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Hi, There are 2 apps, one for your computer on which you'll be able to manage which programs can be controlled, and one app for your smartphone which connects to your computer and lets you remotely launch and stop programs and also control media.

Watch the full demo video on YouTube :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjP6p6_hSi4

We're developping this for lazy couch cats like us. Check availability on remotemeow.com Any comments appreciated! Meow!

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acatsdream
I love the concept, it's like switch on/off buttons for your PC. I've read that there will be color themes, I hope for a dark theme though I like the blue plastic.

I can easily imagine how this will be a time saver for me by not having to stand by my PC, but for some programs to start I need to set command line parameters. Is it possible ? And what does the desktop app look like ? And what about macros? A lot of questions :-)

backing
Yeah a dark theme is planned and also a static display with all icons of a dashboard fitting the screen size for those who don't like to swipe.

Yes for sure it's configurable and we'll do a demo on YouTube of the desktop application which is basically the admin interface. It can be used as a speed dial too on PC as its features are reflecting those of the android app.

We focus on the job only for now and we'll see about macros after the first release.

friednews
Will there be a way to get notifications when programs change state or when a file appears in a folder ? I'd like to get notified when my sparks pipeline produced a model and thus finished computing.
backing
For sure, we'll think about the way it will work. We'd like to extract the program's window title and a progress value in percent or a status.

Local webhooks could also be a thing ;-)