๐จ Twilio charges $0.0079 per SMS. Someone just turned any old Android phone into a free SMS gateway. Unlimited messages. $0.
It's called SMS Gateway for Android.
Install it on any Android phone. It becomes a full SMS sending and receiving server with an API.
No Twilio. No MessageBird. No per-message pricing. No contracts. Just an old phone and a SIM card.
Here's what's inside this thing:
โ Send and receive SMS through a REST API from any app or service
โ Works with any Android phone running 5.0 or newer
โ End-to-end encryption. Messages are encrypted before they leave the device.
โ Multi-SIM support. Use multiple SIM cards on one phone.
โ Multi-device support. Connect multiple phones to the same account.
โ Real-time webhooks for incoming messages
โ Multipart messages with auto-splitting for long texts
โ Track delivery status of every message in real time
โ No registration required. No email. No account in local mode.
Here's the wildest part:
That old Android phone in your drawer that you haven't touched in 2 years? Install this app. Insert a SIM card. You now have your own private SMS infrastructure.
Two-factor authentication. Order confirmations. Appointment reminders. Notification alerts. All the things startups pay Twilio thousands a month for.
Free. Running on a phone you already own.
Startups spend $500 to $5,000/month on SMS APIs. This costs the price of a SIM card.
875 GitHub stars. 359 commits. Apache 2.0 License.
100% Open Source.
I built a simple browser extension to start my day with Scripture instead of distraction
I realized the first thing I see every morning is my browser.
And most days, it was noise โ news, social media, endless tabs.
So I created a minimal new tab that shows Scripture, peaceful backgrounds, and a simple clock โ just something quiet to begin the day grounded in Godโs Word.
Itโs nothing fancy. Just something that helped me personally refocus my mornings.
If anyone is interested or has suggestions to make it more helpful spiritually, Iโd genuinely appreciate feedback.
https://t.co/mR7sv7bCt4
I published my first ever chrome extension :)
I didnโt like how distracting new tabs felt.
So I built Radical.
Clean. Focused. Intentional.
https://t.co/Xhpp3e1zCC
Most of my time today went into UI, not code.
Because if ordering feels confusing, the product fails โ even if it works perfectly.
The design makes clarity and not to impress others.