# SideScreen

> Use your Android tablet as a second monitor for your Mac

- Canonical URL: https://fosshunter.com/tools/sidescreen
- JSON export: https://fosshunter.com/tools/sidescreen.json
- Website: https://github.com/tranvuongquocdat/SideScreen
- Category: Utility
- Open source: yes
- Self-hostable: yes
- Verified listing: no
- Featured: no
- Published at: 2026-11-03T05:27:04+00:00
- Catalog revision: `4145657024`

## Repository metrics (point-in-time)

- Repository: https://github.com/tranvuongquocdat/SideScreen
- Stars: 1224
- Forks: 163
- Open issues: 41
- License: MIT
- Last push: 2026-11-04T06:08:55+00:00
- Metrics observed at (synced_at): 2026-11-04T07:04:54+00:00
- Archived: no

Tags: Monitor, Local First, Desktop App, macOS, Android, Utility
Tech stacks: javascript, kotlin, Objective-C, Shell, swift

## Features
- Offers hardware accelerated H.265 streaming with sub 16ms latency. *(highlighted)*
- Enables seamless connection via USB C or wireless WiFi via QR code. *(highlighted)*
- Provides full touch input support to interact with macOS apps directly. *(highlighted)*

## Description

SideScreen is an open source utility that transforms your Android tablet into a high performance second monitor for macOS. It supports USB C and wireless connections with hardware accelerated streaming and low latency touch input.

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Source: [FOSSHunter — SideScreen](https://fosshunter.com/tools/sidescreen) — cite `synced_at` and the catalog revision when quoting metrics.
Interpretation rules: https://fosshunter.com/llms-full.txt