Remote Desktop · Tailscale · LAN
Your Mac,right at hand.
Connects to built-in macOS Screen Sharing, with nothing to install on the remote Mac.
Use your LAN at home, or an encrypted Tailscale connection when away.
Client: Apple silicon Mac (macOS 14+) or iPhone / iPad (iOS 17+) · Remote: a Mac with Screen Sharing on
Likes, ratings & anonymous comments ↓macOS 1.1.0 is available; iPhone / iPad currently require an Xcode installation. Connect with a Mac account, or separately enable a VNC password in Screen Sharing settings.
Designed for touch and for Mac input alike.
One pure-Swift protocol and rendering core, adapted to touch on iPhone and iPad and to native keyboard and mouse on the Mac.
LAN discovery and Tailscale sync
Lists nearby Macs with Screen Sharing on, and imports devices from your whole Tailnet with a Tailscale API token.
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- Sends Wake-on-LAN packets to sleeping Macs.
- Device passwords are stored in the system Keychain.
Metal rendering with zoom and pan
Remote frames are uploaded straight to GPU textures; pinch zoom and local pan on iPhone and iPad; Mac offers fit, actual size, zoom and pan controls.
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- The HUD shows local draw rate, bandwidth and measured TCP round-trip time; unmeasured latency is shown as —.
- Supports Tight, ZRLE, Zlib, CopyRect and Raw encodings. Standard RFB sessions offer optional automatic compression; servers may ignore quality hints.
Virtual trackpad and Mac shortcut toolbar
Tap, two-finger tap, long-press drag and two-finger scroll on iPhone and iPad; the toolbar adds sticky ⌘ ⌥ ⌃ ⇧ modifiers, F1–F12 and common system shortcuts.
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- On the Mac, the physical keyboard, modifiers and scroll wheel pass straight through.
- Inserts local clipboard text into the remote field; bidirectional clipboard sync is not supported.
Download and restart to install
Choose “Check for Updates…” in the Mac app menu to download a signed update and restart to install. Checks are started manually by default.
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- Install 1.1.0 manually once from 1.0.0; subsequent versions can be updated in the app.
- The app and DMG are Apple notarized, and update signatures are checked before installation.
What do I install on the remote Mac?
Nothing. Turn on Screen Sharing in System Settings → General → Sharing, allow your Mac user, then connect with that username and account password. Alternatively, enable a VNC password and leave the client username empty.
How do I reach my Mac from outside?
Sign both devices in to the same Tailscale network and connect to the Mac’s 100.x.y.z address. The connection is end-to-end encrypted by Tailscale.
Is any of my data uploaded?
Remote screen and input data are not uploaded. Update checks contact the website feed and GitHub downloads; the Tailscale API is contacted when you enter a token and sync devices.
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Apple silicon Mac · macOS 14+ / iPhone, iPad · iOS 17+
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