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.

ADB Wireless

2019-08-31

Wirebug (5@7) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-08-08
WiFi ADB - Debug Over Air (4.6@7,746) Ǥ 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ root required
Adb wireless & android studio tricks, shortcuts (4.6@15) 5 LastUpdate: 2018-01-09
[root] ADB over Network (4.5@136) 5 Github
ADB Konnect (wireless ADB) (4.3@394) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-04
Telnet Server & Network adbd (4.3@189) 13 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ telnet server without root permission
Wireless ADB plus (Root + No Ads) (4.3@6) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Droid ADB WIFI Manager (4.2@36) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-09-21
[root] ADB over Wifi Switcher (4.2@9) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-29
adbWireless (4.2@6) 6 LastUpdate: 2013-03-12 Github
Wireless ADB PK+ (4.2@5) 6 LastUpdate: 2017-10-07
YawADB - Wireless ADB (GPL) (4.2@5) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-16
ADB WiFi Reborn (4.1@553) Ǥ 9
WiFi ADB Debug (4.1@16) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-08-17 root required;
Wireless ADB: ADB over TCP/IP (4.1@14) Ǥ 3
ADB WiFi [Root] (3.8@45) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-14
WiFi ADB (no root) (3.8@10) 3 LastUpdate: 2016-08-05
ADB Wireless (no root) (3.6@1,380) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-09-12 / ADB Wireless (root) (4.4@419) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-05-18

ADB Tools

2019-08-31

Adb Clipboard (5@2) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
AdbBackupHelper (4.8@4) 1 LastUpdate: 2016-02-18
Awake for Debug (4.6@39) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
ADBSMS (4.4@11) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-03-19 send/receive SMS via ADB
Remote ADB Shell (4.3@241) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-14 Intro 7/2013; connect to one Android device from another Android device
Telnet Server & Network adbd (4.3@189) 13 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ telnet server without root permission
ADB TCP (Rooted Phones Only) (4.3@45) 2 LastUpdate: 2014-10-13
ADB Shellkit (4.2@303) Ǥ 22 Github
ADB over Network (4.2@58) 3 LastUpdate: 2017-09-09
Craze - ADB Toolkit (4.1@167) 5 LastUpdate: 2016-08-31 Android 2 Android, incl. file browser, package browser, view configured WiFi networks, and more;
USB Debugging Monitor (4@191) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-18 Warns you on disconnect to disable USB debugging and offers quick access to do so
[root] adbd Insecure (4@175; ~EUR 1.75) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-11-10 Starts ADB daemon in root mode (see also its XDA thread)
Bugjaeger Mobile ADB - Develop & Debug via USB OTG (4@29) Ǥ 6
ADB Change Language (3.7@133) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-30
ADB Master (3.5@374) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-04-07 / ADB Master Pro (4.2@6; ~EUR 5.50) 2 LastUpdate: 2015-04-07 JAR ADB GUI for Windows, Linux and Mac
Adb Backup Helper (3@6) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
ADBKeyBoard (0@0) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ 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 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-11 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)
- 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
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)

2019-09-04

IzzyOnDroid

ADB

ADB Wireless

ADB Tools

ADB Programs for your computer