Manage installed APKs
Connects to any Android device with USB debugging enabled and gives you a terminal-driven view of what's installed, what's running, and what you've just pushed. No GUI, no Electron, no fuss.
TinyAPK Installer
A compact ADB companion for installing APKs
An open-source, cross-platform terminal app for pushing APKs on Android devices over ADB. Wired or wireless connections, support for APKs and bundle formats like APKM and APKX, and the whole thing weighs in at under 8MB.
Overview
What it does
Wireless & wired ADB
Pairs over wireless ADB for desk-friendly development, falls back to
wired for low-latency transfers. Connection management is built in so
you don't have to remember the adb pair incantation.
Bundle format support
Handles APKs, App Bundles split as APKM and APKX, and other formats that have historically been a pain to sideload. One command, one target, no manual unpacking.
Distribution
Tiny on purpose
Under 8MB, cross-platform
The whole binary ships in under 8MB and runs on Windows, macOS, and
Linux from a single static executable. If you already have
adb on your PATH it uses that; if not, it
downloads the right build for your platform on first run.
That second behaviour is what makes it genuinely portable: the tool doesn't make assumptions about your dev environment, and you don't have to set anything up before you can use it.
TinyAPK is a small, focused tool. The architecture and core ADB integration are mine; agent-assisted development was used to iterate quickly on the TUI and bundle-format handling.
