ADB

Though mostly used via USB, ADB can also be accessed per WiFi connections. In both cases, we can speak of "remote administration of the Android device". Abstract from the linked Wikipedia page:

The Android Debug Bridge (ADB) is a toolkit included in the Android SDK package. It consists of both client and server-side programs that communicate with one another. The ADB is typically accessed through the command-line interface, although numerous graphical user interfaces exist to control ADB.

If you don't want to install the entire SDK just to use ADB, please make sure to check my article Is there a minimal installation of ADB? at Stack Exchange – and find the corresponding Linux/Mac/Windows binaries here at IzzyOnDroid in the download section.

ADB Wireless

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WiFi ADB - Debug Over Air (4.6@8,238) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ root required
Adb wireless & android studio tricks, shortcuts (4.6@15) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2018-01-09
WADB - ADB over Network (requires root) (4.5@159) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Wireless ADB plus (Root + No Ads) (4.4@7) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
ADB Konnect (wireless ADB) (4.3@399) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-04
Wirebug (4.3@11) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-08-08
Telnet Server & Network adbd (4.2@198) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ telnet server without root permission
ADB over Ethernet (4.2@92) Ǥ 5 1
Droid ADB WIFI Manager (4.2@39) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-09-21
[root] ADB over Wifi Switcher (4.2@9) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-29
adbWireless (4.2@6) 6 LastUpdate: 2013-03-12 Github
Wireless ADB PK+ (4.2@5) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-10-07
YawADB - Wireless ADB (GPL) (4.2@5) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
ADB WiFi Reborn (4.1@556) Ǥ 9 3
Wireless ADB: ADB over TCP/IP (4.1@18) Ǥ 3 2
WiFi ADB Debug (4.1@18) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-08-17 root required;
Wifi Debug Adb (4.1@18) 4 2
ADB WiFi [Root] (3.8@46) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-14
WiFi ADB (no root) (3.8@10) 3 LastUpdate: 2016-08-05
ADB Wireless (no root) (3.3@1,488) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-09-12 / ADB wireless by Henry (4.3@439) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-05-18

ADB Tools

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Adb Clipboard (5@2) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
AdbBackupHelper (4.8@4) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-02-18
Awake for Debug (4.5@45) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-19
ADBSMS (4.4@11) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-03-19 send/receive SMS via ADB
Bugjaeger Mobile ADB - Develop & Debug via USB OTG (4.3@131) Ǥ 7 5
ADB TCP (Rooted Phones Only) (4.3@45) 2 1 LastUpdate: 2014-10-13
Remote ADB Shell (4.2@324) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-14 Intro 7/2013; connect to one Android device from another Android device
Telnet Server & Network adbd (4.2@198) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ telnet server without root permission
ADB over Network (4.2@58) 3 1 LastUpdate: 2017-09-09
Craze - ADB Toolkit (4.1@167) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2016-08-31 Android 2 Android, incl. file browser, package browser, view configured WiFi networks, and more;
USB Debugging Monitor (4@191) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-18 Warns you on disconnect to disable USB debugging and offers quick access to do so
ADB Shellkit (3.9@359) Ǥ 23 5 Github
[root] adbd Insecure (3.9@179; ~EUR 1.75) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-11-10 Starts ADB daemon in root mode (see also its XDA thread)
ADB Change Language (3.8@158) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-30
ADB Master (3.4@398) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-04-07 / ADB Master Pro (4.2@6; ~EUR 5.50) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-04-07 JAR ADB GUI for Windows, Linux and Mac
Adb Backup Helper (3@6) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-21
ADBKeyBoard (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-02 Github; keyboard input via ADB
Backup All Apps (0@0) LastUpdate: 2015-04-13 enable ADB backup for apps blocking it; Github
ADB Tool Kits Installer (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-12 Github; install ADB to your Android device

