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Remote desktop for macOS: 9-digit ID, 6-digit code

  • macOS
  • iOS
  • Web

Leave the computer at home. Type a nine-digit ID and the screen is there: on a laptop, on an iPhone, or in the browser of a machine that isn't yours. No account, no VPN, nothing to change on the router.

MacXa
30 fpsSteady motion, no stuttering
443One HTTPS port, router untouched
0Accounts to create, ports to open
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What is different here

Direct link, blind relay

Most remote software pushes the picture through the vendor's cloud. Here the two machines shake hands and send straight to each other; the meeting point only moves bytes and has no key to open them.

Reach it while it sleeps

The computer schedules its own wake-ups in hardware, checks every few minutes for a caller, and sleeps again eight seconds later if there isn't one.

9-digit ID, 6-digit code

The ID finds the machine, the code lets you in. No account to create.

Works from a browser

On a machine where you cannot install anything, the session still opens.

A real Mac keyboard

Command, Option and the shortcuts you already have in your fingers.

Sparkle updates

The macOS build updates itself the way Mac apps are expected to.

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Stack and infrastructure

PlatformsmacOS 14 Sonoma and later · iOS · iPadOS · any browser
VideoH.264 at 30 frames per second
ConnectionDirect between the two machines, with a relay when no path opens
Ports443 only, nothing opened on the router
RelayCustom service under systemd on a dedicated host
MonitoringA watcher reads the relay log and reports to Telegram
WebsiteNext.js, bilingual EN/VI
ReleasesSparkle appcast for the macOS build
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The live site