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About FMD

Decentralised remote device location and control

FMD allows you to locate and remotely control your Android device. This is useful if you have lost or misplaced it. FMD is decentralised, and users remain in full control of their data.

With FMD, you can send commands to your phone: to locate it via GPS, to locate it via nearby cell towers, to take a picture, to lock it, to let it ring, or to factory-reset it. Commands can be sent over multiple transport channels: over SMS, over third-party messaging apps like Signal or Matrix (that post a notification to the Android notification tray), or over the "FMD Server" (a self-hostable server providing a web interface to control your device).

Team​

Current maintainers:

  • Nulide (founder, since 2020)
  • Thore (since autumn 2023)

For all other contributors, see the contributor pages of the respective repositories, e.g., of FMD Android.

Community​

There is a matrix space for discussions: https://matrix.to/#/#fmd:matrix.org. You can join the "Community" room for general discussions and the "Announcement" room to get project news.

Contact​

  1. GitLab: Open an issue in the relevant repo.
  2. Matrix: See above.
  3. E-Mail: We haven't set up a mail server with a team address yet. Thus for the time being, please reach out to one or both of the maintainers via their private e-mail addresses.

Disclaimer​

FMD is provided on a best-effort basis. We hope it is useful and we use it ourselves. But FMD is a side-project that we develop because we enjoy it. We cannot guarantee that it will work when you need it the most.