ADB Programs for your computer

GUIs for multiple actions:
- adbGUI (Windows only)
- Droid Explorer (at the moment, Windows-only)
- Droid-PC-Suite: ADB GUI
- MobyDroid (cross-platform)
- QtADB (cross-platform)
- Droid-PC-Suite: ADB GUI
Screenshots & Screen Recordings:
- adb-screenrecord-script (*nix: capture android screen using screenrecord utility by chunks and streaming them via python SimpleHTTPServer)
- gifcap: record GIFs via Bash
- RoboGif: Screen-Recording in GIF format
File manager & File system:
- aafm (Python based ADB file manager)
- adbfs (FUSE mount your Android device on Linux)
- adbfs-rootless (FUSE mount your Android device on Linux)
Remote control:
- AdbKeyMonkey: use your PC keyboard as input
- Adb-Remote-Screen: remotely control your Android device (supports touch & swipe)
- android_touch: send touch data as JSON via HTTP to simulate touch input
- AndroidScreencast: remote control incl. screen, tap, swipe (Java+ADB)
- CgiAdbRemote (Mini webserver for controlling UNROOTED Android devices via a web browser)
- CXTouch (full control)
- DivvyDroid (full control; Linux AppImage available)
- guiscrcpy: GUI for scrcpy
- scrcpy: display and control Android devices
- sevensquare: control Android device via ADB (touch and swipe)
- Wrench: Remote control your Droid
Logcat & Co:
- big-eye (user-friendly Android ADB dumpsys information)
- coloredlogcat / ColoredLogcat (Python)
- LogCatch
- rogcat: multi-function wrapper to logcat & more
- waal (colored logcat in Perl)
Backup & Co:
- SimpleADBBackup (GUI to adb backup/adb restore for Linux and Windows)
- rebuild-adb-backup (repairs some defect ADB backup files)
- tetherback: Create backups of an Android device over USB (requires adb and TWRP recovery)
File transfer:
- ADBFileTransfer (for Mac)
- adb-db-pull (*nix: find and pull SQLite databases from your device)
- adb-sync: sync files between Android and PC
Command line:
- adb-peco (command-line: deal with multiple devices connected)
- android-completion (Bash completion for "adb")
- fb-adb: A better shell for Android devices
Miscellaneous:
- ADB Message Notification Center (currently Windows only)
- adb_android: ADB for Python
- adb-block: interactively block apps, even w/o root (Bash + dialog + ADB)
- ADB-call-simulator (*nix: VoIP calls)
- adb-toolkit
- ADB Helper: Firefox addon; XPI available here
- AdbPaste (send text input via ADB)
- adbusbini: adb_usb.ini containing every known Android vendor ID
- adeb: debian-based shell environment
- Adebar (Shell: Android DEvice Backup And Report; Vorstellung 11/2014; Wiki)
- alfred-android-adb: simple GUI for simple commands
- Amonitor: Screen Monitor
- Android-ADB-CpuFreq (Shell: Control CPU remotely)
- fa: Fast Adb; simplifies and extends ADB use at command line. Available for Linux, MacOS, Windows.
- Flick: Ruby Gem CLI helper
- gnirehtet: Reverse Tether
- madb: Multi-device Android Debug Bridge
- mobile-toolkit: collection of scripts

Further Readings:

Category Firewalls & Co.: Securing ADB
ADB & Android shell cheat sheet
AndroidShell: useful commands
Android Won’t Connect to Windows Over ADB? Fix It in 3 Easy Steps (11/2019)
6 Android ADB Apps for Powerful Features Without Root (5/2019)
Windows Batch: Universal ADB Helper makes it easy for newbies to tinker with their devices (12/2014)
The Most Useful Things You Can Do with ADB and Fastboot on Android (6/2014)
ADB: Installation, Befehle, Treiber, Shell und Fehlermeldungen (4/2014 - 1/2019)
How to Enable/Disable ADB over Wifi on Rooted/Non Rooted Android (1/2014)

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