Deskreen
Shares your Mac screen or a single window to any device with a web browser over Wi-Fi or LAN, turning it into a second screen.GetAGPL-3.0
DeskPad
Creates a virtual display shown in a window, so you can screen-share one readable workspace instead of a huge monitor.
MIT · Free download · Downloads from github.com
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- Stengo
- Verified
- 2026
About DeskPad
DeskPad adds a virtual display to your Mac and mirrors it inside an ordinary app window. Share that window in a video call and the audience sees a whole desktop at a resolution they can read, while your real screens stay private. macOS treats DeskPad like a newly plugged-in monitor, so you drag windows onto it and change its resolution in System Settings.
When the pointer moves onto the virtual display, DeskPad highlights its title bar and brings the window to the front. It needs macOS 13 or later and may need Screen Recording permission before it shows anything; if the window stays blank, the README suggests turning that permission off and on again. The latest release is 1.3.2 from October 2024.
Information
- Source code
- Stengo/DeskPad
- License
- MIT
- Website
- github.com
- Download
- github.com
- Homebrew
- deskpad
- Category
- Utilities
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/Stengo/DeskPad
- github.com/Stengo/DeskPad/blob/main/LICENSE.md
- github.com/Stengo/DeskPad/releases
- icon.png: Bastian Andelefski and DeskPad contributors. MIT; upstream project asset, trademarks retained.
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