Remote for VLC (Fork) is an Android app developed by Sam Malone (3A Moss Lane Burscough Lancashire L40 4AL).

Remote for VLC (Fork) first became available on 25 Sep 2013. It is estimated that Remote for VLC (Fork) has been downloaded between 100000 and 500000 times from the Play Store.

Remote for VLC (Fork) 0.7.5 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows access to the vibrator.