and anything else that speaks MCP can use your devices through Liman — with one switch, a token, and a badge on screen while they work.

It reads the screen, taps by text, types, installs builds and reads logs
It changes dark mode, rotation, network, battery, location, SMS and fingerprint
After every action it reports the app in front, new errors and crashes
Snapshots for a clean start, and your recorded scenarios in one call

Liman's AI agent settings with the setup command for Claude Code

Scenarios and tools

Record a flow once, play it on every build

Sign in, fill the form, reach the screen you care about — record it once and Liman replays the taps, swipes, pinches and typing with their timing, on any screen size.

Deep links and intents without writing an adb command
A shell on the device, with the output kept in the window
Port forwarding both ways for your local server
Files on the device: browse, copy in, copy out

Liman's tools inspector with scenarios, links, intents and a device shell

Logs and crashes

See what your app is saying

A live logcat view with level filters and search, crash reports alongside it, and snapshots you can save and restore without leaving the window.

Filter by level and search tags and messages
Pause the stream and copy what you need
Crash reports in their own tab
Save, load and delete emulator snapshots

Liman's live log view next to the emulator

Native and fast

A Swift app talking to the emulator over gRPC and to devices over adb, with no Java or Electron in between.

Your SDK, your AVDs

Liman uses the Android SDK and virtual devices you already have, so Android Studio sees the same emulators.

Phones over USB and Wi-Fi

Mirror and control physical devices, including wireless debugging pairing.

One price, no subscription

Try Liman for 14 days. When you keep it, you buy it once.

$39once

Every feature, on three of your Macs
A year of updates, and they keep working after
Emulators, physical phones and AI agents
Email support from the developer who builds it

Buy Liman or download the 14-day trial

Questions

Can I use Liman today?+

Now. Download Liman and it runs for 14 days as a trial, with every feature unlocked.

How much does it cost?+

$39, once, for three of your Macs — no subscription. A year of updates is included, and Liman keeps working after that. See what you get.

Will Liman be open source?+

Not today. Liman is how one developer pays for the time that goes into it. If that changes, it will be said here first.

Can my AI agent use Liman?+

Yes. Turn on AI Agents in Liman's settings and paste one command into Claude Code, Cursor or Codex. The agent then sees the screen, taps, types, installs builds, reads logs and changes device settings — and you can pause it from the badge on screen at any time.

Will Liman support iOS?+

Liman is built for Android today. If you'd use the same window for iOS simulators and devices, say so here.

What do I need?+

A Mac with Apple silicon running macOS 27, and the Android SDK's emulator and platform tools — the same ones Android Studio installs. Liman works with Android 11 and later.

Does Liman replace Android Studio?+

No. Liman runs, configures and tests emulators and devices; you keep building your app with Android Studio or your own tools. Both use the same SDK and the same virtual devices.

Does it work with physical phones?+

Yes. Connect a phone over USB or pair it over Wi-Fi to see and control its screen, type into it, share the clipboard, install apps and read its logs.

Can I support Liman before it launches?+

Yes, and it helps a lot. Liman is built by one independent developer; sponsoring productdevbook on GitHub, monthly or once, funds the work until launch.

Who makes Liman?+

Liman is made by productdevbook, who also builds PortKiller. Questions or ideas: hi@productdevbook.com.