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Daily brief · October 31, 2026

Mika, an open-source Android agent that carries out requests by operating your apps

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Mika is an open-source Android agent that operates your apps and the web from a one-sentence request

229 → 2,079stars (saves) on GitHub in 28 habout 67× the typical pace of other tracked GitHub repos

Mika is an Android app that takes a one-sentence request and carries it out on your phone, driving apps on a private background screen so you can keep using the phone. You bring your own model API key, and there is no Mika server, so requests go only to the provider you configure.

The repo went from 229 to 2,079 stars (saves) on GitHub in 28 hours - about 67 times the typical pace of other repos SteadyVane tracks on GitHub. It has 333 forks and was created about 46 hours before this brief was written.

Why it matters: Because you supply the model key and there is no Mika server, you choose which provider sees your requests. It is a public beta, and tasks need Android 13+, so check your device before getting interested.

Acting inside the apps you already use is the hard part. Reading about it is easy.

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