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💻 Computers One mouse and keyboard · second screen · the other computer's apps in windows · files · clipboard · camera · sound · terminal	📱 Phones and tablets Calls · texts · photos · files · camera · remote and gamepad · screen and apps in windows · tablet as a second screen	📡 Connections Same Wi-Fi · USB cable · Bluetooth · Wi-Fi Direct and hotspot links made on demand · picked for you, moved for you
🚀 Get started Download · open on both · pair once with a code · turn on what you want · privacy: no account, no telemetry	🐧 Linux and 🤖 Android in detail X11 and Wayland · shared folders through Samba · the phone app page by page · wireless debugging, set up once	🛠 Under the hood How it works · build and run on macOS, Windows, Linux, NixOS and Android · GitHub Actions

	What's new
📷	Camera. The phone's camera, or the other computer's, in a window or as a webcam for Zoom, Teams and Meet	More
🎮	Remote and gamepad. A touchpad and keyboard for the computer, and a controller it sees as a real one	More
🖼	Pictures on the clipboard. Copy a screenshot on the PC, paste it on the Mac or the phone	More
🔒	Cursor lock. Scroll Lock keeps the pointer on the computer it's on	More
🎵	Media controls. What's playing on the phone, with play, pause and skip on the computer	More
🪶	Lighter. Every feature off until you turn it on, and about half the memory in the tray	More

	Same Wi-Fi	USB cable	Bluetooth	+ Wi-Fi Direct or hotspot
Session, clipboard text, notifications	✅	✅	✅	✅
Mouse and keyboard, remote	✅	✅	✅	✅
Calls and texts	✅	✅	✅	✅
Screens, apps, cameras, files, photos, clipboard pictures	✅	✅	moves to Wi-Fi Direct	✅
Terminal between computers (`ssh twindesk`)	✅	—	on Wi-Fi Direct	✅

Pair	What you get
Mac ↔ Windows PC, Mac ↔ Mac, PC ↔ PC	Every computer feature
Linux ↔ Mac, PC or Linux	Every computer feature (a few differences)
Android ↔ Mac, Windows or Linux	Every phone and tablet feature (Real gamepad on Windows and Linux)
All of them at once	TwinDesk Mesh (beta)

Page	What it does
Overview	The computer you're connected to, Connect and Disconnect, nearby computers to pair with, and the wireless debugging card until that's set up
Screen	Use the phone as a screen for the computer: Mirror, or Extend the desktop onto it. Touch works as the mouse (tap to click, hold to right click, drag to select or move windows, two fingers to scroll), with the computer's sound and Smooth playback
Cursor	The computer's mouse on the phone across the screen edge, its pointer speed here, reverse scrolling, right and middle click
Keyboard	The computer's keyboard types on the phone, every key as a key, so any layout works and the soft keyboard stays out of the way. A keyboard on the phone types on the computer
Remote	The phone as the computer's touchpad and keyboard, or as a gamepad: keys of your choosing, a real controller (Windows, Linux), or a Bluetooth gamepad for any computer
Camera	The phone's back or front camera on the computer, and whether its virtual camera takes it
Clipboard	Copy on one, paste on the other, each way on its own switch, at once or when sent
Notifications	The phone's notifications on the computer, with the text hidden if you like, and the computer's on the phone
Files	Send files, copy them to paste on the computer, and see where the computer's files land
Sound	The phone's sound on the computer, and the computer's sound on the phone
General	The phone's name, background running, and the permissions TwinDesk uses, each with its switch
About	Source code, releases, the license, and what goes over wireless debugging and the network

Folder	What's in it
`mac/`	macOS app (Electron)
`mac-helper/`	macOS helper (Swift): virtual display, event tap, input injection, audio, apps, SMB
`windows/`	Windows app (Electron) and installer
`windows-helper/`	Windows helper (C#): hooks, SendInput, Raw Input touchpad, window capture, native drag
`linux/`	Linux app (Electron)
`linux-helper/`	Linux helper (C): XInput2 / XTest on X11, evdev / uinput on Wayland, XRandR, window list, XDND edge strip
`android/`	Android app (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose); the computers drive the phone through adb and scrcpy's server
`shared/`	Used by every app: the wire protocol, the Bluetooth pipe and Wi-Fi Direct links, the phone hub (Calls, Messages, Photos, Phone Files), shared folders, frame generation and icons

TwinDesk

💻 Computers

📱 Phones and tablets

📡 Connections

🚀 Get started

🐧 Linux and 🤖 Android in detail

🛠 Under the hood

⬇️ Download

✨ New in 2.3

➕ Also new in 2.3

💻 Computer to computer

🖱 One mouse and keyboard

🖥 Extended display and remote screen

🪟 The other computer's apps, in windows of their own

📷 Camera sharing

📁 Files, shared folders and terminal

📋 Shared clipboard

🔔 Notifications, sound and Wake-on-LAN

🔀 More than two devices

🕸 TwinDesk Mesh: every device at once

📱 Phone and tablet

📞 Calls and messages

🖼 Photos and phone files

📷 Phone camera

🎮 Remote and gamepad

🎵 Media controls and phone sound

📲 Phone screen and apps on the computer

🖥 Tablet as a second screen

📤 Files, clipboard, notifications, mouse and keyboard

📱 The Android app

📡 Connections

🚀 Get started

Privacy

🐧 Linux

🤖 Android in detail

The phone app

Wireless debugging

⚙️ How it works

🛠 Build and run

macOS (13 Ventura or later)

Windows 10 / 11

Linux (X11 or Wayland)

NixOS & Nix Flakes

Testing the Linux app from a Mac

Android

GitHub Actions

Thanks

License