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reminal is a self-hosted remote-access tool by Harshalgajjar for using a machine's terminal, application windows, or full desktop from a browser on another computer or phone. It supports macOS, Linux, and Windows, with closed-lid virtual-display mode on macOS. The host establishes an outbound connection to a relay, so it requires no open inbound ports or port forwarding. Terminal sessions use browser-based xterm.js access with session persistence, reconnection, file transfer, local-port exposure, QR/PIN joining, and optional device-owner enrollment. Window and desktop capture use WebRTC peer-to-peer streaming when possible, while the relay routes end-to-end-encrypted session traffic. The command-line client can also register an MCP server so supported agent CLIs can list, search, read, and send keystrokes to sessions across enrolled machines. The project provides installation scripts and can be run with the public relay or a self-hosted Cloudflare Workers and Durable Objects relay. It is dual-licensed under AGPL-3.0, with a commercial license for embedding or distributing modified copies as a service.

Sill is a free, open-source remote-desktop app for showing one window or the whole Mac desktop on an iPhone or iPad. It captures the selected content with ScreenCaptureKit, encodes it as HEVC with VideoToolbox, and sends it over an encrypted direct connection; taps, clicks, scrolling, keyboard input, trackpad gestures, and Apple Pencil input are sent back to the Mac. Devices can connect over a local network, USB, peer-to-peer Wi-Fi, or a user-owned VPN such as Tailscale, with one-time pairing by scanned or entered code and no account or intermediary server. Sill for Mac requires Apple silicon and macOS 14 or later, while the iPhone and iPad app requires iOS or iPadOS 17 or later. It is distributed as a notarized Mac download, an App Store app, Homebrew cask, or source code, and is licensed under Apache License 2.0.

TwinDesk is a free, open-source cross-device workspace app for Mac, Windows, Linux, and Android. It shares a mouse, keyboard, screens, applications, files, folders, clipboard, sound, and notifications between paired computers and phones; Android devices also support calls, texts, photos, phone files, and apps in desktop windows. Devices communicate directly over the same Wi-Fi network, Bluetooth LE, USB, Wi-Fi Direct, a phone hotspot, or a direct network link, selecting or switching connections as needed. Its TwinDesk Mesh beta connects multiple devices at once with a shared clipboard, notification pool, and screen layout. The repository describes one TLS session per device link and an Electron application paired with native helpers for input capture and injection, virtual displays, window capture, audio, and drag-and-drop operations. TwinDesk requires no account or cloud relay and states that paired devices communicate directly, with no telemetry apart from an optional GitHub release update check. The repository includes desktop and Android applications, build instructions for macOS, Windows, Linux, and Android, and is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.

Electron is an open-source framework for building cross-platform desktop applications with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. It is built on Node.js and Chromium, provides binaries for macOS, Windows, and Linux, and is used by applications such as Visual Studio Code. The project is MIT-licensed, maintained under the OpenJS Foundation, and distributed via npm.

Tailscale is a networking service for creating private WireGuard-based networks between a user's devices and servers. It can provide remote access over SSH and route traffic through an authorized device configured as an exit node, such as a local Mac, so external websites see that device's network address rather than the server's data-center address. The project includes the open-source `tailscaled` daemon and `tailscale` command-line tool, with the daemon running on Linux, Windows, macOS, and to varying degrees on FreeBSD and OpenBSD. The repository also supplies code used by Tailscale's mobile applications; platform-specific GUI wrappers and hosted-service components are separate. Packages are provided for several distributions, and the project uses WireGuard with authentication features including 2FA, OAuth, and SSO.